Arcade Archives - NERDBOT The Nerd Side Of Life Fri, 01 Nov 2019 17:29:36 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0.2 https://i0.wp.com/nerdbot.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/cropped-Nerdbot-Headshot.png?fit=32%2C32&ssl=1 Arcade Archives - NERDBOT 32 32 152960103 Walmart is Selling Arcade Cabinets of Our Favorite Games https://nerdbot.com/2019/11/01/walmart-is-selling-arcade-cabinets-of-our-favorite-games/ Fri, 01 Nov 2019 17:25:10 +0000 https://nerdbot.com/?p=35280 Walmart is selling retro arcade cabinets full of our favorite games

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]]> 35280 Dance Dance Revolution Movie Is (Still) Reportedly Happening https://nerdbot.com/2018/10/04/11754/ Thu, 04 Oct 2018 21:30:59 +0000 http://nerdbot.com/?p=11754 A movie centered around the only arcade game that matters, Dance Dance Revolution is currently in the works. Again. According to Variety, Greg Silverman’s new company Stampede is behind the film which is being made in partnership with producers J. Todd Harris and Marc Marcum from Branded Entertainment as well as Konami who still own the intellectual property. [...]

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]]> 11754 Toshi Omagari Says Retro Video Game Fonts Have Gone Unnoticed https://nerdbot.com/2018/09/02/toshi-omagari-says-retro-video-game-fonts-have-gone-unnoticed/ Sun, 02 Sep 2018 15:00:30 +0000 http://nerdbot.com/?p=9915 Over the last few years, the Japanese type-designer-turned-retro-font archivist who works at the type foundry Monotype, has been assembling pixel-based alphabets from arcade games such as Tank 8, Space Invaders, and Street Fighter. “There are actually so many good arcade fonts that we collectively haven’t paid attention to,” said Omagari at the Cooper Union’s TypoGraphics conference in June. According to an article [...]

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]]> 9915 Arcade Expo: Retro Fun https://nerdbot.com/2017/05/03/arcade-expo-review-retro-fun/ Wed, 03 May 2017 09:46:18 +0000 http://162.144.151.46/~nerdbotc/?p=338 Like pagers, portable CD players, and collect call lines, brick and mortar arcades are often viewed as a retro novelty of yesteryear. But to those who grew up around them, arcades were more than just a place to pass time and burn through pocket change. They were a place to connect with friends, blow off [...]

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