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Chinatown Fair opened as a penny arcade on Mott Street in 1944. Over the decades, the dimly lit gathering place, known for its tic-tac-toe playing chicken, became an institution, surviving turf wars between rival gangs, changing tastes and the explosive growth of home gaming systems like Xbox and Playstation that shuttered most other arcades in the city. But as the neighborhood gentrified, this haven for a diverse, unlikely community faced its strongest challenge, inspiring its biggest devotees to next-level greatness.
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For one of the longest-running game franchises in history, Street Fighter creators Capcom needed something exceedingly special to accompany the release of their 25th anniversary edition of the game. AREA 5 produced, shot, edited, and finished a documentary that spans three countries, more than two decades, and tells the story of how a game not only birthed an entire genre, but changed the lives of a generation.
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Imagina un mundo donde reinan los videojuegos. Edificios de cinco pisos llenos de gabinetes de arcade, antiguos y nuevos, inundan las calles. Bienvenido al centro de Tokio, Japón. Un lugar donde las arcadas de los años 80 y 90 no solo existen, sino que también prosperan y se han convertido en una experiencia de juego compleja e inigualable. 100 Yen es un documental histórico sobre la evolución de las arcadas y la cultura que lo rodea, desde el nacimiento de las arcadas hasta los centros de juego que aún prosperan en la actualidad. Con un enfoque predominante en los tres principales géneros de arcade, juegos de tiro, juegos de lucha y juegos de ritmo, 100 Yen explora la cultura y la evolución de las arcadas a través del pasado y el presente. Con entrevistas con profesionales de la industria, programadores y diseñadores de juegos, jugadores ocasionales e íconos de juegos de Japón, Canadá y Estados Unidos.
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I Got Next" is a documentary on the fighting game community. It follows four prominent players, Justin Wong, Ryan "Gootecks" Gutierrez, Joe "iloveu" Ciaramelli and Mike Ross through their experiences in the scene with the release of Street Fighter 4, which has caused a resurgence in the fighting game genre and a rekindling of the East Coast/West Coast rivalry that had died down in years past.
