The Gaming Pizzeria

This weekend, I had a very fun opportunity to visit Arcadia: America's Playable Arcade Museum in McLean, Illinois. Arcadia is located just off of Route 66 right outside of Bloomington. Started in 2009, the arcade is the passion project of owner John Yates and is home to loads of retro hard to find arcade cabinets and pinball machines. There is also an annex called Pinball Paradise that is just pinball across the street. And this year, the arcade plans to open an expansion called Arcadia Unlimited, which will initially have 275 games and eventually have three separated areas with over…

From the game's vintage instructions pamphlet as transcribed by ChatGPT. I do not know own the copyright to these instructions, if you would like me to take them down please contact me. I am providing this for historical and educational purposes only."TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLESHeroes in a HalfshellINSTRUCTIONSAGES: 5 and upPLAYERS: 2 to 6OBJECT:Be the last player with "Turtles" letters remaining on your score sheet.YOU SHOULD HAVE:1 card deck1 card tray1 score pad5 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle® ShellsHeroes in A Halfshell™ Card Game"In a Nutshell"Each player is dealt four cards with the remaining ones placed face down to form a…

I've been doing content creation since the beginning of the pandemic, and it started off for me with such high hopes despite the bleak circumstances. I hope to impart some wisdom onto you as to why I continue to make things for this website, my YouTube channel, and why sometimes creating things requires a unique brand of positivity. Things are not always easy for someone who is any sort of creative. We do a lot of grunt work for something which is not valued by the almighty dollar in the same way that things like commerce or industry are. Yes,…