Gentlemen reading this will know that sometimes there are splashguards and sometimes there aren't. In either case you just look straight ahead and mind nothing but your own business. But don't mind it too closely or you will raise questions.
Fate: Grand Order – who *isn’t* playing it?
Code of Joker was a Trading Card Game from Sega – purveyor of some longstanding and well-loved TCGs. But what's that sign on the top? It says "free to play". Are they giving out free starter decks?! Yes!
Aw, screw it. I'll sit in the dark on my own and bet on imaginary horses with imaginary money.
Wonderland Wars is a Multiplayer Online Battle Arena that lives in Japanese arcades. Japanese gamers recognise and dig the MOBA but the Wikipedia list of MOBAs page is totally different in Japanese and English.
I worked on a bookie counter and learnt about gambling. Idiots say the house always wins. They don’t say that about the cinema or the gym.
In a world where a single mobile game can impoverish the masses by a billion dollars annually, surely the sit-down points in Sega playrooms are small potatoes?
Everyone likes a good chuckle at some 'Engrish' – the English language mistakes of the Japanese. But there's actually a myth behind the phenomenon: that they are indeed mistakes.
What if they say no? Drop the coin and press start. That terror-thrill of want in desperate young hearts.
Sometimes the games just bury you. Virtual collectibles and smartphone moneysuckers hounding you back to the arcade.
Horse racing’s a quintessentially Japanese pastime, as Japanese as baseball, golf and apple pie.
Check out this terrifying eggplant emoji of a joystick on Tetris Dekarisu!
You think you play arcades by dropping a coin for a thrill-ride in a fake car. Not in Tokyo.
