Katelyn has been a writer since they learned to hold a pencil, but was a latecomer to the world of gaming, gradually falling in love with video games over the course of high school and college. They ...

RACINE - As manager of Aladdin's Castle video arcade, Paul Hantschel was often a little frustrated. He couldn't control the selection of games the Regency Mall store stocked. Hantschel couldn't even ...

What with all the talk of “popular” eateries here in Mattoon closing, I thought I’d write about another still-missed part of Mattoon-ian culture long gone; so here’s an advertisement from the Aug. 13, ...

A video game arcade at the newly named Westfield Shopping Town at Chicago Ridge has been notified that its lease will not be renewed, but the longtime tenant is hoping for a reprieve. Dan McGrail, a ...

Tom Gabos spent hours at Aladdin’s Castle, an arcade at Laurel Mall. “It was the place to be back in the ’80s,” said Gabos, recalling that the arcade had two machines of Pac-Man, Asteroids and other ...

It was just this year that Sega left the arcade business for good. A company synonymous with coin-op games for over a half century completely walked away from selling experiences you can only get on ...