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I live in Detroit and within the past few years 3 arcade bars have opened within walking distance of my apartment and another is about to open. These are the pl

by werber 5y ago

I live in Detroit and within the past few years 3 arcade bars have opened within walking distance of my apartment and another is about to open. These are the places I tend to frequent (actually about to go to one to after writing this and went to another last night). The thing that separates them from console or PC games for me is pinball. I cannot justify buying a machine, but I’m loving the resurgence.

jordemort 5y ago
We have lots of arcade bars in Chicago, too. I'm glad they exist, but sometimes you just want to play a game without having to interact with or smell drunk people.
- werber 5y ago
  I see where you’re coming from, but compared to a space filled with children it’s better for me. The best arcade I’ve ever been to, and I’m biased, it’s marvelous Marvin’s museum of mechanical wonders in Farmington hills Michigan but the crowd (children) ruins it
- Larrikin 5y ago
  The biggest problem with the arcade bars in Chicago is that if you go more than a handful of times they become very boring if you go with the intent of playing games while drinking versus drinking while playing games. The games are almost all universally old and most are simply less fun as soon as the nostalgia wears off. Some are better than others but they all become old quick. Replay is the biggest offender of this, they spend thousands of dollars every few weeks to theme the bar but pretty much every game came out before 99 with tons being from the 80s. And they barely maintain them. Also the theme drinks are pretty much all the same and overpriced, just with a different name.
lrvick 5y ago
I went cheap in other areas of my life so I could get a Stern Jurassic Park pinball machine. My wife and I play it every day. It is a constant dopamine supply. So what if it means driving an old used car when my friends drive Teslas. Would do it again.
- werber 5y ago
  I love that table, I played it last night!

by werber 5y ago

jordemort 5y ago

We have lots of arcade bars in Chicago, too. I'm glad they exist, but sometimes you just want to play a game without having to interact with or smell drunk people.

werber 5y ago
I see where you’re coming from, but compared to a space filled with children it’s better for me. The best arcade I’ve ever been to, and I’m biased, it’s marvelous Marvin’s museum of mechanical wonders in Farmington hills Michigan but the crowd (children) ruins it
Larrikin 5y ago
The biggest problem with the arcade bars in Chicago is that if you go more than a handful of times they become very boring if you go with the intent of playing games while drinking versus drinking while playing games. The games are almost all universally old and most are simply less fun as soon as the nostalgia wears off. Some are better than others but they all become old quick. Replay is the biggest offender of this, they spend thousands of dollars every few weeks to theme the bar but pretty much every game came out before 99 with tons being from the 80s. And they barely maintain them. Also the theme drinks are pretty much all the same and overpriced, just with a different name.

lrvick 5y ago

I went cheap in other areas of my life so I could get a Stern Jurassic Park pinball machine. My wife and I play it every day. It is a constant dopamine supply. So what if it means driving an old used car when my friends drive Teslas. Would do it again.

werber 5y ago
I love that table, I played it last night!