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Amazing arcade documentary

Postby jasonec » Thu Apr 03, 2014 11:15 pm

I just finished watching this tonight: http://www.100yenfilm.com/
The title is somewhat misleading, as it isn't just about Japanese arcade culture - it's more about arcade culture in general (both Japan and North America), and it picks apart the features of it in great detail with some fantastic interviews.
Plus, they talk about exactly why arcade culture is still alive in Japan and why it died in North America (from many different angles).
Definitely a highly recommended documentary, and very very well done!
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http://goo.gl/UW7e9L
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Postby Davester » Fri Apr 04, 2014 9:25 am

URL gets blocked at work due to being "Dangerous" :(

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Postby jasonec » Fri Apr 04, 2014 10:41 am

Of course......after all, look at the NSFW content on the page.....

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Postby aerostarz » Fri Apr 04, 2014 2:04 pm

Thanks for sharing,
looks interesting.
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Postby FiftyQuid » Sat Apr 05, 2014 10:53 pm

Full movie here. Hit the closed captioning button for english subtitles.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-nWPALA38vU
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Postby mike boss » Sun Apr 06, 2014 7:06 am

@ FiftyQuid

I found this on YouTube, was trying out the Chromecast.
I was going to post about the subtitles, so thank you for sharing.
Perhaps I'll just watch again from the start.

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Postby jasonec » Sun Apr 06, 2014 7:16 am

Yeah - 90% of the best lines in this documentary are in Japanese. Subtitles are mandatory ;-)
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Postby WiZiT » Sun Apr 06, 2014 12:29 pm

Interesting documentary, thanks!
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Postby Nickv » Sun Apr 06, 2014 10:53 pm

I've watched half of it. It's pretty cool. Nice to see all the crazy stuff that's out there
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Postby FiftyQuid » Sun Apr 06, 2014 11:11 pm

This video was just cool. I wish a little of that Japanese gaming culture would rub off on North America. Not so much that I'm blowing my entire pay cheque at the arcade, but a little more would be nice. :)
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Postby midge » Mon Apr 07, 2014 10:01 am

jasonec wrote:Of course......after all, look at the NSFW content on the page.....

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It DOES say "BJ" on there...
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Postby OTTOgd » Tue Apr 08, 2014 5:32 pm

That was pretty interesting, thanks for sharing.
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Postby tekkaraiden » Sun Apr 20, 2014 8:59 pm

Just watched it tonight, very enjoyable.
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