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Title: Arcade Reality show!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Post by: mytymaus007 on October 19, 2009, 08:04:41 pm
How sick would that be an Arcade reality show. Anyone know how to start one. I think Richie Knucklez can be one of the stars since he's know as the Arcade Hunter.  :applaud:
Title: Re: Arcade Reality show!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Post by: Ginsu Victim on October 19, 2009, 08:08:49 pm
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Title: Re: Arcade Reality show!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Post by: protokatie on October 19, 2009, 08:12:31 pm
Huh?
I don't think I get the premise of this idea...

Do you mean to have a reality show where people are in an arcade?
Or maybe a reality show where people go around trying to find arcades? (Ala storm chasers)
Or one where people have to live life like they were in a videogame?

Regardless, anyone who promotes "reality shows" should be shot.
Title: Re: Arcade Reality show!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Post by: mytymaus007 on October 19, 2009, 08:58:08 pm
Ask Richie Knucklez see what he thinks. Arcade Hunters Episode 6: Richie Knucklez (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-zCc1Dgte9I#)

Going out on limb but maybe they can be visiting differnt arcades where they are rare games and discussing the history and who has the hi scores of each games. Or Maybe some people here building home arcade i dont know but i rather watch that then the "The Flavor of Love making millions"

OH yeh to Ginsu VICTIM is that me taking my fustration out on you girl after Robotron kicks my A** :laugh2: :lol
Title: Re: Arcade Reality show!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Post by: romshark on October 19, 2009, 09:56:41 pm
When I read this, I was thinking something more like the old Starcade (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Starcade) show.

Starcade: Pac Man Fever! (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yiW_EInXPXM#)
Title: Re: Arcade Reality show!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Post by: Turnarcades on October 19, 2009, 10:23:25 pm
Regardless, anyone who promotes "reality shows" should be shot.

Here, here! My god all the 2000's bought was a decade of reality shite - about the only scheduled thing I've been able to bear to watch is Top Gear and a handful of decent shows like Lost and some unique British sitcoms. Anything else is just shite churned out by execs aiming at a 'prominent female youth audience'. Stupid little girls in other words, which their idiot mothers and senile grandmothers also conveniently tap into occasionally.

Excuse the rant, but here's hoping they get their thinking caps back on next decade... err a few months from now... and put some quality programming back on. Maybe then we'll all be saved from these Z-list pseudo-celebs who seem to be famous simply through being on TV for 10 minutes and either flashing their ---steaming pile of meadow muffin--- all over the shop (women) or simply acting the ---Bad words, bad words, whatcha gonna do? Whatcha gonna do when saint censors you?--- (blokes). See Big Brother for a prime example.

On second thoughts, don't.
Title: Re: Arcade Reality show!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Post by: Kevin Mullins on October 19, 2009, 11:02:20 pm
Anything else is just shite churned out by execs aiming at a 'prominent female youth audience'.

No doubt .... I have one of those "prominent female youths" and god help ya if she comes out to the living room and gets a hold of the remote. 
 :banghead:
Title: Re: Arcade Reality show!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Post by: Epyx on October 20, 2009, 11:24:00 am
Man that episode of Arcade hunters is pretty cool. No arcades like even that one around here in BC anymore :(
Title: Re: Arcade Reality show!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Post by: Franco B on October 20, 2009, 11:39:03 am
I am a prominent female youth  :laugh:
Title: Re: Arcade Reality show!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Post by: mytymaus007 on October 20, 2009, 11:40:57 am
Back into time TimeOUT we need something like this in the show. have people put there classic games in it. Thats a good start!

I Wanna Go Back Arcade Video (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OdNBk_liGvw#)
Title: Re: Arcade Reality show!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Post by: MaximRecoil on October 20, 2009, 03:31:14 pm
"Reality shows" suck, but I think a show that followed the same format as the British show "Wheeler Dealers" (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wheeler_Dealers) would be cool.

Instead of cars, they could find and restore or refurbish arcade machines. They could even use the same guys; Edd China is awesome, and much of the stuff that goes into arcade machine restorations and refurbishments are things he's already good at.
Title: Re: Arcade Reality show!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Post by: bkenobi on October 20, 2009, 03:37:45 pm
Reality shows aren't new (think PBS documentaries), but modern shows like Survivor and Big Brother (or whatever) are complete crap!  Those shows completely devalue shows that show real people doing their thing.  For example:

Alone in the Wilderness (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iYJKd0rkKss#)

In case the link doesn't last, it's called "Alone in the Wild" depicting Dick Proenneke's experience in Alaska.
Title: Re: Arcade Reality show!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Post by: MaximRecoil on October 20, 2009, 03:43:12 pm
Reality shows aren't new (think PBS documentaries), but modern shows like Survivor and Big Brother (or whatever) are complete crap!  Those shows completely devalue shows that show real people doing their thing.  For example:

In case the link doesn't last, it's called "Alone in the Wild" depicting Dick Proenneke's experience in Alaska.

I have that on DVD. It is amazing. I've seen it probably a dozen times. Highly recommended. The whole documentary is just shy of an hour.
Title: Re: Arcade Reality show!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Post by: DJ_Izumi on October 20, 2009, 03:49:37 pm
This doesn't sound like a reality show, this sounds like a game show.

But then, most prime time 'reality shows' are just that, they are game shows.  An 'arcade reality show' would be like a documentary series that follows a group trying to keep an arcade alive and thriving in our modern era of Rock Band dinner parties and Xbox Live.
Title: Re: Arcade Reality show!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Post by: Ummon on October 21, 2009, 06:05:08 pm
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HAH HAH HAH HAH HAH HAH HAH HAH HAH HAH



OH yeh to Ginsu VICTIM is that me taking my fustration out on you girl after Robotron kicks my A** :laugh2: :lol

OOOOOOOOOO. You gonna stand fer that, Ginny?



In case the link doesn't last, it's called "Alone in the Wild" depicting Dick Proenneke's experience in Alaska.

Hey...where'd he get all those Linkin Logs?......


Anything else is just shite churned out by execs aiming at a 'prominent female youth audience'.

No doubt .... I have one of those "prominent female youths" and god help ya if she comes out to the living room and gets a hold of the remote. 
 :banghead:

Alas. To breed....or not to breed?

Sort of an aside to this last: you know, when I was a kid and cable TV was fresh to me an my brother, I'd about KILL him for channel surfing. I find it a bit ironic that the very few and far between times I've been in front of a set in the last.....erm, sixteen years....there's been so little on, and so many stupid channels...I've done exactly that. Freakin channel surf!
Title: Re: Arcade Reality show!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Post by: Kevin Mullins on October 21, 2009, 06:20:44 pm
I am a prominent female youth  :laugh:

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(couldn't resist, I have a teenage daughter driving me crazy at the moment)  ;D