89: Cradle of Love
This chest contains the beating heart of Davy Jones
RAS2025-09-29T12:37:17+00:00Arduino Team — September 29th, 2025 The Pirates of the Caribbean film franchise really likes to make figurative elements and metaphors quite literal, as shown in Dead Man’s Chest when the chest in question is shown to contain the actual beating heart of Davy Jones. That’s a fun visual that Grendel Studios turned into a real-life prop. The chest built by Grendel Studios isn’t an exact replica of what we see in the movie, but it...
September 29, 2025RASUncategorizedArduino, Chest, Davy Jones, Interactive Chest, Movie Prop, Nano R4, Pirates of the Caribbean0 Comments
New On Test: Super Punch Mania (Konami), Putt It! Par-Tee (Sega Amusements)
RAS2025-09-28T22:15:04+00:00As the trade show season heats up, it’s not unusual for more and more new arcade games to show up on location test, and today we have two examples that recently appeared: Super Punch Mania by Konami, and Putt It! Par-Tee by Sega Amusements. Both are video redemption titles that are very physically involved with unique controls (one of the necessities to stand out in the market these days), but both come from familiar names and should still be interesting....
Episode #804 – Atlantic Records, Pt. 11 – 1956
RAS2025-09-28T17:31:28+00:00Air Week: September 29-October 5, 2025
Atlantic Records, Pt. 11 – 1956
Atlantic Records was the most influential, significant and important independent record label to come out of the late-1940s, during a time when there were many great, small indie labels being born. What gave Atlantic the advantage over Specialty, Chess, Modern, Vee-Jay, Exclusive, King, etc is the breadth of material, variety of music styles and the sheer number of hit records that led to the Rock...September 28, 2025RASUncategorized1950s, blues, Doo Wop, Jump Blues, R&B, Rhythm & Blues, Uncategorized, Vocal Group0 Comments
Bandai Namco Officially Announces Biohazard RE:2 Arcade/Resident Evil 2: Dead Shot – Testing This Winter In The US
RAS2025-09-27T14:49:29+00:00This Summer, one of the biggest pieces of arcade news to emerge was the surprise appearance of a Resident Evil 2 arcade lightgun game from Bandai Namco that quietly showed up on test in the UK. After we were the first to report on it, numerous major gaming news outlets then gave the game attention, even going as far as revealing the test location. At that point we were told that it would still take a long time to...
Field Trip Friday Was a Blast at Maker Faire Bay Area
RAS2025-09-27T00:34:00+00:00Friday at Maker Faire Bay Area was Field Trip day. There were performers and music, droids and drones. Our editors tried and failed to see everything, so here are some of our favorite exhibits so far. Don’t miss these (and much more) Saturday and Sunday. Daniel Simu and his Acrobot perform on the Foundry Stage. Come play Jordan Wolfe’s AP-1 Acoustic Drum Machine, with a drum pad connected to stepper motors to play real instruments! MIDI compatible...
exA-Arcadia Opens Pre-Orders For Axel City 2: The Final Storm; Tests Chaos Code Next
RAS2025-09-26T23:05:12+00:00exA-Arcadia has been busy lately, and as we’ll discuss today, they aren’t slowing down any time soon. We recently reported on their test for Vanguard Princess R (which is performing well), and now they have another fighter on test and a fighter available to pre-order. Let’s check them out.
Chaos Code Nemesis Experiment Testing
Also known as Chao Code NEXT, this sequel to F K Digital’s exciting fighter is now on test in Japan. I...11 Ways To Get Your Hands Dirty at Maker Faire Bay Area
RAS2025-09-23T16:00:00+00:00Maker Faire’s never been about just sitting back and watching all the cool things (though there are lots of cool things to watch), it’s about making stuff yourself! There’s a ton of workshops to help you discover your new favorite hobby, and here are a few:
Kat Ammann’s Jewelry Making Basics
Get an intro into the creative world of jewelry making while crafting your own earring designs from an assortment of colorful pieces. No...September 23, 2025RASUncategorizedhands on, Maker Faire, maker faire bay area, Maker News, workshops0 Comments
Sega’s Maimai DX Starts Shipping Out Across The USA
RAS2025-09-23T01:07:46+00:00The wait has lasted for more than a decade, but for US fans of Sega’s “washing machine game” from Japan, properly known as Maimai DX, that wait is at long last over. Since last week, the first official cabinets for the West have been beginning to appear Stateside at Round1 locations, and the game has commenced operations here. Though there is not 100% official confirmation from all parties involved on where the rollout is going, as more and more installations...
Gathering weather telemetry with a Nano 33 BLE Sense payload
RAS2025-09-23T00:12:27+00:00Arduino Team — September 23rd, 2025 Most model rockets don’t do anything practical — they just go up really fast and then come back down more slowly to land in a field somewhere. Those launches can still be a lot of fun to watch, but they aren’t exactly useful. However, the sky has plenty of data of worth monitoring and the Arduino Nano 33 BLE Sense Rev2 is perfect for collecting it. Vlud used that...
September 23, 2025RASUncategorizedArduino, Model Rocketry, Model Rockets, Nano 33 BLE Sense, Weather Telemetry0 Comments
