{"id":1283,"date":"2017-03-07T15:46:46","date_gmt":"2017-03-07T15:46:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/westminsterradio.net\/?p=1283"},"modified":"2017-03-07T15:46:46","modified_gmt":"2017-03-07T15:46:46","slug":"arcades-glg","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.westminster.ac.uk\/radio\/arcades-glg\/","title":{"rendered":"Is there a future for arcades? \/ Lucas-Green"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify\">CUE: When was the last time you went to an arcade? Did you have a good time, or did you think it was a little bit dated? Gabriel Green explores whether arcades have\u00a0a future.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">IN: (Ident) &#8220;This one&#8217;s for the gamers&#8230;&#8221;<br \/>\nOUT: &#8220;&#8230;not gonna get at home.&#8221; (Ident)<br \/>\nDUR: 3&#8242; 28&#8243;<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h2>Is there a future for\u00a0arcades?<\/h2>\n<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-1283-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.westminster.ac.uk\/radio\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/65\/2017\/03\/ARCADE-PACKAGE-GABRIEL-LUCAS-GREEN-1.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.westminster.ac.uk\/radio\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/65\/2017\/03\/ARCADE-PACKAGE-GABRIEL-LUCAS-GREEN-1.mp3\">https:\/\/blog.westminster.ac.uk\/radio\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/65\/2017\/03\/ARCADE-PACKAGE-GABRIEL-LUCAS-GREEN-1.mp3<\/a><\/audio>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">Amusement arcades were most popular in the late 70s. The period was known as &#8220;The Golden Age of Arcade Video Games&#8221;, but in the age of <em>Battlefield<\/em>, <em>Dark Souls<\/em> and <em>Grand Theft Auto<\/em>, how relevant are games arcades?<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">Steve Lycett, Executive Producer of videogames company <a href=\"http:\/\/www.sumo-digital.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>Sumo Digital<\/em><\/a>, said &#8220;As home computers developed&#8230; you got to a point where the home machines were equally as good as the arcade machines. I think that&#8217;s been a real problem for the arcades&#8230;&#8221;<\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify\">New technology?<\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">A number of Virtual Reality arcades have opened around the country, which let you experience what the technology is like first-hand. Courell Watson, the Manager of one of the UK&#8217;s first VR arcades, Virtual X in Birmingham, told us &#8220;the British public is one of the hardest set of people to market to, sometimes. So if you look at China, for example, they&#8217;ve got loads of Virtual Reality arcades&#8230; one company who we&#8217;re actually allianced with\u00a0have got 100 arcades in China alone&#8230; their mindset&#8217;s different, they&#8217;re willing to accept certain things, hence why they&#8217;re light years ahead of the UK.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"WORLD&#039;S SCARIEST VR EXPERIENCE! | Richies Plank Experience (HTC Vive Gameplay)\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/5dElnY9yafQ?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><em>Source: YouTube.com &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UCrJ6nAyzf6TXQHZegblxfmg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Nathie<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n<h3>Is Virtual Reality the future?<\/h3>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1304\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1304\" style=\"width: 500px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-1304\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.westminster.ac.uk\/radio\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/65\/2017\/03\/16863422875_8698414a3c_z-1.jpg\" alt=\"Source: Flickr Creative Commons. Maurizio Pesce\" width=\"500\" height=\"334\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.westminster.ac.uk\/radio\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/65\/2017\/03\/16863422875_8698414a3c_z-1.jpg 640w, https:\/\/blog.westminster.ac.uk\/radio\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/65\/2017\/03\/16863422875_8698414a3c_z-1-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1304\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Source: Flickr Creative Commons. Maurizio Pesce.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">Rob Crasco, one of the world&#8217;s leading Virtual Reality influencers, says &#8220;I think you&#8217;re going to see more of a re-emergence of more of a traditional arcade where you and your friends go out for a night and part of what you&#8217;ll end up doing is an immersive VR experience.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>CUE: When was the last time you went to an arcade? 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