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Arcade-in-a-box Tournament Center opens in Tuscon, AZ

Shaggy September 17, 2009 1

If you are looking to open up an entertainment business, whether it is an arcade or something similar, one modern twist on the coin-op arcade center model is to open a place where people

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The Sega Honeymoon

Twisted Supreme June 22, 2009 0

My good lady ain’t in to the games. I’ve tried to convert over the years, but she won’t have it. But there are some men out there in the world who’s other halfs are

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Exercise-based arcade opens in Rockford, IL

HeavyElectricity February 10, 2009 1

Video games often come under fire from health police for being a sedentary activity, most recently in a UK television advert for a government backed health campaign which caused a bit of controversy. However,

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Chuck E. Cheese – where adults can't learn to play nice

Shaggy December 10, 2008 7

At the very first arcade that I worked at, they had a large area of redemption games and of course a redemption desk. For the most part things went smoothly there but on occasion

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Poll time!

Twisted Supreme October 17, 2008 7

I was pleasantly surprised to find that WordPress (the wonderful people that host this site) have now added a poll option, so let’s waste no time in taking advantage of it. I might make

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A Japanese arcade in Bangladesh

Shaggy October 9, 2008 0

[Thanks to Oga Shi for sending this in] If you live in the capital of Bangladesh and have a lot of money to spend, where better than in this Japanese arcade. Apparently this arcade

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More coverage for ArcadeUFO in Texas

Shaggy September 17, 2008 9

We’ve discussed the opening of ArcadeUFO previously but it blows my mind how many blogs and other news sources I keep running into that are discussing it – so much so that it’s not

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Update on my arcade, The Game Grid (8/29/08)

Shaggy August 30, 2008 24

It’s been a little while since I did an update on how my arcade, The Game Grid Arcade, is going and I’ve had a few people ask about it so here we go. We

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ArcadeUFO opens today

Shaggy August 30, 2008 2

I have to admit that I have never seen so many people excited for one arcade to open before but we have mentioned ArcadeUFO before and as of today they are officially open. They

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1st arcade in US gets SFIV, more to follow

Shaggy August 14, 2008 0

The Super Arcade (pictured to the right, we’ve discussed it before) in California has claimed to be the first arcade in the US to get their hands on Street Fighter IV and with that

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Tokyo Game Action Site Review & their 5th anniversary

Shaggy August 1, 2008 0

A short time ago, we were contacted by Andrew McGuire, of Tokyo Game Action, an arcade in Winchendon, MA where their focus is Japanese arcade gaming. In addition to Japanese arcades they also have

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MTV takes a look at SF's best arcade that "isn't in San Fransisco"

Shaggy May 24, 2008 0

While most mainstream media outlets have been going through a heyday with the erroneous Reuters report that we commented on recently that was focusing on the “dying arcade industry”, one took the time to

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