http://www.arcadeufo.com/blog A blog about the arcade game scene in ATX and the surrounding community. Fri, 03 Sep 2010 01:19:28 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Congrats to Arcade UFO denizen Starslay3r for her appearance on CNBC National News today! Check out the embedded clip below, and watch out for her deadly E. Honda on the Super Street Fighter 4 cabs . . . http://www.arcadeufo.com/blog/?p=479 Sorry for the short notice on this, but if you're around on Thursday night, please stop by for a TOTALLY FREE Super Street Fighter 4 tournament! Sign-ups: 6:30PM Start time: 7:00PM Prize: The winner gets to buy dinner for Banana Ken! This Thursday is Banana Ken, aka Denjin J, aka Jose's, last day in ... http://www.arcadeufo.com/blog/?p=476 Dear Denizens of Fun, Arcade UFO will be opening late this Friday, August 6th at 4:30PM instead of the usual 1:00PM. We'll be open 'till 3:00AM that night as usual. Please delay your visit for just a little while! Friday, August 6th Hours 4:30PM - 3:00AM http://www.arcadeufo.com/blog/?p=467 We'll be starting with our pre-show at 3:00PM Eastern / 2:00PM Central followed by the Blazblue 2v2 SBO Qualifier at 6:00PM Eastern / 5:00PM Central!  Enjoy the show, and let's find out who's going to Japan! http://www.arcadeufo.com/blog/?p=463 We had a lot of fun with our first Pop'n Music Tournament! 11 Contestants entered for a heated Bemani battle, and the Top 3 were: 1) Ikki 2) JonZ 3) Rico Ikki won a Beatmania IIDX figure which he gracefully returned to Arcade UFO to give away for the next Pop'n Music Tournament. ... http://www.arcadeufo.com/blog/?p=458 I think we were due for something like this . . . big thanks to Ikki, our Japanese Bemani prodigy, for putting the rules together!  He will be co-hosting the event with UFO! See the FULL rule set along with Ikki's Youtube Walkthrough after the jump! ポップン大会企画 Pop'n Music Tournament Rules Host: Ikki Co-host: Ryan Location： ... http://www.arcadeufo.com/blog/?p=440 Next Saturday, June 12th, we discover who is currently the best Super Street Fighter in Texas.  Making its re-debut in our tournament circuit is Tekken 6: Bloodline Rebellion, and regular titles Blazblue: Continuum Shift and Gundam vs Gundam Next. Thanks to Pozerwolf again for the cool banner! Oh, and just to clarify ... http://www.arcadeufo.com/blog/?p=430 Someone posted a gallery on a forum recently featuring excellent picture collections of  Tokyo's most famous arcades, many of which have been visited personally by UFO's owners and a staff member.  These kinds of places were inspiration for Arcade UFO, so check it out and see how amazing (and large!) ... http://www.arcadeufo.com/blog/?p=427 http://www.arcadeufo.com/blog/?p=423 The long-anticipated sequel to Street Fighter 4 is finally out, and fighting game fans have surely sacrificed countless hours of sleep this week just to get in that one last game.  Unfortunately, the net-code is still wonky like its vanilla cousin and the Internet has a long ways to go ... http://www.arcadeufo.com/blog/?p=416