Immersive Design in Arcade Games: Star Wars Battle Pod
So my friends and I went to Dave and Buster's a few days ago as we wanted to get together and do something despite the rainy weather. I actually had not been to Dave and Buster’s for many, many years, so I was reluctant to go at first, thinking the games there would be the same carnival-style ticket games and mediocre racing games that I remembered. Oh how wrong I was. Upon entering the game floor, I noticed the Star Wars Battle Pod . Intrigued by what this was, I walked over and was completely blown away. It was a single-player closed booth game with a dome screen that filled your entire vision. Naturally the line for this game was quite long so I decided to do a quick walk around to see what else was around, and to my surprise there were quite a few attractive booth style games such as: Walking Dead Arcade , Luigi’s Mansion Arcade , Dark Escape 4D , Dream Raiders , and the classic Jurassic Park Arcade that I so fondly remembered from my childhood. After a fun-filled day of ...