Comments on: Wide Angle: In Gyumri, A Soviet Arcade Remains Untouched

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Sun, 27 Jan 2013 13:56:03 +0000

By: Russian video arcade captures dying culture | Tokyo Local Me.me

Russian video arcade captures dying culture | Tokyo Local Me.me — Sun, 20 Jan 2013 21:50:28 +0000

[…] defining feature of a ‘real’ arcade, however, is that there aren’t really any left.” Photographer K. Shamlian would beg to differ. His images of an aging Soviet Union […]

By: 23 Years Later, Gyumri Struggles to Move On

23 Years Later, Gyumri Struggles to Move On — Wed, 07 Dec 2011 23:57:54 +0000

[…] there was 70-year-old Laura Sahakian, who runs Gyumri’s popular Soviet-era arcade that is frozen in time.She lost two daughters, grandchildren and her husband in the earthquake. […]

By: Skylar

Skylar — Thu, 01 Sep 2011 23:12:43 +0000

I’ve heard the games spit on you and curse your mother if you lose. No wonder the place looks empty if they put BMW stickers on those cars and gold chains/Drakkar as prizes on the claw machine they’d be in business!

By: Andy

Andy — Wed, 24 Aug 2011 12:36:42 +0000

There’s a musuem in Moscow which is devoted to this kind of thing as well – http://themoscownews.ru/local/20110824/188952870.html

Fun times. Nothing flash, but maddeningly addictive, just like games should be.

By: John B

John B — Mon, 08 Aug 2011 18:27:12 +0000

Man, gotta get me some 15 kopek coins and head there. While the game choice looks limited, there’s nothing like an old-fashioned arcade to remind me of my youth! I want to try that racing game …

By: sox

sox — Fri, 05 Aug 2011 01:13:38 +0000

mind your own business, Katy. who are you to judge?

By: Katy

Katy — Fri, 05 Aug 2011 00:39:43 +0000

There was a NYT article about concrete sitting and ice in drinks today…