Spirited Play
Spirited Play
The local arcades here recently got some exposure in the Columbus Dispatch. 16-Bit started a movement, and now a bunch of new arcades are popping up around town. Once I get to play at all of them, I’ll rank them in a fighting game tier list right here.
When Benjamin Morgan pitched his idea for an arcade to investors, the particulars of his upscale game plan didn’t quite click. “Their response was: ‘So, you’re opening a Chuck E. Cheese?’?” said Morgan, 29. Not exactly. His Old North Arcade is an adults-only hangout north of Ohio State University stocked with 30 vintage titles and 20 craft-beer taps. The venue targets nerd-chic enthusiasts of both Missile Command and microbrews. Call it Arcade 2.0.
In other local news, Columbus Retro League’s Chris Bidwell is playing in the Nintendo World Championships 2015 in Los Angeles. Watch him beat down a bunch of YouTubers this Sunday.
Source: The Columbus Dispatch via Arcade Super Awesome, and Nintendo of America’s Twitter via Chris Bidwell
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Source: YouTube, challenge by OverClocked ReMix I think?, via NintendoCapriSun
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Source: YouTube, challenge by OverClocked ReMix I think?, via NintendoCapriSun
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Source: Mystery Ben
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Source: Adam Savage via several Tumblr users via Trynant, based on Kevin Synnes – Duck Army
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SSource: Jake Kaufman and YouTube, challenge by OverClocked ReMix I think?, via NintendoCapriSun
Wave – Ultimate Meowvel vs Catcom 3
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The original only had the vanilla Marvel vs Capcom 3 cast, then it got updated with the DLC characters and the new characters from Ultimate. The original was my wallpaper for a while in the dark ages before this blog.
Source: Suzuran’s DeviantArt via Capcom Unity five years ago
Ultimate Meowvel vs Catcom 3!
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(The original post on my Wordpress blog had five Did You Know Gaming? entries in the same post. When porting to Tumblr, I decided to give each reblog its own post since that's the way Tumblr seems to work. I might change this later.)
Source: Finally, YouTube.
The new episode is up! Star Fox - Did You Know Gaming? - Featuring Egoraptor!
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Source: The 8-Bit Big Band and YouTube and Bandcamp via andyTHPS Community Tournament #2
