[game_preservation] A sad day for arcade games

[Rachel "Sheepy" Donahue]

Funspot is truly the king of arcades. I must also admit a fondness for the  
"barcades" like Jillian's, Dave & Busters, etc. Beer AND House of the  
Dead? Yes, please.

On Tue, 03 Mar 2009 13:25:02 -0500, O'Donnell, Dean M <dodo at wpi.edu> wrote:


> Jason talks about a documentary called "Tilt" which is a history of  

> pinball machines, but currently he's working on a history of text  

> adventures called "Get Lamp."

>

> Tilt's website: http://www.tilt-movie.com/

>

> I live a mere two hours from Funspot, so once a year I go for my arcade  

> fix.  It seems to me the arcade really lives at the beach.  We go to the  

> Maine coast every summer and there are numerous arcades near every beach.

>

> Dean

>

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