Archive for the ‘video’ Category

Lego Arcade

Tuesday, June 30th, 2009

Here’s a really cool video using stop motion animation and legos to create some classic ‘cades. I can’t even begin to imagine how long this took to shoot. I did some stop-motion in high school and it was loooong. Kudos to the creator for being spot on. See if you know them all.

1981 Arcade Game – Piranha Added to the Gameroom!

Friday, June 12th, 2009

After living at least 10 lonely years in a warehouse, followed by suffering another 4 months in my garage, Piranha is finally getting the love it deserves in my gameroom:

If you recall one of my earlier posts, you’ll remember that the game was in great shape and was working, but (more…)

Bally Strange Science – Atom Smasher Multiball Video

Friday, June 5th, 2009

Whenever a pinball pops up for sale on craigslist, I always check out www.ipdb.org first to see closeups of artwork and playfield and see if the theme and/or the layout interests me. After that, the next step is to check out youtube to see if there are any videos showing gameplay. Since there are so many pinballs that I don’t even know exist, much less that I have played, seeing a video of them in action is the next best thing.

During my searching of various pinball titles on youtube, I realized that there aren’t many that come up for a game that I own – Strange Science. Therefore, I took the liberty of taking some video of the exciting multiball action. Take a peek at it after the jump… (more…)

Warehouse Raid 2008 – Part 2

Monday, November 24th, 2008

This is part 2 in an ongoing series dedicated to the documentation of my warehouse raid in October, 2008. Read Part 1 HERE.

When we opened the door, the first thing I noticed was the smell! (more…)