{"id":2227,"date":"2012-05-08T23:57:10","date_gmt":"2012-05-09T03:57:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.pixel-shredder.com\/blog\/?p=2227"},"modified":"2012-05-09T11:37:38","modified_gmt":"2012-05-09T15:37:38","slug":"a-gaming-landmark-transformed-videokotaku","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pixel-shredder.com\/blog\/a-gaming-landmark-transformed-videokotaku\/","title":{"rendered":"I Used to Go to Chinatown Fair Back in The Day On City Trips. Great to Know It&#8217;s Back on It&#8217;s Feet Again"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>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.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>A Gaming Landmark, Transformed [Video]Kotaku<\/strong><\/p>\n<div style=\"float: left; padding-right: 10px;\">\n<div><a title=\"Click here to read A Gaming Landmark, Transformed\" href=\"http:\/\/kotaku.com\/5908683\/a-gaming-landmark-transformed\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" style=\"border-color: #b3b3b3; border-width: 0 1px 1px; border-style: none solid solid;\" title=\"Click here to read A Gaming Landmark, Transformed\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/img.gawkerassets.com\/img\/17m110fnq8s7hjpg\/original.jpg?resize=190%2C120\" alt=\"Click here to read A Gaming Landmark, Transformed\" width=\"190\" height=\"120\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/>\u00a0\u00a0<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>This morning, <em>Kotaku<\/em> video editor Chris Person and I took a trip to New York&#8217;s Chinatown Fair, which reopened last Friday following a sudden closure last December. It doesn&#8217;t look very much like the old Chinatown Fair. <a title=\"Click here to read more about A Gaming Landmark, Transformed [Video]\" href=\"http:\/\/kotaku.com\/5908683\/a-gaming-landmark-transformed\">More\u00a0\u00bb<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"SPOSTARBUST-Related-Posts\"><H4>Related Awesome<\/H4><ul class=\"entry-meta\"><li class=\"SPOSTARBUST-Related-Post\"><a title=\"How to Save the Wii U, in 3 Simple Steps\" href=\"https:\/\/pixel-shredder.com\/blog\/how-save-wii-u-3-simple-steps\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">How to Save the Wii U, in 3 Simple Steps<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"SPOSTARBUST-Related-Post\"><a title=\"&#8216;Gridlee&#8217; App is Really MAME in Disguise\" href=\"https:\/\/pixel-shredder.com\/blog\/gridlee-app-really-mame-disguise\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">&#8216;Gridlee&#8217; App is Really MAME in Disguise<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"SPOSTARBUST-Related-Post\"><a title=\"Legend of Zelda Nursery Awaits Luckiest Baby Boy Ever Born\" href=\"https:\/\/pixel-shredder.com\/blog\/legend-of-zelda-nursery\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">Legend of Zelda Nursery Awaits Luckiest Baby Boy Ever Born<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div style=\"float:left;padding-right:10px\">\n<div><a title=\"Click here to read A Gaming Landmark, Transformed\" href=\"http:\/\/kotaku.com\/5908683\/a-gaming-landmark-transformed\"> <img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" style=\"border-color:#b3b3b3;border-width:0 1px 1px;border-style:none solid solid\" height=\"120\" width=\"190\" title=\"Click here to read A Gaming Landmark, Transformed\" alt=\"Click here to read A Gaming Landmark, Transformed\" src=\"http:\/\/img.gawkerassets.com\/img\/17m110fnq8s7hjpg\/original.jpg\"> <span><\/span> <\/a><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p> This morning, <em>Kotaku<\/em> video editor Chris Person and I took a trip to New York&#8217;s Chinatown Fair, which reopened last Friday following a sudden closure last December. It doesn&#8217;t look very much like the old Chinatown Fair. <a href=\"http:\/\/kotaku.com\/5908683\/a-gaming-landmark-transformed\" title=\"Click here to read more about A Gaming Landmark, Transformed [Video]\">More\u00a0\u00bb<\/a> <br style=\"clear:both\"><\/p>\n<div>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.gawker.com\/~ff\/kotaku\/full?a=YFYmWMEg0qo:8F9yF4mTME8:yIl2AUoC8zA\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/kotaku\/full?d=yIl2AUoC8zA\" border=\"0\"><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.gawker.com\/~ff\/kotaku\/full?a=YFYmWMEg0qo:8F9yF4mTME8:H0mrP-F8Qgo\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/kotaku\/full?d=H0mrP-F8Qgo\" border=\"0\"><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.gawker.com\/~ff\/kotaku\/full?a=YFYmWMEg0qo:8F9yF4mTME8:D7DqB2pKExk\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/kotaku\/full?i=YFYmWMEg0qo:8F9yF4mTME8:D7DqB2pKExk\" border=\"0\"><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.gawker.com\/~ff\/kotaku\/full?a=YFYmWMEg0qo:8F9yF4mTME8:V_sGLiPBpWU\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/kotaku\/full?i=YFYmWMEg0qo:8F9yF4mTME8:V_sGLiPBpWU\" border=\"0\"><\/a>\n<\/div>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~r\/kotaku\/full\/~4\/YFYmWMEg0qo\" height=\"1\" width=\"1\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":[]},"categories":[65,62,3],"tags":[211,300,45],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v20.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>I Used to Go to Chinatown Fair Back in The Day On City Trips. 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