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Matt sporting a Japanese lawyer game
Another gift scored from the Classic Gaming Expo in late July. I often noticed how Matt would use the character on the shirt as his avatar in electronic forums because I recognized it from a weird game the Wii offered. … Continue reading
Kathy R wearing her favorite video game
A gift I scored for my friend Rev. Kathy because this is her favorite cabinet game whenever we hit Pinballz. I recently looked up Rampage‘s history too. I could’ve sworn I started playing this in high school but I was wrong, … Continue reading
I still got it with this machine!
Spent a good chunk of my day at the Classic Gaming Expo in downtown Austin. It wasn’t quite the 70,000 square feet of video games I was hoping for, more like 20K with 50K of vendors, mostly people selling legacy … Continue reading
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Tagged Bugs Bunny, Convention, Eighties
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Gauntlet joke
A pretty good amateur gag covering how food works in the old video game Gauntlet. The bit showing Questor the Elf doing what often happened when you were in a multiplayer game is relatable because there’s always one idiot out … Continue reading
Ralph Breaks the Internet: Streaming
Another movie that didn’t really need a sequel yet it turned out decently but it wasn’t necessarily with all the expense of going to a movie theater. My short version of Ralph 2. Initially I wasn’t remotely interested because the … Continue reading
A great time had be gEeKs and me, the fat one
The Lowrys of California took some time from their busy agenda visiting Austin to hang out with me and play games at Pinballz Lake Creek. The little ladies really enjoyed the mini-bowling. Sadly, they’re not all tall enough to go … Continue reading
Video game challenge for the Summer of 2017, part two
Part two! These games were actually harder but still fun. Kept it to five like last so here we go with the next batch! Commando: I mistook this game for another one that focused on being a soldier taking on a … Continue reading
Video game challenge for the Summer of 2017, part one
Now that I’ve appeased my push-game addiction into landing a PS4 (special bundle with Destiny), I got back into the pinball groove. However, the newer Pinballz has a whole section dedicated to video games, many from the early Eighties which would’ve … Continue reading
My new time waster
Scored this with all my Pinballz points the night before we left for Las Vegas. I drove all the way down to the original location because the one where I earned my 90K carried just the version with Call of Duty…pass, … Continue reading
An actual Computer Space game at PHoF!
This really cool, future-retro looking contraption was the first arcade-based video game ever made/released circa 1971. Created by Syzygy Engineering, Computer Space was Atari’s initial entry (before they were called Atari) via Nolan Bushnell and Ted Dabney. I read out this … Continue reading
I saved the Earth for 500 tickets!
If you’ve been to Pinballz and possibly a Dave & Busters, there’s a redemption (aka ticket) game based upon the original Space Invaders from the late Seventies. Besides being rewarded tickets, the game has a few extra twists. I usually do … Continue reading
RIP: Masaya Nakamura & John Wetton
A sad double whammy against two people who were a staple of my life in 1982, especially how awesome that Summer was. First up is Mr. Nakamura, the person behind Pac Man and its parent company Namco. The sequel Ms. Pac … Continue reading
Retro King of the Hill vidaya game intro
For my player character, I would go with Cotton. He’s tough because he killed fiddy men in the Big War.
Barenaked Ladies machine
The new(er) Pinballz has this machine which is also the name of BNL’s latest album. I do recommend Silverball even if you hated their earlier work, BNL has evolved unlike Coldplay. I don’t think the game actually works. The field is … Continue reading
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