Tiny Diggers – An iPad Construction Truck Game for Kids Age 2-5

There’s an interesting article on MSNBC Newsweek about arcades in Japan where there’s an estimated 9,500 outlets and more than 445,000 game machines. Compare that to 3,000 arcades in the US, down from 10,000 a decade ago. This decline is due to home consoles here in North America like the Playstation, Xbox and Nintendo which don’t require us to leave the sofa. The article points out that the Japanese youth, most who live at home, aren’t working despite the job offer pamphlets littered on the arcade floors. The kids just want to spend all their money and be the Tom Cruise of arcade games like Gundam or Mobile Space 0079.

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