The Undead Arcade is a special, peer-reviewed issue of Reconstruction co-edited with Samuel Tobin. Reconstruction is an open-access journal of cultural studies. The Undead Arcade issue considers the afterlife of arcades.

Table of Contents

Articles

The Midway in the Museum: Arcades, Art, and the Challenge of Displaying Play, by Jennifer deWinter

Innovation, Imitation, and the Continued Importance of Vintage Video Games, by Brendan Gaughen

The Intertextual Arcade: tracing histories of arcade clones in 1980s Britain, by Alison Gazzard

Scott Pilgrim vs. The Veteran Gamer: The Canonization and Commodification of Nostalgia in Anamanaguchi’s 8-bit Video Game Soundtrack, by Megan McKittrick

Interview

After Life History: An Interview with Raiford Guins on his “Game After: A Cultural Study of Video Game Afterlife” by Samuel Tobin

Reviews

FunSpot, arcade review by Elias Aoude

Pinball World Championship, event review by Megan R. Brown

The Ghosts in the Machine, review by Adriana E. Ramirez

The Art of Failure: An Essay on the Pain of Playing Video Games, review by Ian Reyes