SDCC: Flynn’s Arcade Is in San Diego
Right now, the coolest marketing at SDCC has definitely been for Tron Legacy. Marvel might have their little hall of Iron Man armor, but Disney opened up Flynn’s Arcade near the convention center, complete with actual, functional Space Paranoids arcade games. It’s more or less what I imagined nerd heaven to look like.
And guys, sorry about the Tron video yesterday. Frankly, the new footage that was added to it caused my SDCC-addled mind to forget part of it was indeed old. I still would have posted it anyways, because of the new bits, but sorry for fucking that up.
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