ARCADE

a film by Kurt Vincent and Irene Chin
I’m sad to report that another arcade has been lost to modern times. Denjin arcade, known for being the Mecca of West Coast 3rd Strike as well as the host of countless tournaments (including the 2009 SBO qualifiers and Cali Regionals) closed its doors for good yesterday. Denjin truly exemplified what a real arcade was: a place of community and competition, where players went to learn and level up. This is sadly another nail in the coffin of the American arcade. -Reed

I’m sad to report that another arcade has been lost to modern times. Denjin arcade, known for being the Mecca of West Coast 3rd Strike as well as the host of countless tournaments (including the 2009 SBO qualifiers and Cali Regionals) closed its doors for good yesterday. Denjin truly exemplified what a real arcade was: a place of community and competition, where players went to learn and level up. This is sadly another nail in the coffin of the American arcade.

-Reed

SCREEN GRAB #3 Anthony Cali aka Helgen X shooting photograph of me shooting film of him. I am about to meet up with Anthony at a Japanese spot in the East Village to discuss the direction of the movie.  Good things are happening.  I have realized the movie will not end with the closing of Chinatown Fair.  It goes way beyond that. I have a feeling the movie is going to follow the community to wherever it may go - the next CF, Babycastles, Next Level, basements, apartments, etc.   The story of ARCADE is about Chinatown Fair, but that means it is about the community itself and the community lives on beyond the walls of 8 Mott Street.  

SCREEN GRAB #3

Anthony Cali aka Helgen X shooting photograph of me shooting film of him.

I am about to meet up with Anthony at a Japanese spot in the East Village to discuss the direction of the movie.  Good things are happening.  I have realized the movie will not end with the closing of Chinatown Fair.  It goes way beyond that. I have a feeling the movie is going to follow the community to wherever it may go - the next CF, Babycastles, Next Level, basements, apartments, etc.  

The story of ARCADE is about Chinatown Fair, but that means it is about the community itself and the community lives on beyond the walls of 8 Mott Street.