arcade mania

Monday, June 22, 2009
Culture

French Version Of Arcade Mania Goes Gold

5:00PM Brian Ashcraft | Yes, we know, books don’t actually go gold like video games do. But still, publisher Pix’N Love got back its French language version of Arcade Mania back from the printer. More »
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Saturday, March 14, 2009
Culture

Bashcraft Penned Arcade Book Getting French Edition

3:20PM Brian Ashcraft | Arcade Mania, the book on Japanese arcades I wrote, will be translated for an upcoming French version. More »
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Thursday, February 19, 2009
News

Castlevania Arcade Game Now Released In Japan

3:00PM Brian Ashcraft | This week, Konami is releasing Castlevania arcade title Akumajo Dracula THE ARCADE in game centres across Japan.
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Saturday, February 7, 2009
Culture

Bashcraft Profiled By Dallas Morning News

3:00PM Brian Ashcraft | Ever wonder why I’m in Japan? Or how I got this super duper job? No? Well then, don’t click past the jump. If so, hey, clicky-clack away.
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Friday, January 16, 2009
Culture

The Bestest Arcade Piggy Bank

9:00PM Brian Ashcraft | Screw interest rates! Is there a better way to sock money away than this? No dear reader, there ain’t. More »
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Thursday, January 8, 2009
Culture

No Men Allowed (For A Long Time Now…)

5:00PM Brian Ashcraft | Girls only. Japan’s Asahi Shimbun has an article about how Japanese arcades are banning men from sticker picture machines. Why’d they do that? More »
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Wednesday, January 7, 2009
Culture

Ashcraft Talks Arcade Mania!

1:20AM Mike Fahey | Over at Game Set Watch there’s an exhaustive interview with our own Brian Ashcraft about his book, Arcade Mania!, containing more insight from Ash than I generally see over the course of a year. More »
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Friday, December 5, 2008

Interested In Microchip Implants For Gaming? SEGA’s Yu Suzuki Is…

4:00PM Brian Ashcraft | Venerated SEGA developer Yu Suzuki (Hang-On, Virtua Cop) changed the way people played. His titles have been revolutionary regarding how players interact with arcade games and arcade game cabinets. But Suzuki thinks there’s more than can be done. Like? More »
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Wednesday, December 3, 2008

Bashcraft And Arcade Mania On Your Japanese Network TV

1:00PM Brian Ashcraft | That was this morning. Woke up, flipped on Zoom In!! Super, Japan’s equivalent of Good Morning America, and saw my bloated, unshaven mug talking about Japanese arcades and Arcade Mania. Revenge of the Giant Facetag! Gah. More »
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Thursday, September 11, 2008

Arcade Mania! The Turbo-Charged World of Japan’s Game Centres

3:00AM Brian Crecente | Earlier this year Ashcraft emailed me to ask if I would write one of the forewards for his upcoming book on Japanese arcades. I jumped at the opportunity, mostly because it gave me a chance to get my hands on the book’s galley. I’m a huge fan of Ash’s writing and was dying to see how it read in book form. Turns out it reads really well. I’ve never been a huge fan of books about video games or gaming culture, mostly because most of them seem to forget about the people and instead focus on the technology. Not so with Arcade Mania! The Turbo-Charged World of Japan’s Game Centres. In it, Ash walks you through a typical Japanese arcade game type by game type. But instead of focusing on the games he talks to the people to whom they matter most. From Japan’s UFO Catcher Queen, to Street Fighter champion Daigo “The Beast” Umehara, to Shump champions and DDR dancers, Ash manages to put a face to every game and give us a glimpse into what makes people so fascinated with them. My foreward for the book on the jump. More »
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