'Old School' Arcade Still Popular In NYC 177
pickens writes "In 2005, there were 44 licensed video game arcades in New York, according to the Department of Consumer Affairs; today, 23 survive. With the expansion of interactive online gaming, video game action has largely shifted to the home. 'Arcades are an anachronism now,' says Danny Frank, a spokesman for the Amusement and Music Owners Association of New York. 'They exist only in shopping malls.' But Chinatown Fair has become a center for all the outcasts in the city to bond over their shared love for a good 20-punch combo and 'old school' games that more popular arcades don't stock anymore — the classic Street Fighter II from 1991 and King of Fighters 1996, for example, as well as Ms Pac-Man and Time Crisis. 'Now, you can play a million people from all around the world,' says one player. 'For me, it's not the same as playing face-to-face. The young'uns may not care, but I do.'"
Staged Photo (Score:5, Funny)
The photo at the top was obviously staged. No girl would kiss any guy who hangs out in an arcade all day.
Re:Popular! (Score:3, Funny)
Dammit, make me feel old again and I'll... I'll... Wave my cane at you!
Menacingly!
Re:Staged Photo (Score:3, Funny)
I've gotten laid at the Arcade before... Not CF, but one that no longer exists in the city. :P
Re:License? (Score:1, Funny)
By tradition, permission to operate coin-operated machines in NYC is given by the Mob.
Re:hmm (Score:3, Funny)
I'm still waiting for a nano-brew. All those little nano-borgs, working hard, just to make it exactly the way I like it. Isn't the potential of nanotechnology simply awesome?
Re:hmm (Score:3, Funny)
PBR is what passed for good beer in 1893. (hence the blue ribbon)
That said, it's still better than most mega breweries' swill.