We piled into my mom’s Pontiac Grand Safari station wagon with its fake wooden side panels and a rear seat that faced backward. Two of my friends, my sister, and I had convinced my mom to take us to ...

Published on The Verge yesterday is a long feature article on the history of the American arcade, which kicks things off with this line: “The defining feature of a ‘real’ arcade, however, is that ...

Two competitors sat side-to-side, hands jittering around their equipment as they waited to prove, in the heat of competition, that they were the best fighters. A live audience, cheering and heckling, ...

The amusement business had never seen anything like it with names like Pacman and Space Invaders video games instantly soared in popularity. The first new form of arcade game since the pinball machine ...

The greatest video game documentary of all time just got a 90-minute prologue and a special edition Blu-ray (including an 80-page booklet for which I wrote the intro). That’s great for dedicated fans, ...

Why spend a night on the couch wishing you could be a kid again when you could just go feel like a kid again? North Jersey is home to several arcades that will transport you back in time with their ...