![]() 20, in the former SouthSide Works Cinema building where restaurants used to be - without the classic arcade’s usual sticky floors, scent of cigarettes and disconcerting feeling of watching a month’s earnings from mowing lawns disappear into a machine in 10 minutes. The space opened to the public on Thursday, Oct. But Pins Mechanical at SouthSide Works finds the exact pressure points of nostalgia from a simpler time of pre-internet fun, and mashes those buttons furiously. I don’t want inferior remakes of movies from my childhood (“Halloween Ends,” etc.). ![]() Victory Pointe 29 South Side Moved on to some shooter games, Pac Man, and some old school fighting arcade games. pittsburgh, pa 15203 follow us pins. Barcadia 36 Sports Bars Downtown They did such a good job transforming the space into a retro arcade bar more Start Order 2. Our large gaming space features over 50 pinball machines, classic arcades, pool, a dart board and ping-pong. ![]() I generally find it annoying to have my nostalgia weaponized to sell me stuff - which is, to be fair, a very Generation X response. The Best 10 Arcades near me in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania Sort:Recommended Price Good for Kids 1. As I struggled to defeat my offspring at Mortal Kombat while the Beastie Boys blared on the stereo and I had to keep my eyes from drifting upward to Tawny Kitaen frolicking across the hood of a car in that Whitesnake video (you know the one), I found myself wondering - is the new Pins Mechanical pandering to me?
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