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Title: Western Civilisation Has Peaked.
Post by: mongers on February 16, 2013, 04:32:29 PM
Not much point carrying on now, I suggest this is the pinnacle of our civilisation:

QuoteCivilization peaks: BEER-dispensing arcade game created

Alcohol and fighting games – what could go wrong?

By Iain Thomson • In Bootnotes • At 20:36 GMT 15th February 2013

Western civilization is taking a drunken step forward with a what's claimed to be a unique conjunction of one of mankind's most basic forms of entertainment and the video game that provides one of its latest ones.

The Beercade, aka The Last Barfighter, is a full-sized cabinet arcade game (for younger readers that's six feet of wood and glass construction, with a joystick and some buttons, that was the most common gaming console of its day) running a Flash fighting game and holding a refrigerated keg. The winner of three rounds gets a slug of beer in a cup deposited from a tap where the coin slot is traditionally located.
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rest of article here:
http://m.theregister.co.uk/2013/02/15/beer_arcade_game/ (http://m.theregister.co.uk/2013/02/15/beer_arcade_game/)

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Title: Re: Western Civilisation Has Peaked.
Post by: Viking on February 16, 2013, 04:35:02 PM
OMG Oswald Spengler was right. Der gipfel des abendlandes ist angekommen.
Title: Re: Western Civilisation Has Peaked.
Post by: fhdz on February 18, 2013, 04:02:11 PM
This is brilliant.