I've documented 5700+ machines. The database is tracking Japan's arcade history from the earliest traces to the introduction of coin-op machines to the post-war reconstruction and on to arcade dominance.
I want to point out the research publication list link where it gives you a full list of our acquired research materials. Scanned items are linked, so it gives you an idea of the materials that are left to scan.
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Currently in their "soft open" phase, Experience Social is a massive pinball arcade located on Greenbank near Hunt Club. They have over 70 pinball machines, plus numerous other arcade machines. They're open long hours and have many days that are $20 to play all day.
If you are in Ottawa? You need to visit. If you are not in Ottawa? Plan a visit. After the photos I will include a section for people who want to come.
The venue allows outside food and drinks, but also sells snacks and I
believe they will soon be licensed as well. The venue is all-ages,
outside the occasional band-nights. The only downside is that the venue
is down a flight of stairs.
So not only is it an economical choice for a family outing, but I think it's the perfect destination for travelers that want to go on an epic pinball vacation without going to the USA.
Experience Social in the broader context of North America
Ottawa International Airport is code YOW. There are some very affordable hotels and motels between the airport and the arcade. Ottawa is also the capital of Canada so there's lot of great tourist stuff to do here, but let's be real: You're coming for the pinball.
We have so much pinball to offer you. (picture unrelated)
This
blog stands in protest against the USA's horrific attempts to eliminate
trans people from society. Trans people have always existed, in every
society, but the administration has embraced a moral panic, declared a
war against reality, and says that trans people can no longer be allowed
to exist. This includes making their healthcare illegal, censoring
books and school curriculum from university level down to elementary
school, banning trans people from bathrooms, and declaring trans
existence to be child abuse.
This blog stands in solidarity with
all of the youth who are being terrorized by a fascist president that
has declared them to be threats that must be eliminated.
The USA
is disappearing random brown people off the streets via unidentified
masked gestapo and shipping them off to concentration camps and
notorious foreign prisons, all with no due process. The world witnessed
ICE execute a mother and a nurse and then lie about what we saw.
Solidarity for all who are in the gaze of this American Nazism terror
campaign against its own people.
