Tagged: Cincinnati

Photo: Rastan!

Rastan Close-Up

While we were at Arcade Legends checking out the local arts we spent a few hours playing some great old games. After Zero Gunner we took turns at Rastan and I snapped a few surprisingly clear (but excellently scanlined) photos of Katy’s playthrough. One more over here.

Arcade Legends spotlights local artists’ video game creations

Pac-Man, Game Boy, Heartless sculptures


A photo of just one of many great video game themed art pieces by the Options Academy at Butler Tech being exhibited here in Cincinnati at Arcade Legends. We stopped by on Saturday for the premiere of the “show” which is a lot like any artsy local cafe you might’ve been to where themed art hangs on the walls with a little price tag that always seems ridiculously high. In the case of Arcade Legends, however, many of the items aren’t up for sale and will only be on display for a few months but the quality and content is worth stopping by just to see.

Primal Rage, Kirby, Okami, Space Invaders and Zapper lightguns serve as inspiration for acrylic, photographic, and mixed media pieces stuck on the walls amid many of the classic arcade games that inspired them. Check out the official site for more or listen to my podcast interview with one-half of Arcade Legends right here.

PodShot: An impromptu interview on Arcade Legends

In writing up Arcade Legends proper for a post over at Examiner, I finally sat down with one of its founders, Jesse Baker, and talked shop. I’d put it off for a long time because I’m dreadfully terrible at (and terrified of) interviews but I wanted to finally do what I could to get the word around! The audio quality isn’t so great (I recorded it with my phone) but I wanted to pass it along in podcast form anyways. Either way, it’s only about 15 minutes. Anyone wanna meet there sometime? How ’bout a Tweetup?