You're drunk at the arcade while your husband plays dancing games. What do you do while you wait?
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The machine is kinda busted so you can't play with him. Drinking more is an option.
If they got other rhythm games, definitely that. Rhythm games and racing games are just about the only arcade games I truly enjoy ( claw machines not included because I consider things like that separate entities ).
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My local arcade has a $5 entry fee, but games are free. The drinks are around $10 though.
I would be all for that, but the only one I heard of offering something like that was charging a significant entry fee, like £35 or so.
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I think they're asking what to do at an arcade if you're drunk and your husband is playing dancing games.
And providing needed context that drinking more is an option.
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The machine is kinda busted so you can't play with him. Drinking more is an option.
Watch. Nerds playing DDR in front of people is basically their mating dance.
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The machine is kinda busted so you can't play with him. Drinking more is an option.
Being that I'm the husband who has drunkenly tried the dancing games, I would say my wife is finding the Rockband exhibit. So we don't really go to arcades. We do sometimes stumble into the game room at conventions. And someone always has a modded Xbox 360 and Rockband 3 set up with all the anime songs on it. And you can generally just step up and play. When a lot of people want to play, there's a queue and a system for doing it, but most times we go, you kinda just glance toward the person singing or drumming or whatever you want to do, and they pass off to you when they're done with that song, or ask if it's cool if they do one more, maybe that's their pick they waited for or something. Anyway, I suck at arcade games, so I'm grabbing the Rockband mic. No one wants to sing in public, especially if it's in Japanese and we don't know it. The lyrics are described in romaji (e.g. "arigatou gozaimasu" for ありがとうございました which is to say "thank you very much" and is pronounced something like "ah-dee-gah-tow go-z-eye-moss"). As someone who can pronounce maybe 10-20% of romaji correctly and can kinda wing the rest... it's fun. Plus we turn the mics down and the vocal track up, so if you mess up, you don't ruin the song for the onlookers (you can do the opposite and only hear the vocalist, for example).
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I'm a huge fan of the Gran Turismo (others as well, including rally) series. I'm pretty good too. I have my own wheel/pedal setup and take beating my PB's on tracks pretty seriously. The handful of times I've played drunk have been insanely great fun. It also reinforced how important it is to NEVER drive drunk
wrote last edited by [email protected]I remember when I played a lot of call of duty, it was always surprising when I had one or two drinks and played. I never "felt" impaired, I mean I don't generally feel drunk after just 1 drink, but the numbers didn't lie. I'd go from top 3 on the leader board to bottom 3 (it was frustrating). My reaction time must have been much slower, like significantly slower. And I probably made worse decisions, like when it was safe to reload, or when to swap a weapon for something on the ground.
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Don't forget TMNT!
COWA BUNGA!
Pizza time!
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I think they're asking what to do at an arcade if you're drunk and your husband is playing dancing games.
So... Qbert?
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They are so expensive though. Another pint will last longer, find a cheap pub.
Fuck... Where in the US are the games more expensive than the pints?
Follow-up question, can you go somewhere else?
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So... Qbert?
I don't think so.
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The machine is kinda busted so you can't play with him. Drinking more is an option.
wrote last edited by [email protected]Mad dog Mcree all the way!
Otherwise:
Silent scope
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Fuck... Where in the US are the games more expensive than the pints?
Follow-up question, can you go somewhere else?
I don't live in the US, while each game may be slightly less than a pint they are also over much faster. Never seen anywhere that has multiple options for arcades.
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Yeah. Stern is one of the few companies making new tables, and the stuff they produce these days is all about making an account and tracking your games with QR codes. They even have a few where there is a kind of meta-game that you play across multiple rounds. Not really my thing.
A friend of mine got a summer job working a pinball joint, so I've learned to appreciate the game a lot more recently. Helps to have an inside person giving me free plays.
Those Stern games still play if you don't make an account, though.
Source: My local Godzilla machine has consumed many of my toonies, but I refuse to make an account out of principle. Still really fun though.
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Those Stern games still play if you don't make an account, though.
Source: My local Godzilla machine has consumed many of my toonies, but I refuse to make an account out of principle. Still really fun though.
OK, you have a point on Godzilla, that machine is pretty fun. I also enjoyed playing John Wick despite my prejudice.
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The machine is kinda busted so you can't play with him. Drinking more is an option.
wrote last edited by [email protected]Drink more, dance on the 2nd player pad with more freedom than he can since my side doesn't work. Insist that I won. Say, "it's ok, the bar isn't the only thing you'll be humping* tonight" with a wink, in an effort to go home because idk what else to do in this barcade.
*I call the folks that play DDR while holding onto the rail bar humpers. Idk if this is common.
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I don't live in the US, while each game may be slightly less than a pint they are also over much faster. Never seen anywhere that has multiple options for arcades.
Fair enough. And I may be spoiled living where I do, Boston is a pretty nerdy area, so we've got a bunch of options around. There's also a place up in Salem and another in Providence with no door charge and the games are free. They seem to make plenty of money on drinks and food.
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The machine is kinda busted so you can't play with him. Drinking more is an option.
