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Watch The Big Buck World Championship 2013 Live
The qualifiers are over, the top players ready and the checks waiting for a winner to claim them in Chicago today as the Big Buck World Championship 2013 competition gets underway. This annual event
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Coming in November: The Kong Off 3
Since the release of The King of Kong: A Fistful of Quarters, one event has come along to really capitalize on the resurgent interest behind Nintendo’s original arcade classic Donkey Kong and competitive classic
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Raw Thrills Launches the Big Buck HD Summer Training Tour
For regular players of Raw Thrills/Play Mechanix‘s Big Buck HD, hearing of a tournament to play on the machine is nothing new. But with a new “Summer Training Tour” promotion that begins tomorrow and
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PAPA Circuit Finals Begin Tomorrow (Pinball)
(Thanks to Bowen Kerins for the tip) Well I guess the news for this week is going to be all pinball, all the time. Nothing wrong with that of course, it’s interesting in fact
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The Kong Off II Headed to Denver, CO
While interest in competing for the top score on Nintendo’s Donkey Kong arcade game has existed well before the documentary The King of Kong came along, after that found success interest in competing for
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Multi-Interest Post: Fighting Tournaments, BattleBlock Theater Arcade, Speed of Light goes to FB
There are a few Stinger Newsfeeds I’ve been neglecting so let’s wrap them up into one little fuzzball of a post. Newsfeed 1220-23 via Fighting To the Top – An article found on The
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King of Kong Saga continues with Steve Wiebe regaining the top score DK crown
If you still haven’t seen the documentary “The King of Kong” then you might not get why this story sprawls across the internet every now and then. Barring a recap of that film, let’s
Read More »Taito's new Space Invaders themed game in Japan where button mashing = happiness
Newsfeed 871 via While several other arcade classics have seen coin-op updates in recent times, including Sea Wolf, Elevator Action and Pac-Man, one glaring omission from the list is Taito’s Space Invaders. Taito has
Read More »Ground Kontrol Classic Arcade wins Stride's Save The Arcades 2 competition
And by the final tally, it wasn’t even close, with Ground Kontrol pulling in 624,871,000 total points, which were donated to them by players via the Cowbots flash game. Arcade Infinity came in second
Read More »Reminder: Save the Arcades 2 competition ends Tuesday
Just a friendly remind here for those who want to take an active part in helping out an arcade out there – the STRIDE Gum Save the Arcades 2 competition is drawing to a
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