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Bowl Expo 2024 – The Wrap-up

Bowl Expo 2024 – The Wrap-up

arcadehero July 3, 2024 0

Bowl Expo 2024 is now over and done with, although my plan to be there and check it all out in person unexpectedly fell through thanks to me missing my flight. Fortunately, Brandon Willey

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IAAPA 2023: The UNIS Round-up

IAAPA 2023: The UNIS Round-up

arcadehero December 6, 2023 0

Next up for our IAAPA recap is UNIS. Based out of China with offices in Canada and the US, they tend to have a large booth space with a strong focus on redemption. That

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Multi-Interest Post: Fighting Tournaments, BattleBlock Theater Arcade, Speed of Light goes to FB

Multi-Interest Post: Fighting Tournaments, BattleBlock Theater Arcade, Speed of Light goes to FB

arcadehero July 19, 2012 0

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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The Boy In The Claw Machine (Part XXIV)

arcadehero June 12, 2011 3

Newsfeed 1054 via As a part of our infrequently running series, here is another video of a small agile child finding their way into the confines of a crane machine. You don’t have to

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Robots conquer crane machines thanks to Robo Catcher

Shaggy May 25, 2009 3

In Japan it seems that the crane machine is both an art and a science and it never ceases to amaze me as to what companies cook up for cranes there. I am a

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And the kid stuck in a crane machine today comes from…

Shaggy February 28, 2009 3

While we don’t see these stories of toddlers getting stuck in toy crane machines terribly often, they do seem to show up with some moderate frequency and today the story comes to us from

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