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by Mike DeVine  May 10, 2012 11:06 am

I’ve always wanted to check out one of these places, and see how my great-grandparents disposed of their spare change.

What Arcades Looked Like Before Video Games [Arcades]Kotaku

The word “arcade” is these days synonymous with video games, but it wasn’t always that way. More »

by Mike DeVine  May 8, 2012 11:57 pm

But I wonder how much this new look will endear itself to fans of the old, dark, crowded hallway the old CF was known as? Either way, I have a feeling that if they bring the 2D fighters, the games will come back.

 

A Gaming Landmark, Transformed [Video]Kotaku

This morning, Kotaku video editor Chris Person and I took a trip to New York’s Chinatown Fair, which reopened last Friday following a sudden closure last December. It doesn’t look very much like the old Chinatown Fair. More »

by Mike DeVine  May 2, 2012 2:18 pm

Who else would’ve come up with such crazy tech, especially so far ahead of their competitors? Sure, they’re still technically in the arcade hardware business, but that industry is a shadow of what it once was. Without a home console, SEGA can’t bring cutting-edge tech like 3D glasses to home audiences, a’la the most awesome game to play when drunk ever made?

We’ve looked at Sega’s pioneering role in the world of 3D gaming before here on Total Recall, but only briefly stopped on Time Traveler, one of the company’s two and only attempts at holographic, 3D a…

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Hey! I'm Mike, this is my blog. and my dream is to use my middling tech skills to make the world a better place (not in the techno-libertarian, "the world is a better place if I get mine" sense, but in the actual, "I want to help" sense).  

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