The Greatest Thing You Cannot Afford
The only place I really remember those flat-table arcade games being in my youth was in my local Pizza Hut, but given that I was a fat child who loved both pizza and video games, I remember them fondly. So if I had a spare $2800 lying around, I’d buy this retro arcade table in a heartbeat. It’s got 44 games loaded into it, including Pac-Man, Donkey Kong and Galaga, and being flat, you can put your beer right on the damn screen. Awesomeness. It’s Australian, but if you pony up an extra $270, they’ll put a coin slot on the front to charge your friends and loved ones. Buy it here. (Via GeekSugar)
About The Author
Robert Bricken is one of the original co-founders of the site formerly known as Topless Robot, and its first editor-in-chief, serving from 2008-12. He brought the site to prominence with “nerd news, humor and self-loathing” as its motto, raising it from total internet obscurity to a readership in the millions, with help from his savage “FAQ” movie reviews and Fan Fiction Fridays. Under his tenure Topless Robot was covered by Gawker, Wired, Defamer, New York magazine, ABC News, and others, and his articles have been praised by Roger Ebert, Avengers actor Clark Gregg, comedian and The Daily Show correspondent John Hodgman, the stars of Mystery Science Theater 3000 and Rifftrax, and others. He is currently the managing editor of io9.com. Despite decades as both an amateur and professional nerd, he continues to be completely unprepared for either the zombie apocalypse or the robot uprising.