“I got a pocket full of quarters, and I’m headed to the arcade.” The song Pac-Man Fever embodied my childhood, but the times have changed. Physical arcades are becoming harder to find, and the ones that do exist face numerous challenges: The cost of electricity to keep them running, the ever-growing list of repairs on vintage cabs from the last century, and a generation of mobile and console gamers who may not see the appeal because they didn’t grow up immersed in it. There’s an arcade in my city that hopes to bridge the generational gap while keeping the neon-lit dreams of many old gamers alive. I spoke to Shawn McGovern from…
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