Dragon's Lair Fans - Arcade Lifestyle
General Chat => Arcade Lifestyle => Topic started by: DarthNuno on November 24, 2009, 01:32:52 PM
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Once again this year, after the Holiday in Florida / Texas [features Arcade Life Style stories (https://www.dragonslairfans.com/smfor/index.php?topic=806.0) post, this time it will be about about Arcade Lifestyle in NEW YORK and ... ::) ;)
Don't worry, I won't display all the pictures taken during my last holiday, but just give you the general plot, features *Arcade Life Style* segments of course. Warning!... this may content some 'geek/fan attitude' segments too :roll: ;D
Note : my faithful Canon Ixus v3 camera having died ( :'() , I've used a lame Kodak Easyshare M883 as backup... As you'll see the outside pictures are as good as the internal pictures are bad... :-\ For Christmas, I'll buy a real camera (Nikon D90!)
Anyway, after taking a fly from Luxembourg to Zürich, Darth Nunette points the right plane to take ...
(https://www.dragonslairfans.com/pictures/usa2009trip/ALF_NY_1.jpg)
...it's not Tokyo (next time it should be ;)), it's New York 8)
Arriving at JFK airport, cabs' everywhere... good to see Ms PacMan and Galaga in public location in 2009 :-* :arrow:
(https://www.dragonslairfans.com/pictures/usa2009trip/ALF_NY_2.jpg)
We already were in New York in the past, and already seen most of tourist spots 'to do'. So this time, we just want to enjoy the town, without any rush or constraint 8)
Here's our Hotel :
(https://www.dragonslairfans.com/pictures/usa2009trip/ALF_NY_4.jpg)
...at one block distance from ... TIME SQUARE :-* :arrow:
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Random pictures during the long walk ... hopefully,the weather is very good for a November month :
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Hey... what's this? Pac Man fonts? :arrow:
(https://www.dragonslairfans.com/pictures/usa2009trip/ALF_NY_6.jpg)
...too bad... it's not *arcade related* :oops:
This is one the biggest (I've read it's the biggest!) Apple Store in the world :arrow:
(https://www.dragonslairfans.com/pictures/usa2009trip/ALF_NY_7.jpg)
...we were in of course... but I still don't see an Apple sign on that building...
I don't know what this hotel is famous? Maybe it's *people* related? ::) ;D :arrow:
(https://www.dragonslairfans.com/pictures/usa2009trip/ALF_NY_9.jpg)
Stairs outside on almost all building/houses... I understand now why they are so much action scene with outside stairs in US series/movies 8) :arrow:
(https://www.dragonslairfans.com/pictures/usa2009trip/ALF_NY_8.jpg)
Manhattan ... ground zero :
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Here what will be built instead of the Twin towers :
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Work in progress...
(https://www.dragonslairfans.com/pictures/usa2009trip/ALF_NY_13.jpg)
Now let's continue to walk to the edge on Manhattan...
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...on the way to The Statue of Liberty ...
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Many tributes...
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Way back to the heart of Manhattan... Wall Street/New York Stock Exchange :
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Urban graffiti ... I like this one ... Homer is watching you :P :arrow:
(https://www.dragonslairfans.com/pictures/usa2009trip/ALF_NY_19.jpg)
It's funny... inside coffee / pub / bar and even restaurant ... people cannot live with their laptop ... they even don't drink/eat ... they just want to be somewhere ... connected to the Matrix! Welcome in 2009... :arrow:
(https://www.dragonslairfans.com/pictures/usa2009trip/ALF_NY_20.jpg)
Hey, a shop I know well in London/UK : Forbidden Planet... let's check this one :P
(https://www.dragonslairfans.com/pictures/usa2009trip/ALF_NY_21.jpg)
Nice goodies, but I prefer the one in UK, which is bigger, and with more Star Wars stuff (not enough here IMO) :P...
(https://www.dragonslairfans.com/pictures/usa2009trip/ALF_NY_22.jpg)
Now see this video : CLICK ME (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=haitxwIYj3Y)
... Holy Jesus ! I thought that it was a joke...
...but it's not... you can buy the thing ! See :arrow:
(https://www.dragonslairfans.com/pictures/usa2009trip/ALF_NY_23.jpg)
;D
Suddenly, Darth Nunette pushes me inside a bar/pub... hey, what are you ordering in that huge book? We already have something to drink?...
(https://www.dragonslairfans.com/pictures/usa2009trip/ALF_NY_24bis.jpg)
A Song!? My god... it's a Karaoke ... it's a trap! :shock: :pac: :ghost: :ghost: :ghost: :ghost:
(https://www.dragonslairfans.com/pictures/usa2009trip/ALF_NY_24.jpg)
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Ready for a new day :)
Hey... a Game Cube controller connected to the TV's hotel room? :o :arrow:
(https://www.dragonslairfans.com/pictures/usa2009trip/new_york_0.jpg)
Jesus! ...and it's not for playing Game Cube games!!!... it's for ordering stuff :shock: What the hell do they have to hack a Game Cube controller for that ???
