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World Cup 2014: Soccer Arcade Games Through The Years
Back in 2002, I was in Brazil when the World Cup was taking place. The Winter Olympics had already happened back home but being in Brazil, I barely heard that event being mentioned. For
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New Location News: Game Show Pinball Arcade In Joliet, IL; The One Up in Sherman Oaks, CA
Summer is sometimes know as a slow period in the industry but I really think it depends on the location. For me it is not and it seems like it is the time that
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Great Arcade Attract Modes That Don’t Drive You Crazy
Anyone who has worked at an arcade for more than 2 hours will know what I am talking about when it comes to irritating attract modes. I’ve wondered if some designers have really sat
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Arcade Games That Turn 20 & 30 This Year
Last year I ran a little article about some major classics that were having an anniversary. 1983 was a tumultuous time in video games as the home market bubble burst and the fallout from
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Dave & Busters Aiming To Open 7 New Stores in 2014
(Image from a D&B location in the Northwest, USA) There are not many big chains of arcades or FECs in the Western world but there are a few. One of those, Dave & Busters,
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Review 2013: New Arcade Openings/Closures
This has been a slow month for news, although in part I’m sure there are items I have just overlooked as I’ve been busy handling many other things in life and business (and several
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IAAPA 2013 Summary: Plenty Of New Games For Western Arcades Going Into 2014
The IAAPA 2013 trade show is now over and with that, time to sum up what we have learned and seen from the event. So far most attention on the site this week was
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Two New Venues For Arizona: D&D Pinball Opens in Tucson; Flipside in Gilbert
We haven’t ran two many stories about new locations opening their doors in the same state in the same post although partially it was because one of these locations we did not hear about
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IGS Shows Off Overtake
New game news has been spotty for a while and this story will not take exception to the larger stream of news we’ve had coming from regions like Japan, Taiwan and China for the
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The Games of EAG Expo 2013 Via The Stinger Report
Its a week after EAG Expo 2013 opened its doors to show off the latest in coin-op/out-of-home entertainment for the European sector and thanks to The Stinger Report here are some pictures from the
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GTI Asia China Expo 2012 News
Earlier this month an amusement/arcade trade show was held in China called the GTI Asia China Expo 2012. We have covered trade events like GTI in the past although it always proves difficult as
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New Footage Of An Old Primal Rage II Prototype Board
There has been plenty to talk about when it comes to prototypes this year and so its fitting that we end the year with a look at a prototype game in action, Atari Games’
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