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New Arcade Alert: Fremont Arcade (Las Vegas, NV); Arcade Closure: Arcade Street (Paris, France)
We’ve got some good news and some bad news regarding arcades with this post. Let’s get to the good news first: Fremont Arcade Now Open In Las Vegas, NV (Thanks to Michael L. for the tip) – While it isn’t difficult to find entertainment in Las Vegas, getting some arcade goodness into your trip can »
A Look At The New Pinball Playfields Exhibit At The Strong National Museum of Play
Recently I had the chance to visit a new Pinball exhibit at the Strong National Museum of Play called Pinball Playfields. Opened in Late Feburary of 2016 this exhibit is a permanent exhibit at the museum and is sponsored in part by Stern Pinball. The exhibit features a wide range of pinball artifacts, »
Star Trek and Ghostbusters Headline The Dave & Busters Summer of Games
Popular arcade chain Dave & Busters has unveiled their headlining games for their annual “Summer of Games” promotion. Headlining the titles are various popular licenses including Ghostbusters, Mario & Sonic, Star Wars, Galaga and Star Trek. Excepting the latter, we have covered all of these titles; in terms of Ghostbusters, the company has a »
The Hobbit Pinball Reaches Manufacturing Milestone
Seen today on Twitter and Facebook, Jersey Jack Pinball has announced that the first complete playfield for their second title, The Hobbit, was installed into a cabinet. This means that the game should begin shipping very soon and early pre-orders will see their games. In the case of the Wizard of Oz pinball, it »
Jersey Jack Pinball’s The Hobbit Pinball Begins Production
Back in 2012, the second game for newcomer manufacturer Jersey Jack Pinball was announced – The Hobbit Pinball. While the wait has been long, JJP kept working at it and now the promises are being fulfilled as the company announced today that the game is now on the assembly line. To quote: It’s a very »
EAG Expo 2015 Day 1 – Time Crisis 5 Video, Showdown, Pinball
The first major arcade/amusement trade show of the year is already upon us, the EAG International 2015 Expo being held in London, UK. This is something I would call a tradition for us here as we have had coverage of the London January shows since 2007, a month after this website started. For this »
Now Open In Monroe, WA: Let’s Play Cafe
(Thanks to Jon for the tip) This is a story we should have ran in October but I did not hear about it until now. Thus it can be filed under the “Better Late Than Never” category. In October 2014, a new arcade venue opened the doors for customers in Monroe, WA called Let’s »
IAAPA 2014 Mega-Post: The Latest Arcade Games Coming To The West
With this post I can finally breath a sigh of relief as it means that my IAAPA 2014 coverage is wrapped up. The amount of video to edit and comment on was significant this year and with so much media to sift through, it is easy for something to get lost. So here is »
IAAPA 2014: Last Day Wrap-Up With Pinball, Video Games, Videmption and Simulators
Well that is a wrap on IAAPA 2014 for me – I leave this morning for a slightly colder venue (this week was the coldest I have ever felt in Florida, not that it was truly comparable to Utah) and I had the opportunity to see most everything I needed to see, save a »
Victory Pointe Gaming Lounge Coming to Pittsburgh, PA In December
While most news this week will focus on IAAPA, there are other news developments taking place such as new arcade venues opening their doors soon. I received this in my email today so I figured it is best to get to it before all my time is spent on editing pictures and video. On »
