4/03/2007

 
50 years ago today
Fremont Tribune - Fremont,NE,USADestruction of an elaborate electrically operated pinball machine, which Nebraska state law says is a gambling device, was ordered Thursday by county ...
Naughty Nick's to auction everything from pool to Pac-Man
Stockton Record - Stockton,CA,USAThe real estate has been sold and owner Ronald Massei is looking for the quickest way to dispose of his 27 billiard tables, 150 arcade games, ...

Sheriff orders arcades to get rid of slots
Florida Times-Union - Jacksonville,FL,USAJacksonville Sheriff John Rutherford ordered operators of Duval County's adult arcades to remove slot-style machines by Monday or risk being arrested. ...
400 electronic poker machines seized
Pittsburgh Post Gazette - Pittsburgh,PA,USA... were raided this week by more than 100 law enforcement officers who seized nearly 400 electronic poker machines from the proprietors, police said. ...
Brad Van introduces Retro Arcade Week
Isthmus Daily Page - Madison,WI,USAVan is at the center of a growing effort to preserve video games' past, and has been building a collection of vintage arcade games for more than ten years. ...

 
Lerna man holds on to the nostalgia of pinball
Journal Gazette and Times-Courier, IL - Mar 23, 2007“This all started out to be just a way to fix up one or two pinball machines, just to play with. But, it got out of control,” said Saunders, 50. ...

 

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Gambling plea deal ends case; defendants agree to forfeit 50 machines
Palatka Daily News - Palatka,FL,USA“They plead to possession of coin-operated devices or machines,” Strickler said “They are admitting to having possession of devices that are unlawful.” ...
David Duchovny on The TV Set
ComingSoon.net - USAMy son and I play the "X-Files" pinball game machine. He's never seen the show and he won't until he's a good deal older. Things happen in the machine where ...
Video Game Addiction: Is it Real?
PR Newswire (press release) - New York,NY,USAMost youth play video games and many feel that they may be playing too much. Nearly one-quarter (23%) of youth say that they have felt "addicted to video ...
Nursing Home Residents Love Video Games Too
WLTX.com - Columbia,SC,USAShe's now an avid video bowler. She tells the Associated Press that bowling with the wireless gamer controller is a lot easier than trying to lift a ...
Most Kids 'Unaffected' By Violent Games
Hard OCP - Plano,TX,USA... revealed children prone to worrying, neurotic behaviour and predisposed to aggression were likely to be more aggressive after playing violent video games.
Private clubs fear crackdown on poker machines
Centre Daily Times - Centre County,PA,USA"We knew it was illegal, but everyone had them," said Larry Weik, vice president of the Pioneer Home Association in Allentown, which lost its poker machines ...
The Fun Factor 04.02.07: Dance Dance Revolution
411mania.com - Sugar Land,TX,USAThen you have one of my favorite arcade games of all time, Hydro Thunder, with its throttle controls and its subwoofer power that makes you feel like you're ...
Oldsters glomming onto video gamesImediNews - Tbilisi,GeorgiaSEATTLE, March 30 (UPI) ? The video game industry has found that its fasting growing segment of the US casual market is women 40 and older. ...
Posted by: Kevin Steele
RetroBlast! - Cleveland,OH,USAIt's a giant show with people selling everything from antique signs, slots, jukes, pinball machines, and much more. The show is this weekend (March 30-April ...
Broward judge dismisses arcade suit
Miami Herald - Miami,FL,USATo win, the state must prove the arcade games are games of chance and not games of skill. If the games -- which cost less than a dime per play and resemble ...
Press Release: Penny Arcade Expo Early-Bird Registration Ends ...
Fatman Games - USAStarted by videogame-oriented comic-strip creators Gabe and Tycho in 2004, Penny Arcade Expo (PAX) is a three-day, round-the-clock celebration of games and ...
Making a case for the artistry of video gaming
The Charlatan - Ottawa,CanadaVideo games have been called a lot of things during the past 25 years. People often consider them a way of life, a pastime, an escape from reality. ...
What's happening
Belleville News-Democrat - Belleville,IL,USAFeatures coin-operated arcade games, pinballs, jukeboxes, dart boards and other games. Dinner/Auction -- 7 pm Saturday, St. Clair Country Club, ...
Posted by: Kevin Steele
RetroBlast! - Cleveland,OH,USA... new coin-op amusments, with nearly 150 manufacturers and suppliers to the coin-operated amusement industry showing products such as video games, ...
Pinball scores with disabled
NorthJersey.com - Hackensack,NJ,USAStern, which claims to be the world's only coin-operated pinball manufacturer, helped Kochel and Gulich modify the software and saved them the painstaking ...
Game startup raising $150M
MLive.com - MI,USAThe pair also invested in Massive Inc., a New York-based provider of dynamic advertising in video games. Microsoft Corp. (Nasdaq: MSFT) bought the company ...

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