Silly Boys and their Toys
Today i went to Lovegetty (the arcade at Commerce Gate) for the first time. I've observed it many times before, but never went in, so this time actually spending time in there was quite amusing and fun. The only game I played was Typing of the Dead, which was pretty cool because you essentially type to kill zombies! 25x2=50 cents --> I definitely will go back and try that game again someday.
It was interesting to see the demographic in the arcade though! The only girls that were actually in there to play was my group (about 6 girls), and the remaining population was all guys. The other "girls" in there were either with their boyfriends or there to take sticker pictures on that $9 overpriced machine ;_; The guys were extremely engrossed in the video games before them, with popular stations including Guilty Gear, BlazBlue, MvC2, and Street Fighter. In order to maintain equality and fair play in the games, they would line up behind each station to make sure they get a chance to go on, and play until they lose the match. You do have to keep your place in line though, because if you move, there's plenty of people clamoring to take the spot!
Other less-popular attractions included Taiko drums, Initial D racing, horse-racing (interesting..), and shooting games. There was a Gundam row of games too, and we decided to take a picture of the guys hugging the machines to show to our friend who wasn't able to make it to the arcade. How silly =P
It was interesting to see the demographic in the arcade though! The only girls that were actually in there to play was my group (about 6 girls), and the remaining population was all guys. The other "girls" in there were either with their boyfriends or there to take sticker pictures on that $9 overpriced machine ;_; The guys were extremely engrossed in the video games before them, with popular stations including Guilty Gear, BlazBlue, MvC2, and Street Fighter. In order to maintain equality and fair play in the games, they would line up behind each station to make sure they get a chance to go on, and play until they lose the match. You do have to keep your place in line though, because if you move, there's plenty of people clamoring to take the spot!
Other less-popular attractions included Taiko drums, Initial D racing, horse-racing (interesting..), and shooting games. There was a Gundam row of games too, and we decided to take a picture of the guys hugging the machines to show to our friend who wasn't able to make it to the arcade. How silly =P