Some friends and I went to the Barcade last night. Overall, it was an awesome experience. They had a superb selection of American craft beers, including several pumpkin ales, which I definitely dug, like Southampton Pumpkin and Williamsburg Pumpkin. The main attraction was the 2 dozen or so arcade games on hand. I played Double Dragon, Ms. Pacman, Paperboy, Tetris, Joust, Frogger, Super Mario Bros, Dig Dug, Burgertime, Crystal Castles, and Donkey Kong. Tempest and Galaga were out of order, which annoyed the shit out of me. I ended up playing about 10 games of Donkey Kong. By the time we left, I had set the 2nd, 3rd, and 4th place scores. Not bad, eh? The downsides were it was crowded as hell since it was opening weekend, and that a lot of the joysticks, mainly Dig Dug, were beat up. Many of the monitors were not calibrated either, which meant many had a crappy picture with either off colors/brightness or bad geometry, or both. I'll sumise by saying that I will definitely go back when the crowds die down a bit. This is a place where we could have a meetup. I suggest you all go and check it out for yourselves in the meantime. BTW, no MVS.
