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| - This is one of those places that all the hipsters and cool people dig...which usually means I hate it. But it's actually super-badass!
If you're a gamer or pinball aficionado, of course you'll dig it... so this review is for people like me, who despise video games.
Fellow anti-gamers, if a significant other drags you here, don't worry -- there is plenty to keep you entertained! The artwork on some of the old-time pinball machines is awesome -- favorites include Night Rider (70s truck-stop motif), Guns 'N' Roses (you can get a bonus where a hot bitch takes her top off!), and the self-explanatorily-awesome Nugent. So if you approach this place like an art gallery, you'll be totally rewarded.
It's not just pinball, either -- they have all these weird, creepy old-time arcade amusements, like this creepy marionette clown-in-a-box that you control by pushing buttons. There's no score, or bonus levels...you just make him dance around by pushing buttons. Simpler times! Then there's the baseball game in which you control an actual doll, helping him swing his bat at a ping-pong ball that hovers over a gust of air that you also control.
If that's not enough, the guy who runs the place moseys around giving advice, and he's super interesting to talk to. And his workshop is interesting to peruse...he's got all these old gutted machines out and ready to be repaired.
And if you get thirsty, there's a machine selling old-time throwback sodas, which adds to the retro arcade feel. Now all they need is a pimply, fuzzy-lipped 15-year old stoner in a jean jacket selling weed out back. Goooooooooood times!
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