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Kotaku, convenience and laser tag

HeavyElectricity May 16, 2010 7

With the continually growing popularity of home consoles, it’s often easy for the consumer gaming media to marginalise other types of gaming – be they tabletop games for the home or larger experiences, such

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A brief look at the arcade scene in Kabul, Afghanistan

Shaggy May 10, 2010 1

News feed 800 Via While arcades are renowned world wide as places for young people to find some escapism from reality, the need for such recreation is more apparent in a war-torn country such

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Save The Arcades 2 by Stride Gum announces contestants, begins tournament

Shaggy April 21, 2010 9

Via It took them a while but after asking for your nominations and sifting through them for the past four months, STRIDE Gum is continuing it’s campaign to “Save The Arcades” by running Save

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Pipeline Games updates site, adds a Youtube channel

Shaggy April 15, 2010 1

One of the more unique booths I saw at Amusement Expo last month was the new Pipeline Games Inc. We heard about them just before the show as news about James Ko leaving Andamiro

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Arcade Propaganda posters and 8-bit chiptune music for the arcade or gameroom

Shaggy April 13, 2010 1

The key to making a good gameroom or arcade is partially about the games you have and partially about the ambient of the room itself.Here are a couple of things that can help you

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Getting a closer look at the somewhat new Crazy Climber

Shaggy April 13, 2010 0

If we hop on the way-back-machine and check out an post here on AH from May 2007 then you’ll find that a new Crazy Climber game had been announced for arcades in Japan. After

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Brief look at Konami's new Winning Eleven Arcade Championship 2010

Shaggy April 11, 2010 0

Football/soccer (depending upon your preference) fans haven’t had much to look forward to lately when it comes to arcade games which involve their favorite sport but thanks to Konami that void is at least

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Cool footage from an arcade convention in Chicago from 1982 (updated)

Shaggy April 10, 2010 2

Long ago, arcade shows were much bigger than they are now, which was due to the arcade market itself being much bigger than it is today. What would it have been like to visit

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Sega location testing Let's Go Island at Club Sega in Akihabara

Shaggy April 10, 2010 2

The only disappointment I had at Amusement Expo this year was I went in expecting to see an actual cabinet of the new Sega shooter Let’s Go Island and instead they only had a

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R3Play retro gaming expo coming in November to Blackpool, UK

Shaggy April 8, 2010 0

Via If you live anywhere near Blackpool in the UK then heads-up – a classic gaming expo (which will include an arcade presence as well) is scheduled to be taking place there this coming

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