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Robert Welkner of COIN-OP TV guest appeared on ManiaTV for the show ARCADE on its season finale episode. ManiaTV is an internet TV channel with roots that date back as far as 2004. Upon launch it was one of the first live/interactive internet channels out there which helped launch Tom Green Live and Dave Navarro’s Spread TV. ARCADE is one of the few ‘carry over’ shows still attached to the channel since their move from Denver to Los Angeles. ARCADE is hosted by Rob Talbert, a Detroit native who… Continue

COIN-OP TV explores the new uWink restaurant which opens this week in Hollywood, California. This new high tech restaurant promises to be a great social environment and the talk of the town! So how does it stack up upon first impressions? Pretty smooth indeed. Waiting outside uWink is a cute motion sensor game in which the player moves his or her body around to hit white boxes on the screen and try to avoid red ones. You control a bubbly looking avatar impression of yourself which resembles the… Continue

The job of reviewing video games is becoming quite the ethical minefield. With very public instances of publishers pressuring critics to keep quiet and stick to embargo dates there's more and more talk about how game reviewers should behave. Both MTV and Variety have fired bold shots across the hull of video game journalism. Steven Totilo started the conversation by proposing a "Reviewer's Bill of Rights," mo… Continue

COIN-OP TV coverage of the METAL GEAR SOLID 4 midnight launch at Best Buy in Los Angeles! Jessica Villarreal from All Games Interactive interviews Kenichiro Imaizum (Lead Producer), Ryan Payton (Associate Producer) and voice of Solid Snake David Hayter. Continue

heeey gang - we dug up some 'found footage' from COIN-OP TV that was never used - it's clips of some of the World Record Holders talking about their top 5 arcade games of all time - check out Donald Hayes, Todd Rogers, Mark Alpiger and Greg Bond (all featured in the King of Kong movie). Continue