The weather is good... let's just walk and enjoy the place :-*
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God bless hamburgers... by Wendy's ::) :-* :arrow:
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Go back to Time Square...
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...where we've found a Dave & Buster's :
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Nothing special here... except these 8 Daytona USA linked.
A generic 'car simulation' (the same than the one I've seen in the Dave & Buster's at Miami few months ago :
(https://www.dragonslairfans.com/pictures/usa2009trip/new_york_8.jpg)
This place is very big... it must be very expensive to own a such location... in a middle of Time Square ... and it's almost empty as you can see :arrow:
(https://www.dragonslairfans.com/pictures/usa2009trip/new_york_9.jpg)
Razing Storm by Namco (Time Crisis like) :
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... and the usual Ms PacMan / Galaga reunion cabinet :
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The rest are mostly modern games, or gambling stuff...
Let's take a ride into Central Park, where my wife like to feed the squirrels ;D
(https://www.dragonslairfans.com/pictures/usa2009trip/new_york_12.jpg)
Suddenly, she points me something in a tree : "Hey! Look... this is NOT a squirrels?!" :arrow:
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Cute 8) :arrow:
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It's dark very early in November... it's maybe 5pm ...
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An other HUGE Apple store, next to Central Park :
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Let's continue to walk... inside a huge toys shop : a life size Chewbacca :
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At the Rockefeller Center, they are setting the world famous Christmas Tree ...WIP ;) :arrow:
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A lot of people are waiting for something here. Some TV are also there... what will happens here?
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Shakira will perform "Santa Baby" :) Any Shakira fans here? LOL ... I've just found a video on youtube, right here (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h_n-01rHz8s).
Hey, an NBC store? Never seen that before... let's go in...
I'm the Dude :-* :-* :-* :arrow:
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See... the official NBC arcade game... a puzzle bobble like... ::) :arrow:
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Awesome t-shirts (and politically correct ::) :D ) I love Battlestar Galactica :-* :arrow:
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But here's my favorite item here : the galactica toaster :-* :arrow:
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Hey, we have a 'show' to see this evening... a cool... we are already in ;)
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...on the way to the right theater... a lot of people here, in the front of this cinema... what happens here again?
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Sandra Bullock is here! It's 'The Blind Side' Premiere at NY :) See the video right here (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w8nvHWSMeGU).
A lot of 'stars' in New York ;D And this is not over ::) ...
...Because, tonight... we'll see Carrie Fisher... yes, Princess Leia :-*... As a HUUUUUUUUUGE Star Wars fan.... I'm like a kid :P ;D ...
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On course, her 'one-woman' show includes Star Wars stories... for example she reacts about all the merchandising about her, or 'Princess Leia' 8)
(https://www.dragonslairfans.com/pictures/usa2009trip/new_york_27.jpg)
It was a nice moment with her... very funny... but I already knew what she will talk about, because I've got her book 'Wishful Drinking' few months ago ;)
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Taking pictures is strictly prohibited during all the show... but ... I cannot resist of course... I've made few pictures without flash during the show , but at the end, I've used the flash... and ... after the show, during the applause... the security is on me :evil: ... asking me to delete the picture... right now!!! And ... because It's a new camera, I had some problem to delete them... finally, I've found the 'delete' option and ... I press on it... :( ... and the security guards were happy now ... BUT ... the force is strong with me ;D For some reason ... the pictures weren't deleted ;D I don't ask me why... I just say : "It"s the power of the dark side!" ;D
The story is not over... I immediately rush to a small exit, not the main one... and guest what... Carrie Fisher is there, with a body guard :-*
I know I won't have a lot of time, so I mess up the pictures... and unfortunately my wife wasn't quick enough to react on this... Ok ,I do not want to spend my time with the camera... I prefer Carrie ;) ...and so I go close to her...
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so I'm asking an autograph ... 'To Bruno' :-* :-* :-* :arrow:
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...and of course, I request a friendly kiss from her... no problem... SMACK :-* , she's very kind :-* :-* :-* :-* :-* :-* ... no picture, but I'll keep that moment for a long time... I've got a kiss from Princess Leia :-* :-* :-*
The force is strong today :-* :-* :-*
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New day...in New York ;)
Of course... breakfast... in the good old American way ;) :arrow:
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Today will be an 'easy' today... because tomorrow something big is waiting us ::) ... so today... let's do the easy things :P
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Madison Square Garden ... too bad there wasn't any basket ball match these days :oops:
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At the entrance of the Empire State building...
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I strongly suggest you the Korean barbecue :-* :arrow:
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Vote for Burns ;D :arrow:
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Inside a Best Buy shop... Opsss... David Guetta will be here tomorrow?!
