Arcade Expressionism by Brock Davis.
Game on, expressionism in arcade games
Posted by John Lampard on Tuesday, 8 December, 2009 to the design and art subset
The rise and fall of the pinball machines
Posted by John Lampard on Thursday, 19 November, 2009 to the trends subset
The ability to change the score required to win a game replay was one ploy adopted by pinball machine manufacturers in an effort to compete with the ever increasing challenge offered by video games.
All pinball machines offer a replay to a player who beats some specified score. Pre-1986, the replay score was hard wired [...]
When did FAIL become an option? 2008? FAIL…
Posted by John Lampard on Monday, 20 October, 2008 to the comment subset
The FAIL meme, or would calling it a phenomenon be more apt, in fact takes its root from a 1998 arcade game, and not something more recent, as many people might be forgiven for thinking:
It’s nearly impossible to pinpoint the first reference, given how common the verb fail is, but online commenters suggest it started [...]
