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[ChanceKJ]

..

[CheffoJeffo]

At some point you're going to stop calling them "arcades", right? 

Like the StarCastle shirt. 

[ChanceKJ]

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[yotsuya]

At some point you're going to stop calling them "arcades", right? 

Like the StarCastle shirt. 

Thanks,   And no. 

Ugh. Does he do that in the video?

[Vigo]

So are you Rick Moranis or Dave Thomas?

[BadMouth]

At some point you're going to stop calling them "arcades", right? 

Like the StarCastle shirt. 

Thanks,   And no. 

So you call these XBOX 360's then?


Check out my new XBOX 360, it's called Borderlands 2.   

....say, weren't you a playable character in some XBOX360?

Check out all my Colecovisons!

[CheffoJeffo]

 

[ChanceKJ]

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[CheffoJeffo]

Games, machines, cabs, vids.

[ChanceKJ]

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[CheffoJeffo]

Vids is what you use when in the company of pinheads so that it is clear what type of game you are talking about.

Vids vs Pins

[ChanceKJ]

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[yotsuya]

An "arcade" is where you go to play "arcade games", "video games", "games", "vids", "cabinets", "machines", etc...

[BadMouth]

I think its kinda like how you guys say "Vids" as short for "Video Games", it the same with us, were we'd say "Arcades" short for "Arcade Games".

You're not interpreting this as a Canadian/US thing are you? 
It's not.

It's more like:

      "Old enough that the word will always mean a place you go to play games"
                                                 vs
"young enough to never have had to go to a dedicated place of business just to play cutting edge games"

[yotsuya]

Person: "I just bought an arcade."

Me: "Cool. How many games were inside the building?"

[CheffoJeffo]

You're not interpreting this as a Canadian/US thing are you? 
It's not.

Definitely not.

"Arcades" is noob terminology amongst all of the Canadian collectors I know. Usage typically earns enough of a ribbing that you never do it again.

But maybe it's a thing in communities where you drive 24 hours just to pick up another red tent (really Chance, you're starting to look like noice and his Moppets).

[CheffoJeffo]

Even if "arcades" was actually a short form of "arcade games", the breadth of game types extends far enough to make the term useless.

[vwalbridge]

Where would one hail if they used the term "arcade console"? 

[yotsuya]

Where would one hail if they used the term "arcade console"? 

BYOAC.

[BadMouth]

"arcade console"? 

[yotsuya]

Vids is what you use when in the company of pinheads so that it is clear what type of game you are talking about.

Vids vs Pins

Yep. Vids is a collector term, and is used only when talking about a mixed collection.

James has 5 arcade games.

Tim has 7 games.

Steve has 8 games. He has 5 pins and 3 vids.

Lou owns 3 arcades. Two are in a strip mall, and one is by the freeway. He has 30 games or so in each.

[vwalbridge]

Where would one hail if they used the term "arcade console"? 

BYOAC.

[BadMouth]

So are you Rick Moranis or Dave Thomas?

If you watch the video, he's obviously Moranis and the other guy is Thomas.
Moranis is on the left and Thomas is on the right, just like old show:

[DeLuSioNal29]

Wow, not one comment on the actual game they picked up (or is it games(s) since it's a .vs cab?  LOL.  Nice find.  Is that cab for Cody or are you eventually going to grab it Chance?

D

[harveybirdman]

We have a friend,  he's like a cop, and he says if you find a mouse in your beer you get a sixer er no a case for free!

[yotsuya]

*** shakes head sadly ***

[Ginsu Victim]

Subscribed, but only for the parts where you actually get to your destination, not the banter in-between.

[wp34]

This is so awesome.   

So are you Rick Moranis or Dave Thomas?

If you watch the video, he's obviously Moranis and the other guy is Thomas.
Moranis is on the left and Thomas is on the right, just like old show:

[harveybirdman]

Subscribed, but only for the parts where you actually get to your destination, not the banter in-between.

Yeah then the video is only 2 minutes long....

I would have liked them to have filmed the Arcade they toured (that's the building with the vids and pins), but I get it, It must be hard to show up to some Reginian and say "hey can I film you for my youtube channel that is overly discussed at various dark corners of the interwebz."  It's a tough sell I'm sure.

[vwalbridge]

Wow, not one comment on the actual game they picked up (or is it games(s) since it's a .vs cab? 

I would have commented on the their pick up but...

A) I'm extremely jealous
B) I've been told that Red Tents are like the Kardashians of arcade machines. Everyone's talking about them but nobody really knows why.*


*Cited from Yotsuya

[yotsuya]

Wow, not one comment on the actual game they picked up (or is it games(s) since it's a .vs cab? 

I would have commented on the their pick up but...

A) I'm extremely jealous
B) I've been told that Red Tents are like the Kardashians of arcade machines. Everyone's talking about them but nobody really knows why.*


*Cited from Yotsuya

They are. But please, feel free to discuss them here. It is an arcade site after all.

[Token]

B) I've been told that Red Tents are like the Kardashians of arcade machines. Everyone's talking about them but nobody really knows why.*

Nah, I get it. Red tents look unlike a standard cab without looking ridiculous. And they are red. And Nintendo.

I commend Chance for cornering the Canadian market of Red Tents. Savvy move.

And I don't care if you call arcade cabinets "arcades." That's a reasonable faux pas. I just wish you Canucks would stop calling garbage disposals "garburators." 

[CheffoJeffo]

And I don't care if you call arcade cabinets "arcades." That's a reasonable faux pas.

[Token]

You call it a garburator, don't you? 

[leapinlew]

I have a buddy who's pet peeve is when people sound out the last word in an abbreviation. NIC Card instead or SAM missile. I also find this an acceptable mistake.

The simple definition for arcade is " a place with many games that can be played by putting coins in them"

Someone saying "Oh you have an arcade game" is technically perfect, but I don't mind "Oh, you have an arcade". I have 5 games. Not sure if that would qualify as "many games", but since they are mame, they play 100's of games, which definitely qualifies as "many games" but I don't have to put coins in them, so if we are going to be technical I guess it would never be an arcade? This is confusing. I'll just stick with being ok with either Arcade or Arcade Game.

[BadMouth]

Yeah, I have nothing better to do.

[CheffoJeffo]

 
 
 

[harveybirdman]

 

[yotsuya]

Arcade Night In Canada

[ChanceKJ]

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[Aceldamor]

I have a buddy who's pet peeve is when people sound out the last word in an abbreviation. NIC Card instead or SAM missile. I also find this an acceptable mistake.

Yup...noting bothers me more when my Network Interface Card card goes out.....

[jbl77]

Funny thread....Americana vs Canadiana is always good for a laugh.

[BadMouth]

No Vs.  We all friends here.  That commercial is awesome though! 

[jbl77]

No Vs.  We all friends here.  That commercial is awesome though!

Absolutely.  Didn't means vs. as adversarial....just comparative   We are much more alike than many Americans would believe or many Canadians would like to admit

Here is another for your amusement: 

[acme64]

i grew up in nyc in the 90's and we just called every coin operated video game machine an arcade 

[yotsuya]

i grew up in ... the 90's-

Well, there you go.

[acme64]

i grew up in ... the 90's-

Well, there you go.

well the word did originate as an architecture term, then around the 17th century co-opted to mean a covered market area and somehow ended up with todays use... so get outta here with your "up hill, both ways" routine

[Vigo]

i grew up in ... the 90's-

Well, there you go.

well the word did originate as an architecture term, then around the 17th century co-opted to mean a covered market area and somehow ended up with todays use... so get outta here with your "up hill, both ways" routine

WIKIPEDIA'D!!!

[acme64]