Somewhat lost in the news today: Paul Williams has passed away. You might not know his name but he was instrumental in the arcade world, working at Sega for decades, from Sega World UK in the 90s to leading Sega Amusements International - the arcade arm. www.amusementnetwork.co.uk/n/n578/paul-...
Paul Williams Passes | The Amusement Network
It is with deep respect, admiration, and sadness that Sega Amusements International announces the passing of Paul Williams on 14th October 2025, following a period of illness. A globally known and hig...
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October 16, 2025 at 5:21 PM
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Day one of our trip to Blackpool done.
Had some amazing food and deserts then a wander along the seafront to see the illuminations.
Liverpool early in the morn for the DRUM SHOW woooohooo 🙌
Had some amazing food and deserts then a wander along the seafront to see the illuminations.
Liverpool early in the morn for the DRUM SHOW woooohooo 🙌
October 17, 2025 at 9:46 PM
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“I see the slot machines are proper fucked”
- Southport Pleasureland Amusements, 1983
- Anfield, 2025
- Southport Pleasureland Amusements, 1983
- Anfield, 2025
October 19, 2025 at 5:38 PM
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Although I do feel some sympathy for the staff, who don't deserve to be made unemployed, I do feel it's a door-arse-way out situation. The number of gambling establishments (including the highly suspicious non-chain-brand "amusements" that are everywhere) blighting our high streets is disturbing.
October 19, 2025 at 12:16 PM
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Thank you lady taxi driver I have learned a new word
October 17, 2025 at 2:22 AM
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At any given time, it's a solid bet that I'm thinking about the "IMAX Lawsuit" section of Alan Shawn Feinstein's Wikipedia page.
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IMAX lawsuit
Feinstein had signed an agreement with IMAX in 2003 to name the firm's IMAX theater at the Providence Place Mall after his foundation. In exchange for a total of $1.4 million paid over five years, the theater would offer 50,000 free tickets to students participating in Feinstein's community service programs, offer discounted admission to students who have performed good deeds, and donate a portion of these ticket sales to the Rhode Island Hunger Fund. The agreement was extended in 2005 with the stipulation that the naming rights would become permanent if all conditions were met. After the theater was purchased by National Amusements in January 2008, The Feinstein name was removed, and the community programs were suspended. Feinstein filed a lawsuit against IMAX and National Amusements, but National Amusements asserts that its deal to purchase the theater included the furniture and equipment but no other obligations. IMAX settled with Feinstein out of court for an undisclosed amount.[14]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:qihxhxlsmo7gak74npeoy3ct/bafkreif7vvxgtd5zs4x4xtgbrgbnqx7ndcb2yx6vdcqovi2e2yu6s74mqe@jpeg)
October 17, 2025 at 11:29 AM
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Today, I have witnessed some of the politest signage ive ever seen. I had to document it!
Absolutely charming stuff
Absolutely charming stuff
October 12, 2025 at 6:16 PM
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Lamentablemente Después De Una Batalla Con Una Enfermedad Paul Williams Ex CEO De Sega Amusements International Falleció El Pasado Miércoles De Esta Semana ¡Descanse En Paz!
October 18, 2025 at 1:01 AM
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Time for the big news! Today was my last day as a temp. Starting Monday, I am officially employed as a field service tech in electronic amusements! This job promises a bright future, and I want to thank all of you who had my back. I am so fucking happy right now!!
a cartoon character is wearing a tuxedo and bow tie and smiling .
ALT: a cartoon character is wearing a tuxedo and bow tie and smiling .
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October 10, 2025 at 8:54 PM
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This!
BOYCOTT Paramount and CBS!!!
CBS is fully owned and operated by Paramount Global, a publicly traded multinational media conglomerate headquartered in New York City.
BOYCOTT Paramount and CBS!!!
CBS is fully owned and operated by Paramount Global, a publicly traded multinational media conglomerate headquartered in New York City.
October 7, 2025 at 6:43 PM
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“Dolly Parton has built her empire on and with the debris of old, racist amusements and wrapped it in working-class signifiers and feminist politics. I ignored that fact for a long time because it didn’t fit the script of the feminist, working-class heroine I had conjured”
a good piece—thanks!
a good piece—thanks!
