> > That place looks like a shithole.
>
> Just like a proper arcade should.
>
> There should be a cloud of smoke. Burn marks on the buttons. And a layer of goo on
> the floor you do not want to know what it is. Also there should be ashtrays bolted
> onto the front of many of them.
>
> Also the dude running it should be a shifty sort of fellow. Who tosses you a free
> couple of credits after he empties the cash box.
This part was pretty messed up though:
"As it turns out, that sign used to read “World Famous Dancing & Tic-Tac-Toe Playing Chicken.” Some photographs framed against the wooden wall of the arcade’s cage-like managerial booth hint at the strange days when, according to ScoutingNY ‘s report, a white-feathered chicken named Lily played tic-tac-toe and “danced” to the tune of controlled electric jolts from inside a coin-operated metal and glass cage. The “game” was shut down in the late 90’s when a concerned patron demanded the owner end the practice and hand over the bird, but the empty chicken cage and tic-tac-toe board still remain. The photos were a gift from the chicken’s new owner so that the arcade staff could reminisce over their old friend."
What would PETA have to say about THAT then?
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