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Oct 7, 2026

Ever wanted to end a dinner conversation suddenly? Is the boy band’s choreography not meeting the door fee charged? Did someone heat up tuna in the work microwave again?! All are valid scenarios where there’s just one option - flip the table and leave. We talk about the arcade game that lets you live out this...


Sep 23, 2026

If Hayao Miyazaki agreed to make an arcade game we doubt it would fit better in his world than this one. We continue the Peripherals Y’alls miniseries with Namco’s exertainment calorie burner, Prop Cycle.

Was Prop Cycle the first arcade game that tricked kids into healthy gaming? Is the Namco System Super 22 the...


Sep 9, 2026

Did you know that if you finish

Typing this entire block of lines

That you will be completely

Dateless for the rest of your life?


The Peripherals Y’alls miniseries starts with the best undead Mavis Beacon Teaches Typing simulator in the entire arcade - Sega’s Typing of the Dead!

Is the bullet mightier than the...


Aug 26, 2026

Time to bring the Vector Victor miniseries in for a landing so please fasten your seatbelts and place your tray tables in the upright position as we descend into an Arcade Obscura.

Rob brings us the first game to ever come out in the arcade after previously coming out on the home console. Jarrod brings us a tale of...


Aug 12, 2026

Remember, the Force will be with you, always. The vector series continues with one of the best arcades to ever do it - Atari’s Star Wars.

What very Star Trek name did Star Wars originally go by before Atari gained the license from Lucasfilm? How did a focus group give us one of the top arcade grails ever? Did we...