October 9, 2025 at 1:06 AM
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#kevinArt
ridetober part 1: warrior (FJF amusements)
went to the melbourne royal show last week and there was this really cool pendulum-esque ride that went super fast and upside down 180 feet up in the air! amazing ride and I had to draw it as soon as I got home. though with different guys
ridetober part 1: warrior (FJF amusements)
went to the melbourne royal show last week and there was this really cool pendulum-esque ride that went super fast and upside down 180 feet up in the air! amazing ride and I had to draw it as soon as I got home. though with different guys
October 3, 2025 at 5:14 AM
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[Interesting. I thought it had something to do with the assets of National Amusements, which included Paramount Global, being reassigned from the Redstone family to the Ellisons—who sit on the far-right, are friends of the Trump Administration, and are bankrolling our descent into fascism.]
October 3, 2025 at 2:00 AM
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I agree that they take advantage of perceptions here...but video games and mechanical amusements before that inherited a past of gambling.
And there's no shortage of interactive entertainment that can be considered (or flat is) gambling.
And there's no shortage of interactive entertainment that can be considered (or flat is) gambling.
October 1, 2025 at 5:39 PM
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A quiz for you:
What pioneering coin-op machine released mid-decade drove electro-mechanical amusements into new locations and pushed a new coin price for games?
Would you believe that it happened twice?
These are the bizarre, parallel tales of the quiz game booms in the 40s and 60s.
What pioneering coin-op machine released mid-decade drove electro-mechanical amusements into new locations and pushed a new coin price for games?
Would you believe that it happened twice?
These are the bizarre, parallel tales of the quiz game booms in the 40s and 60s.
September 30, 2025 at 9:41 PM
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Also there was a whole Simpsons episode premised on “it’s wrong for rich people to trade on poorer people’s dignity for their personal amusements“
September 29, 2025 at 1:05 PM
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Any comment about the entertainment of the past being more sophisticated, enlightening, or highbrow than the present are flatly wrong. There is still an embarrassment of highbrow experimental art, and what we consider mass-market slop is more sophisticated than lowbrow amusements of 50 years ago.
You could argue culture has been on an intellectual downward spiral since the Victorian era?
Could you?
They were watching men boxing donkeys, they liked seeing one-legged men riding bicycles, all we're doing is getting excited about boy wizards + Taylor Swift.
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Could you?
They were watching men boxing donkeys, they liked seeing one-legged men riding bicycles, all we're doing is getting excited about boy wizards + Taylor Swift.
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September 28, 2025 at 8:09 PM
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Razzle – 1 Hour - Sharon Lennon
A darkly comedic drama about a woman who wants out of the family business – Berney’s Best Amusements, “traveling the fair and festival circuit since 1981” – and into a “normal” life with her new girlfriend, when a shocking incident drags her back in. #TVsky #Scriptsky
A darkly comedic drama about a woman who wants out of the family business – Berney’s Best Amusements, “traveling the fair and festival circuit since 1981” – and into a “normal” life with her new girlfriend, when a shocking incident drags her back in. #TVsky #Scriptsky
September 29, 2025 at 5:37 PM
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Valeria has divine blood in her lineage, and lives in a world where gods are very tangible beings with direct influence on mortals. But she’s convinced gods use mortals as playthings, as amusements, and not much more. In recent years she has prayed exactly once - over the body of a dead friend.
September 29, 2025 at 11:22 PM
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Dang, but the Storm book by @ayodelemurewa.bsky.social is uncannily good!
September 28, 2025 at 6:51 PM
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September 26, 2025 at 5:23 PM
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oh my god come ON accountable.us/wp-content/u...
September 25, 2025 at 6:11 PM
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palace amusements, asbury park, new jersey, 1978
September 23, 2025 at 10:36 PM
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Survivor 49 premieres tonight at 8pm ET — a show I had the pleasure of competing on and still love.
On this website I mostly talk science, robotics, and random amusements. But if you want to indulge and talk Survivor, I’ll be chatting live tonight over on ChatBCC:
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On this website I mostly talk science, robotics, and random amusements. But if you want to indulge and talk Survivor, I’ll be chatting live tonight over on ChatBCC:
Link:
chatbcc.com/survivor?u=c...
September 24, 2025 at 4:18 PM
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Died (alas!) on this day in 1624, in Rotterdam, painter & printmaker Willem Buytewech. Depicted lives and amusements of the Bright Young Things of the early Dutch Golden Age. Here, a worldly group in 1620.
September 23, 2025 at 11:47 AM
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