Bronx Banter » laura june http://www.bronxbanterblog.com Development site for Bronx Banter Blog's upcoming look and feel Sat, 18 May 2013 20:48:17 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 Penny Arcade http://www.bronxbanterblog.com/2013/01/17/penny-arcade/ http://www.bronxbanterblog.com/2013/01/17/penny-arcade/#comments Thu, 17 Jan 2013 18:06:37 +0000 Alex Belth http://www.bronxbanterblog.com/?p=97713

Over at Kottke, I saw this story by Laura June on the life and death of the American arcade.

Man, this brings back memories. I was nine-years old in 1980 so I remember all these games–Space Invaders, Asteroids, Galaxian, Defender, Pac-Man, Donkey Kong–being a big deal.

Centipede was my favorite.

Check it out.

[Photo Credit: Retronaut]

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