Podcast: The Ride
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Arcades with Patrick Monahan (Main Feed)
🕑 Added 2023-02-03 07:59:01 +0000 UTCPatrick Monahan (What A Time To Be Alive) joins us as we take a look at arcades. Featuring opinions on tokens, the arcades we grew up with, and some of the eccentrics who ran them.
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alicia
I opened tiktok directly after listening to this episode and no joke, the first video that came up was someone dancing to One Week by Barenaked Ladies 😩ðŸ˜
ROD F
It also confirm heart of pod Jason’s thesis that arcades and pinball were viewed as dens of mob seediness. Apparently NBA wanted nothing to do with arcade games even in the 90’s and it took a lot of convincing that they could be family friendly
ROD F
I watched the documentary Insert Coins this weekend and it was a great companion piece. Didn’t realize the relatively same Midway team did Smash TV, T2, NBA Jam, Mortal Kombat, Revolution X.. hugely cultural influential. The footage with Aerosmith on the creation of Revolution X is worth the rental alone. Joe Perry refused to say the phrase Rock and Roll!
