[game_preservation] A sad day for arcade games

[Devin Monnens]

I heard there is only one practicing hardware pinball game designer left in
the world. We need to verify this and interview the guy, make sure his bible
of pinball design gets documented.

-Devin

On Tue, Mar 3, 2009 at 11:31 AM, Rachel Sheepy Donahue <donahrm at gmail.com>wrote:


> 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

>>

>> ____________________________________________

>> Dean O'Donnell     Associate Director,

>> Interactive Media and Game Development

>> Dept. of Humanities and Arts   WPI

>> dodo at wpi.edu

>> Phone: 508-831-5947

>> Fax: 508-831-5932

>>

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