Thread by @iowahawkblog

1. Defender
2. Qix
3. Pong
4. that's all I know

https://twitter.com/caroljsroth/status/1351388445697073152

I'm not exactly a video game buyer, but $200 million budget immersive photo realistic graphics have zero appeal to me. Give me something flat, stupid and visually abstract like Tetris

My basic rule for video games: if there are more than 2 dimensions or characters or things with faces, I'm out

In Grandpa Dave's day video games were something you only played when the band was on break, and there were beer stains and cigarette burns all over them

https://twitter.com/BrandonBohning/status/1351531938155261956

All you punk video game nerds get off my lawn

*Mr. @ARTofCOOP's birthday party at the Thumperdome in Pasadena, a quite impressive private collection of vintage pinball machines

Hayburners II or GTFO

Fun fact: almost all pinball machines (Bally, Williams, Gottlieb) were made in Chicago, but pinball machines were illegal in Chicago until 1976.

*the reason I've heard for that is that the Chicago mob controlled the jukebox and cig vending machine trade, and didn't want the competition (and persuaded a majority of alderman to enact a ban)

**incidentally, the two major jukebox makers, Wurlitzer and Seeberg, were also located in or near Chicago, and the annual Chicago Coin-Op Show is a must see. The Faberge Egg of this stuff is the 1950-ish Chicago Coin Band-Box, a jukebox with a tiny band that plays along.

Even cooler: the Bob Wills & His Texas Playboys version of the Band-Box, made of pure unobtanium

correction, these weren't jukeboxes, but an auxiliary speaker that would work with a jukebox. Even had an opening & closing stage curtain for extra drama. Last time I checked they go for $8k-$10k, the Bob Wills one probably 2x that.