Long Form Friday Video: A Brief History of Arcade Games

By Kevin Robinson in Arts & Entertainment on Jan 18, 2013 7:20PM

While gaming is a multi-billion dollar, international business, it's easy to forget that it all started in arcades, those darkened retails spaces, filled with teenagers clutching fistfuls of quarters. Worth noting: one of the key companies in the arcade business was (and still is!) based right here in Chicago: Midway Games.

[Long Form Friday is a regular post where we highlight longer videos we find during the week, but that don't, or can't, make the afternoon diversion.]