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Blue_Tires

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9. We had an Aladdin's, too among other places...

Reply to HughBeaumont (Reply #8)

Fri Feb 10, 2012, 04:32 PM

Feb 2012

I practically grew up in the arcades, even when I had no money I'd enjoy trying to watch and learn from the really great players...

It's really sad at how game makers pulled the plug on arcade development...Even when I find an arcade now the "newest" games are all from the late 90s, and are beat up, faded, and barely workable in most cases...Running an arcade used to be a matter of gamer pride, and now the folks working there could care less...

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Decline and Fall of the Mall? [View all] marmar Feb 2012 OP

Sadly. While I dislike malls it's clear the replacement jobs will not be local. Pholus Feb 2012 #1

Malls have replaced downtown retail areas as the communal gathering place rurallib Feb 2012 #3

I really, really miss going to the mall. Nye Bevan Feb 2012 #2

Agreed Mr Dixon Feb 2012 #6

I'll mostly miss the food courts. limpyhobbler Feb 2012 #4

I live under a mile from the Mall IDemo Feb 2012 #5

Malls died for me when all the arcades closed Blue_Tires Feb 2012 #7

Same here . . . HughBeaumont Feb 2012 #8

We had an Aladdin's, too among other places... Blue_Tires Feb 2012 #9