by Kira | Sep 21, 2022 | Blog
Video games give us a break from reality and allow us to travel to far off lands, find treasure, solve puzzles, battle villains, and more. The beauty is that, when it comes to game heroes, there’s no age limit. You can be as young or old as you like. So, with the...
by Kira | Sep 7, 2022 | Blog
If you’re anything like us and millions of others around the world, you probably sat spellbound in front of the TV as the fourth season of Netflix’s Stranger Things aired. This is hardly surprising, as the show introduced an engaging storyline with a cast of very...
by Kira | Aug 25, 2022 | Blog
In the beginning, video games mainly targeted young, male audiences. At a time when gender norms were expected, and little progress had been made in the perception of the ‘fairer sex,’ female characters were deemed unnecessary. When they were present, they were mostly...
by Kira | Aug 9, 2022 | Blog
During the peak of the pandemic, the gaming industry saw one of its biggest booms in decades. Just the year before in 2019, the worldwide revenue generated by the industry was an estimated $77 billion US dollars. The following year when many people were forced to...
by Kira | Jul 25, 2022 | Blog
If you have ever been to an arcade, you have seen a claw machine. It is one of the most famous games and its popularity has spread into supermarkets, restaurants, movie theaters, and even bowling alleys. But how did the claw machine get so popular? Where did it even...
by Kira | Jul 7, 2022 | Blog
Arcades have had a long history in the US, and today many are still standing. But what does the future hold? In a world where technology seems to be moving at the speed of light, arcades have had a hard time surviving. They suffered a drop in popularity in the 90s and...