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The near future of arcades discussed on the BBC
Newsfeed 1101 via The current and future state of the amusement/arcade industry is something we deal with here pretty much every day and today, here is a story published on BBC News that covers
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Seen at AAMA Gala 2011: Deadstorm Pirates Upright, Pac-Man Battle Royale Deluxe
(Thanks to Sam Ven of Namco for the pics!) The new products just keep rolling out as we get more information from what was at the AAMA Gala this week. Here is a look
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Sega shows off Operation G.H.O.S.T. for Europe & North America
Newsfeed 1100 via Sega’s next light-gun shooter takes us back to the popular GHOST Squad franchise with Operation G.H.O.S.T. We’ve already discussed the game a little as it’s been shown off in Japan already
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Specular Interactive/Raw Thrills Officially Unveils Dirty Drivin’
UPDATE: Be sure to check out our in-depth behind-the-scenes look at Dirty Drivin’ if you haven’t already! While we got information about this ahead of time, jumping the gun a little bit as it
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The Change Machine T-Shirt
Newsfeed 1097 via It’s near impossible to track down all of the clever T-Shirts that have been made over the years to feature something arcade-related. But I can’t say I’ve ever come across a
Read More »The world of arcades, shown in quarters
Newsfeed 1095 via In lieu of real news, some entertainment that is arcade related both with quarters and in content. This is some great animation work and has a very strong “demo scene” vibe
Read More »New documentary: Star Worlds: A pocket Full of Tokens and I’m Heading to the Arcade
Since The King of Kong: A Fistful of Quarters made it’s popular debut, we’ve been seeing an increase in documentaries about our industry, although so far they have only focused on classic arcade gaming
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How to Spice Up your Wedding & Reception: Have an Arcade Gameroom!
I’ve been to plenty of wedding receptions (including my own) but here is something I have never seen done, although it’s crossed my mind – setting up some arcade games for guests to play.
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Terminator Salvation’s Postmortem in Game Developer Magazine
I’ve been getting Game Developer Magazine for some time now – it’s not your typical game magazine since it’s made for developers in the industry and not so much the gamers. But if you
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Konami testing GuitarFreaks & DrumMania XG3 in Japan
It’s that time of year again – the time for Konami to test out the latest version of their GuitarFreaks and DrumMania arcade music games. I’m sure it will include a variety of new
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Bloggers visit Mike’s CarnEvil arcade in Iowa
Newsfeed 1084 via I wasn’t sure at first how to approach this article on 1up.com entitled “Where Did Arcades Go?”. When I see stuff like the first thought I have is to once again
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Plaza Theatre in Atlanta, GA classic arcade setup confiscated by The Man (aka, state of Georgia)
(Thanks to Mark Arson for the tip) UPDATE: Since this story broke, it looks like some fans of Plaza have come to the rescue, covering the fees and allowing Plaza to keep the games.
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