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Photos: Arcade revival at Funspot in New Hampshire

Analog junkies descend on New Hampshire

By DEREK KOUYOUMJIAN | June 14, 2011

Gamers toss aside Wii, Xbox and Playstation controllers in favor of old-fashioned arcade nostalgia. | Funspot, New Hampshire | June 5, 2011

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Gamers gather for retro glory in New Hampshire
A person prone to dumbass assumptions might have confused this past weekend's 13th annual International Classic Video Game Tournament with a four-day-long exercise in retro-fetishism.
Cranston's King of Kong faces off with a legend
Steve Wiebe is a bit of a legend in gaming circles. He was, after all, at the center of the documentary The King of Kong: A Fistful of Quarters , which chronicled his push to topple Billy Mitchell as top Donkey Kong player in the world.
Monkey business
Florida lawyer/video game scapegoater Jack Thompson has it all wrong.
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Gamers gather for retro glory in New Hampshire
A person prone to dumbass assumptions might have confused this past weekend's 13th annual International Classic Video Game Tournament with a four-day-long exercise in retro-fetishism.
Cranston's King of Kong faces off with a legend
Steve Wiebe is a bit of a legend in gaming circles. He was, after all, at the center of the documentary The King of Kong: A Fistful of Quarters , which chronicled his push to topple Billy Mitchell as top Donkey Kong player in the world.
Monkey business
Florida lawyer/video game scapegoater Jack Thompson has it all wrong.
Painting – and video – of the American landscape
"Painting the American Vision" — 45 rapturous paintings from the New York Historical Society — surveys the Hudson River School painters, dubbed for the upstate New York river where they spent their summers prospecting for sights to transform into ravishing canvases in their Manhattan studios each winter.
Whatever happened to Danville's giant mystery monkey?
The giant monkey of Danville was my symbol, back then, of the fin-de-siècle nadir in media fluffery, thankfully obsolesced in one grim morning.
Cruelty, compassion, and a capuchin, a decade later
I had tried not to look at the monkey's tits — the result, Janet told me later, of a glandular disorder. They bounced whenever the monkey moved. If you shaved them, they would have been a pretty nice set.
Romney rides again
Mitt Romney has been running for president more or less nonstop for the past seven years — and still hasn't figured out how to do it.
Choosing sides
Over the next two weeks, New Hampshire will quietly transform into a proving ground for the Republican 2012 race to recapture the White House. At least 10 potential candidates, from heavyweights like Mitt Romney to obscurities like Fred Karger, are scheduled to visit this month.
Is same-sex marriage the 2012 comeback kid?
A few years ago, the Gay and Lesbian Advocates and Defenders — a Boston-based legal advocacy organization — launched a "6 x 12" campaign to secure marriage rights for gay couples across New England by 2012.
Interview: Eternal Earth-Bound Pets founder Bart Centre
Pets — no matter how cuddly — lack souls. While their pious masters are frolicking with Jesus, loyal puppies, adorable kitties, and stalwart goldfish will find themselves alone in a terrifying hell on Earth.
Anyone but Mitt
Political leaders don't always rally around the front-runner for their party's presidential nomination, but they normally at least offer deference and respect. That doesn't, however, seem to be the case with Mitt Romney.
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