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War games: Soviet arcade museum features military-built machines
Arcade machines built in the Soviet Union during the 1970s were a bit different than those found in Continue reading…
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The history of Pong, the arcade classic that changed the game
Buzzfeed has taken a look at why the lucrative video games industry wouldn’t be possible without Continue reading…
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Play this: 'Cool Pizza'
Sometimes, as a writer, you'll run across an official description of a game that's far better than Continue reading…
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Chinese police officers kill 1,000 illegal arcade machines with fire
Illegal gambling is a huge problem in China, which has caused thousands of gambling machines to be Continue reading…
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Classic gaming resuscitates the American arcade
Can video arcades really be experiencing a comeback in the US? Ars Technica takes a look at a new Continue reading…
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Step back into a 1980s arcade with these classic ads
Classic video game ads have their own unique charms, and that's true not only for console and PC Continue reading…
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Atari's Nolan Bushnell: 'we could have owned the internet'
Games studio Atari planned to launch a national gaming network over telephone lines in the mid-'70s, Continue reading…
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Watch this: one-time 1983 special 'Battle of the Video Games'
The arcade as we know it may not exist anymore in the US, but there was a time when they were big Continue reading…
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Chinatown Fair arcade's grand re-opening
New York's legendary Chinatown Fair has finally cleaned up its act and re-opened, but the arcade's Continue reading…
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Sega's 'Time Traveler' might have changed arcade games, if it wasn't for Street Fighter II
When Sega’s "holographic game" Time Traveler arrived on the scene in 1991 it looked like it was Continue reading…
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Oxfam claims $18.47 trillion held in 'tax havens' as EU leaders meet to discuss solutions
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Amazon will start publishing fanfiction for 'Gossip Girl' and other books with Kindle Worlds
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'Ryse' teased as an Xbox One exclusive with Kinect integration, details at E3
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Google's latest voice search features now available in Chrome
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Prague plans subway carriages for singles to find love as they commute
