A New VUE: The Arcade 2.0

[V8 Ninja]

Umm...is this yeah or nay?

 

[Dr. Crawver]

eh, sounds fun, but I may pass on it all, maybe too retro for my likeing

 

[Nuke_em_05]

I dunno.

If you're going on vacation, you should experience new or different things. If you're just going to do what you do at home... why don't you have a "stay-cation" or whatever they call those?

If it is parents bringing their kids, they need to find stuff the kids can do, or leave the kids home.

I guess my point is, if you can do it at home, why spend the money to go somewhere else and do it if it is just the same?

I'm also a little concerned about the way the article started, though I'm hoping it was more tongue-in-cheek than anything else. "Need a gaming fix" sure doesn't help the idea of game not being addictive. Especially when you call it a "hobby"; how many model train enthusiasts go to Paris and have urges and needs to piece some track together? Sure, people play golf and other sports on vacation, because they are new and different places and ways to play. Games are the same no matter where you are.

Also doesn't help the "adults are gamers" concept...

 

[RandV80]

I dislike it. Yeah, when I was small I wanted to game in holidays, occasionally dragging my Playstation along, but if I didn't it always turned out for the better.

I don't get it. While I can understand that a lot of people have that 'itch', especially ones that are subscribed to an MMO and have their communities there, I can't understand why you would indulge in something like that. Holidays are supposed to break daily routine and show you some interesting locales, meet new people and relax you. The space looks very friendly and well designed and while it certainly get that 'relax' aspect right, I hope this doesn't spread.

It's pretty genius marketing and I'm sure a lot of kids will be happy to stay there, I can't help feeling like this will be more of a trend.

Actually...if this leads to less people spending time in the normally crowded hotel pools, all the better for me haha.

It's only open from 3pm to 9pm, which doesn't seem like a lot of time to get your gaming fix

If you go to a Ritz Carlton that's situated on the beach and spend 6 hours a day playing games you have a problem. I'm serious.

You are right, vacation is supposed to break daily routine. But the problem that kids often encounter when going on vacation is that it doesn't break daily routine for them. It merely replaces one routine with another....and often a worse one.

I hated going on vacation when I was younger. Actually, no, I didn't hate going on vacation....I hated going on vacation with my parents. Every time we did, it turned into a boring daily routine of waking up, breakfast, beach, snack, beach, showering, dinner, walk, sleep. And this went on and on, every single day. Sure, being on the beach and going on a walk can be fun and it is certainly the whole point of a vacation on the seaside. But you don't want to do it all the time, especially since it can be exhausting to be doing so along with hundreds of others. When it comes to the point that you are having more fun staying at home or staying in your hotel room watching television, you know there is a problem...

So quite frankly, I can sympathise with these kids. Sure, I agree that they shouldn't be spending all their time in an arcade. But if it helps break up the monotony of a vacation routine, I see no harm in going there ocassionally.

As for your satisfying the "itch" comment...well, maybe some people precisely use vacation as a chance to satisfy it. I mean, a lot of people generally have very little free time during their daily lives. So it is not really suprising if they do end up playing a lot during vacation when they do have more free time to spare for such an activity. That said, if they are going to spend their vacation gaming, they might as well spend it at home.

Also, if this becomes a trend, this could very well be the final coup de grâce to arcade gaming in the Western world. Vacation resorts were one of the few remaining places where arcades were still doing well. If these so-called "Arcades 2.0" become a popular trend, the traditional-style arcades will disappear for good.

Yeah this is what I was thinking. I mean when I was a kid camping trips with the parents was basically an excercise in chores and babysitting without any of the comforts of your own home. Yes it seems extremely silly that kids will be taken on vacation and just want to sit around and play video games, but we have to remember that it's us the adults that need the break and want to get away from the day to day grind and relax. For kids/teens, especially gamers with how effective the entertainment with games have become, not only do they not need the same sort of break they may actually enjoy their usually day to day routine, and may not want the interuption.

Actually even as an adult whenever there's going to be a 'family gathering' somewhere I still bring at least one book and usually end up shutting myself in and reading most of the time.

 

[Supp]

This sounds suspiciously like a http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LAN_gaming_center

 

[Cryo84R]

That's...interesting. Especially the short time it's open for is just right to keep kids occupied. However, charging for it on top of the high price anyway is pretty steep, even if it is for upkeep. And why are there Macs in the promo shots?

BTW - Typo

the onus of choosing a vacation spot isn't on the parents at all

The iMacs are referenced in the article. It's clear they are going for a type of classy atmosphere and don't want any windows Frankstien-esqe towers bring the place down!

I kid I kid!

 

[Lvl 64 Klutz]

I know when I'm on vacation I'd occasionally like "a room with a VUE"

Bad puns aside, even though I'm plenty old enough to take in local culture, chit-chat with other vacationers, or whatever else, sometimes I need that time to relax with a game. Then I don't come home thinking about how "I need a vacation from my vacation." (Admit it, you've all heard someone say that.)

 

[bakonslayer]

This looks like exactly what my dormitory building has in its basement: pretty much the single greatest reason to live in the dorms here, ALL free with school ID card.

http://www.hfs.washington.edu/dining/location.aspx?id=348
Oh, and all the widescreen monitors are hooked up to steam accounts with all the latest games installed.

 

[sircashews]

I would actually like to go to a place like that if only once and if for no other reason than just to see how long it takes before I see a twelve year screaming profanity at some one over their mic.

 

[Denamic]

I wish we had that when my family went to Turkey.
All I had to do was walk around being annoyed by the heat or swim in the pool, which was kinda redundant, seeing as I was already freediving back home at that point.
Going 70 billion miles and end up doing what I do almost every day anyway, without the option to play games, yay.