Japanese game centers: arcade culture and its decline
The history of Japanese game centers, from Space Invaders to claw machines: golden age, versus rituals, the collapse in venue numbers and the survivors.
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Japan
Arts13 min
Visual kei and beatmania: two Japanese music scenes
On one side a look that founded a school and its pioneering bands, on the other the rhythm game cabinets that produced their own repertoire. Two scenes, one country.
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