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Tag Archives: reclaimarcade
Convergence 10 Years On
Back in October Meredith Fierro was part of a 10 year anniversary celebration of UMW’s Hurley Convergence Center (originally the Information Technology Convergence Center). She shared some photos from the event, and it provides me the welcome occasion to reflect … Continue reading
C.H.U.D. Sundays at Reclaim Video
Highlight of trip was witnessing C.H.U.D. Sunday tradition @reclaimvideo: all C.H.U.D. all day on the VCR every Sunday. Shane and Connor are the architects whose obsession with C.H.U.D. underscores the magic of crossing intentional spaces like @ReclaimArcade with amazing people. … Continue reading
Reclaim Arcade: Cap Kit for a K4900
Last week Tim and I did some Reclaim Arcade repairs, this time replacing the capacitors (often referred to as a cap kit) for the monitor chassis of a Wells Gardner K4900. I wanted to see Tim do a full cap … Continue reading
Robot Tour of Reclaim Arcade
This morning I streamed and recorded a tour of Reclaim Arcade via the robot. It’s always fun to do this kind of thing, and hopefully this video gives you some sense of the space.
Docking the New Reclaim Robot
We got an updated version of the Double Robotics robot, Double 3, and I spent a bunch of time playing with it this afternoon in Reclaim Arcade. The previous Reclaim the Robot had taken one too many knocks on the … Continue reading
Reclaim Arcade Repairs: Like and Subscribe!
With some headspace slowly freeing up between running Reclaim Hosting and Reclaim Arcade, Tim and I have been getting back to some of the joy of Reclaim. As it often begins, Tim got a couple of toys to help me … Continue reading
Love Games at Reclaim Arcade
Tim shared a music video that was recorded at Reclaim Arcade this Spring from the artist Devsoul X VIVA MONSTA with a song titled “Love Games.” It is pretty awesome to see the artists playing Pitfall in the living room … Continue reading
A Couple of High Scores for Gyruss and Phoenix
I’ve been trying to deal with ongoing separation anxiety from the magic that is Reclaim Arcade by building a mini-replica here in my basement in Trento. I currently have 10 machines, and hopefully by late Fall it will be twice … Continue reading
Return to Reclaim Arcade
“Every passion borders on the chaotic, but the collector’s passion borders on the chaos of memories.” — Walter Benjamin In mid-May I took a trip back to Fredericksburg, which included a quick jaunt to Long Island to see family and … Continue reading
Reclaim Arcade Repair Log: Mortal Kombat, Gauntlet, Make Trax, Karate Champ, and Gyruss Cocktail
On Wednesday of this week Tim and I caught up on some arcade repairs. Coming into Reclaim Arcade via robot I’m more a cheerleader/annoyance than help, but I learn a ton so at least one of us gets something out of … Continue reading