Nine Year-Old Builds Astounding Cardboard Arcade

[TIMESWORDSMAN]

Every part of me wants to give this kid money. If only I had some to give, I would buy a years worth of fun passes, even though I'll likely never see the place in person.
I miss my towns arcade, I used to go there and play Galaga for hours. It closed down a couple years ago, and for six months I could peer through the window at the cabinet, now even they're gone.
I cried a little when I watched this.

 

[Beautiful End]

Someone give this kid a scholarship for college already! Look, he's only 9 years old and he's doing that? Great mentality: he's ingenious, imaginative, resourceful and a young businessman. You know what most of us were doing at 9 years old? ...Well, whatever it was, we weren't building cardboard-made arcade machines, I know that much!

Way to go, kid.

 

[PunkRex]

Kids gonna be the card board version of Iron Man!

 

[Shjade]

I may not like classic arcades, but that's still pretty neat to see.

 

[Tiger Sora]

It's stuff like this that keeps some shred of my faith in humanity from utterly falling to doom.
This kids gona go far.

 

[darksakul]

This boy Cain and William Kamkwamba a boy in Africa who built his own electric windmill from essentially trash to run water pumps so his village can have water for there crops.
Kids like these that give me hope for humanity.

 

[Lugbzurg]

Often times we just get general news or people asking some, often times, strange question around here. But, this is simply incredible. This made me so happy! Games as art... games as heart and soul!

And this genius kid even figured out how to set up a security system for his fun passes! (Seriously, the value of these things is probably enough to give Bobby Koteck convulsions!)

And people were impressed when I built a life-sized, three-dimensional computer set mock-up out of K'nex, complete with the whole shebang; "tower", monitor, speakers, mouse... even a few C-D ROMs! This completely blows everything out of the water!

I may never see LA in my lifetime.
But, if I somehow do, I am making a serious point to get to the most significant arcade in existence: Caine's Arcade!

 

[Elliott Curtiss]

Wow...just Wow O.O, this is something that's truly amazing. if in 40 years this kid runs for president, I'm voting for him.

 

[Ympulse]

"College fund"? Isn't there some kind of scholarship he'd be eligible for?

Not in California. Scholarships, unless you're already part of a wealthy family, are a dry hole.

 

[punipunipyo]

Crafted his own Arcades? wow, this kid have bright future!

I heard "Dream big", but this kid; he dreamed, and then, he puts it to WORK!~ and it worked!

I wish to see his dad get some mechanics, and really built some arcades out of auto parts, and REALLY expands on this kid's dream...

 

[Active Schizophrenic]

YAY! That put a huge smile on my face!

 

[Teoes]

"Yes, sir, and that's what we're trying to do, but... honestly, it's impossible-"
"Caine Monroy was able to build this in a used auto-parts shop! Out of a cardboard box!!"
"Well I'm sorry. I'm not Caine Monroy."

 

[Mattlore]

Thank you Escapist for reporting on this, I think it was the most adorable and wonderful thing ever. A great way to start off my day with a smile!

 

[jakelly14]

someone send this kid a copy of Gmod.......it would be awsome.

 

[Triaed]

I saw this video yesterday and I have slept over what I feel about, I seem to have a clearer thought now.

It seriously brought a tear to my eye, and it still does, although I did not know why. I mean, this kid is not starving, he has not lost his parents to war or aids and has to take care of his family by himself, he is not enduring some serious hardship. So why would his story made me open the flood gates?

I think it is the fulfillment of a dream. I have two little kids and I would stop at nothing to see them smile, to see their dreams come true. I think making a child happy makes me happy.

... who knew?!

 

[XkamikazeX]

According to PC Mag $100,000 has been raised for this kid, which is awesome! The part when he pushed the tickets out of the box put a huge smile on my face. I hope he goes onto big things when he's older

 

[karloss01]

I have a feeling this kid is gonna make a metric fuck-tonne of cash when he gets into making his own business.

 

[saxxon.de]

This improved my day as promised. Well played.

 

[Robert Ewing]

That's awesome, epic kid is epic.

 

[Oliver Pink]

*Wipes away tears of joy*

This film single handedly restored my faith in humanity.