The cultural importance of the video game arcade - New Statesman [Archive]

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27-03-2015, 19:37

<table border="0" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="7" style="vertical-align:top;"><tr><td width="80" align="center" valign="top"><a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&ct2=en_ie&usg=AFQjCNEuHNIC79xkfWSnVsR_qMnFr4HTeA&clid=c3a7d30bb8a4878e06b80cf16b898331&cid=52778786059127&ei=brEVVcjcA4HNiQbYi4DQBw&url=http://www.newstatesman.com/culture/2015/03/cultural-importance-video-game-arcade"><img src="//t2.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcSsYPfM-1e7zPxzR3fyYwGVUR8h6iPZJDP1WVNzEgMSdqLYla4EnisS3zP wQB37kvdU_SGakVc" alt="" border="1" width="80" height="80"> New Statesman</a></td><td valign="top" class="j"> <div style="padding-top:0.8em;"><img alt="" height="1" width="1"></div><div class="lh"><a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&ct2=en_ie&usg=AFQjCNEuHNIC79xkfWSnVsR_qMnFr4HTeA&clid=c3a7d30bb8a4878e06b80cf16b898331&cid=52778786059127&ei=brEVVcjcA4HNiQbYi4DQBw&url=http://www.newstatesman.com/culture/2015/03/cultural-importance-video-game-arcade">The cultural importance of the video game arcade</a> New Statesman Britain's video game arcades, having been at last evicted from our cities, are now mostly found chirruping on piers in lonesome seaside towns. It's been a lingering decline. Once upon a time the arcade was the only place in which the video game could ... <a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&ct2=en_ie&usg=AFQjCNEwc4KVvIFJBt4MKKHYEX2pzbv0ow&clid=c3a7d30bb8a4878e06b80cf16b898331&cid=52778786059127&ei=brEVVcjcA4HNiQbYi4DQBw&url=http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/gadgets-and-tech/gaming/national-videogame-arcade-learn-to-make-super-mario-jump-at-national-gallery-of-gaming-10137145.html">National Videogame Arcade: Learn to make Super Mario jump at 'National ...</a>The Independent <a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&ct2=en_ie&usg=AFQjCNH3BO1JQaATGmzidkQ_BGGP-hqKmA&clid=c3a7d30bb8a4878e06b80cf16b898331&cid=52778786059127&ei=brEVVcjcA4HNiQbYi4DQBw&url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-nottinghamshire-32067472">National Videogame Arcade opens in Nottingham</a>BBC News <a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&ct2=en_ie&usg=AFQjCNEROviyFAx4jIu0lGFL9fACMQiYDA&clid=c3a7d30bb8a4878e06b80cf16b898331&cid=52778786059127&ei=brEVVcjcA4HNiQbYi4DQBw&url=http://www.nottinghampost.com/pictures/Videogames/pictures-26242480-detail/pictures.html">The National Videogame Arcade opens in Nottingham: In pictures</a>Nottingham Post <a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&ct2=en_ie&usg=AFQjCNFR4hatTkzqImWVMzQdi5l1Yxo_HA&clid=c3a7d30bb8a4878e06b80cf16b898331&cid=52778786059127&ei=brEVVcjcA4HNiQbYi4DQBw&url=http://www.culture24.org.uk/science-and-nature/technology/art522049-the-magic-fairy-dust-of-the-game-national-videogame-arcade-powers-up-in-nottingham">Culture24</a> -<a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&ct2=en_ie&usg=AFQjCNFSZhhi4Nx7sOjpwPyV7QDM4ewgTg&clid=c3a7d30bb8a4878e06b80cf16b898331&cid=52778786059127&ei=brEVVcjcA4HNiQbYi4DQBw&url=http://www.ubergizmo.com/2015/03/national-videogame-arcade-to-serve-as-an-inspiration-for-the-future/">Ubergizmo (blog)</a> -<a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&ct2=en_ie&usg=AFQjCNEaTeWojuNkhl-WBebeQdzDHPqzjg&clid=c3a7d30bb8a4878e06b80cf16b898331&cid=52778786059127&ei=brEVVcjcA4HNiQbYi4DQBw&url=http://www.expressandstar.com/news/uk-news/2015/03/26/video-games-cultural-centre-to-open/">expressandstar.com</a> <a class="p" href="http://news.google.ie/news/more?ncl=dtA5TOx3rr25VMMQ7SfYgC6a6S3SM&authuser=0&ned=en_ie">all 44 news articles »</a></div></td></tr></table>

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