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What killed the Arcade for you?
CheffoJeffo:
--- Quote from: pinballjim on April 25, 2011, 03:21:21 pm ---
--- Quote from: CheffoJeffo on April 25, 2011, 03:12:10 pm ---There have been a number of articles written on the subject by folks who were operating at the time.
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Which you didn't bother to link so why mention them?
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What is it with you lately -- "If it ain't on the web, then it didn't happen?"
Most articles in coin-op related publications aren't available for free online ... and you know it.
CheffoJeffo:
--- Quote from: Donkbaca on April 25, 2011, 04:15:47 pm --- The 90s were awesome for arcades they died at the millennium, years after these games hit their peak.
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Uh huh ... right ...
:banghead:
EDIT: In case the kids don't understand, the big arcade crash happened in the mid 80s. That is my point of reference. You may THINK that the 90s were awesome, but they were nothing compared to the early 80s.
CheffoJeffo:
--- Quote from: Hoopz on April 25, 2011, 04:00:30 pm ---Have a bunch of dogs poopin' on the lawn this weekend? :P
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:cheers:
Just a buncha kidz tellingz me aboot dem arcadez and wot hapnd to dem!
Mikezilla:
--- Quote from: Dartful Dodger on April 25, 2011, 04:41:40 pm ---
--- Quote from: Donkbaca on April 25, 2011, 04:15:47 pm ---In doing so they ignored what really made them great; the social aspect of gaming. The concept that is now making xbox the gaming platform of choice, despite the better horsepower of the PS3.
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People play video games to be anti-social.
If they wanted to be social they'd be participating in a sport with/against real people.
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See, I totally disagree with that statement. When I used to frequent the arcades, my friends and I loved to play video games with other people we didnt know, or beat the crap out of them because we felt entitled to. Whatever mood we were in. Now, the kids play on 360, or PS3, and there is no repurcussion for being an ---uvula---, or not having respect for anyone, because there isnt a face to it. They are playing with people from all over the country. I used to have a size advantage when I was a kid, when we played games. Kids would think twice before talking ---steaming pile of meadow muffin--- to me in an arcade. Now, you play on line, and there is nothing but punk kids playing stuff. Its like playing a computer anyway, I was playing MvC3 the other day, and the lobby system and everything just makes you think you are playing a computer. I think now it MAKES them anti-social due to the medium of which they play. Besides, sports in real life make me hate people. I played football when I was a kid up through high school, and I can barely remember a handful of "fun" times.
--- Quote from: CheffoJeffo on April 25, 2011, 03:12:10 pm ---
--- Quote from: Mikezilla on April 25, 2011, 12:38:56 pm ---You paid your quarters and mashed some buttons. Woohoo.
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Isnt that what you did too? ;)
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DNA Dan:
This one's for you Jeffo...
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