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Not again?!... this man is purchasing us?! We've previously met him few months ago at the Luxembourg airport, see :arrow:
(https://www.dragonslairfans.com/pictures/usa2009trip/alf-miami1.jpg)
Here's the show given :D :arrow:here (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yQNw36Uc3oo) 8)
OK, here's something my wife and I were waiting for a long time... eating in a Gordon Ramsay Restaurant :-*
I'm sure you all know who is this famous chief ::) See :arrow:
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Very famous in USA... here few 'Gordon Ramsay' moments... right here (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4WR4rDmz7FA) in video :D
So here we are ... Welcome to .. THE MAZE at London by Gordon Ramsay :-* :arrow:
(https://www.dragonslairfans.com/pictures/usa2009trip/NY8.jpg)
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I suggest you the Six courses menu... delicious :-* :-* :-*
Ok... let's go back to the hotel... we have to take some rest, because tomorrow will be THE day ::) ;)
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And the next day... ROAD TRIP TIME!!! :-* :-* :-* :arrow:
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and this :P :arrow:
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Wooww... what day isn't it! 8)
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A new day in New York... the last one (we leave tomorrow).
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(did you notice the mini-lea on the picture? ;D)
Because we are still tired (FUNSPOT / FUNWORLD ::) ;D) ... We gonna make an 'easy' day... just walking on the streets ...
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...eating : you've to try this : Korean BBQ :P :-* :-* :-* :arrow:
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... and shopping of course ... fan of M&M's ?
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Nice shape :P :arrow:
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A MUST SEE : TOP OF THE ROCK...
Top of the Rock Observation Deck is New York City's top sightseeing attraction. Here's the pictures I've made there :arrow:
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It's something like 6:00PM now... head on to Brooklyn for a new ArcadeLifeStyle story ::) 8) ...let's go to ...BARCADE !!! :arrow:
(https://www.dragonslairfans.com/news/barcade.jpg) (https://www.dragonslairfans.com/smfor/index.php?topic=1217.0)
[click on the picture for the full BARCADE story]
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Ok... after the 'BARCADE' episode... let's take the subway... on the way back to Manhattan ...
(https://www.dragonslairfans.com/pictures/usa2009trip/new_york_end_1.jpg)
...a last walk here & there before sleeping for the last time in NY...
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Wake up... this is the last day...
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...quick visit of the HUGE Toys'R'us ...
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OK... this is it ... JFK airport... what can I do here while we're waiting for our plane? ::) :) :arrow:
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I love NY :-* :-* :-*
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welcome back 8) nice pics !
did you sing too ?
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did you sing too ?
Weeellll, to be honest .... yes .... but only 30 seconds ... the ending of 'Man in the Mirror' ... 'sounds easy to sing inside my head... but not the same thing with a micro :oops: ...and the short MJ's cries are hard to replicate too :roll: :oops: ::) :ghost:
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Will this story be continued? :o
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hahahaha!!! ;D ;D ;D ;D
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Will this story be continued? :o
Yes sir :D See the slot number 2 now ;)
Stay tuned... the 'real Arcade stuff' is coming next 8)
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FANTASIC !!, who doesn't like this movie character
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Oh man, princess Leia was so hot back in the days. I mean not hot like a pin-up girl, but there was something about here, the way she looked always made me glow.
Let's watch Star Wars tonight.
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What an awesome trip! Great Time!! Meeting Carrie Fisher! Cool!!! :D
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wow bruno! somehow you always seem to be in the right place at the right time. or is it simply your persistence to reach your goals (which you have to have these days). no matter what: awesome story!!! :spaceace:
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Ok the arcade, ok Carrie Fisher but ..... what do you think about Shakira? (ok,ok no joking not her songs :ghost: :o ;))
Awesome trip Bruno .... and the best is yet to come, right Bruno? ::)
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I wish I would have known you came.. when was this exactly? I'm in New Jersey. Taking the train I'm about an hour away.
About 45 minutes from me there's a place that has about 80 pinballs and some arcades. He's got a few things I'd like to see him get working some day: Hyperball pinball and Joust Pinball. From 7 to 10 pm you can play all you want for $10 bucks.
Not sure what else is good in the way of gaming, but I'd have found something. :)
You should head up to Fun Spot in New Hampshire if you come here again. It's pretty huge. They have a huge classic game section and tournaments there.
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Oops I forgot Funspot's website:
http://funspotnh.com/
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Thanks for the info yuppicide :-*
Too bad I didn't know you're from New Jersey. We were in NY ... last week.
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thx for sharing Bruno!! Great pix, looks like fun! :) :)
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Add new pictures on the first page + the BARCADE story 8)
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...and end of the story! 8)
Can't wait to go back there :P :P :P
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