3 posts tagged “siblings”

Last weekend my little sister and I hopped in the car for a long two hour drive to Santa Cruz with little planning other than a few minutes out in the sun and a visit to the old Casino Arcade.  I had originally been to the arcade when I went to SC with pixel7 in the spring, but it was late at night when we went and we only had a few minutes to stop in. 

This time the large room full of arcade cabinets, pinball machines, dance/music games, and laser tag, was filled to the brim with salty tourists from the boardwalk.  I couldn't necessarily tell whether people were just milling in and out aimlessly or whether they were actually playing, but it seemed like there was a good amount of people gaming around.  Along with you're expected DDR's, Time Crisis, and racing games, Casino has a large collection of old pinball machines as well as a pretty large collection of retro gaming cabinets. 

I couldnt help but lust over the retro game section in which they had crowded the last of the Punch Outs and Marble Madnesses together in a dark unlit cavern.  Like a secret treasure trove, the lighted titles gleamed bright in all of their out-dated glory.  Some of them worked perfectly, others blinked rapidly in a seisure-like state. I fawned over the retro art from Gorf and other lost titles.

After many a photo was taken, my sister and I played House of the Dead 4 for a few rounds and then proceeded to get our photo taken in a revised version of the old-timey carnival photo booth.  While walking to the photo section, I noticed this mammoth computer that would calculate your love.  I didn't have anyone to try it with, but I'm sure it's calculating capabilities are as massively successful as it's size.

heh. you can add 60 points to my family's nerd score. 20 per sibling, at the least