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		<title>The Lower East Side Finally Has Its Very Own Retro Arcade</title>

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		<pubDate>Tue, 11 Dec 2012 09:52:04 -0400</pubDate>
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			<dc:creator>Jessica Roy</dc:creator>
				
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<p>Tired of trekking all the way to Brooklyn for your retro video game fix? Lucky for you, Two-Bits Retro Arcade--which we <a href="http://betabeat.com/2012/06/hungry-for-some-pac-dots-a-retro-arcade-is-opening-on-the-lower-east-side/">wrote</a> about back in June--finally <a href="http://www.dnainfo.com/new-york/20121206/lower-east-side/arcade-themed-bar-two-bits-brings-vintage-video-games-essex-street">opened</a> its doors this past weekend, and it looks just as glorious as we'd hoped.</p>
<p><!--more-->Two-Bits, <a href="http://www.thrillist.com/drink/new-york/ny/10002/lower-east-side/two-bits-retro-arcade_bar-games_bars_wine_american_bar-food_games_feature/occasion_type?utm_content=feature&amp;utm_source=Sailthru&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_term=New+York&amp;utm_campaign=12.10.12+NY%3A+Two-Bit%27s+Retro+Arcade">located</a> on Essex between Stanton and Rivington, has 22 rotating games and a giant projection screen for showing movies that will still your beating nerd heart. Games include Pacman, Street Fighter, Tetris and Donkey Kong. They also have one of the rarest games in the world--Star Warrior--located in the basement office, and <a href="http://www.thrillist.com/drink/new-york/ny/10002/lower-east-side/two-bits-retro-arcade_bar-games_bars_wine_american_bar-food_games_feature/occasion_type?utm_content=feature&amp;utm_source=Sailthru&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_term=New+York&amp;utm_campaign=12.10.12+NY%3A+Two-Bit%27s+Retro+Arcade">according</a> to Thrillist, if you ask nicely they just might let you play it.</p>
<p>The bar also comes with an upscale wine list, because who doesn't love swigging fine wine while playing a '90s racing game?</p>
<p>Little-Bits seems to have the nostalgia thing down pat: They also sell Fun Dips, Ring Pops and Nerds, so we look forward to the inevitable BuzzFeed slideshow about it.</p>
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<p>Tired of trekking all the way to Brooklyn for your retro video game fix? Lucky for you, Two-Bits Retro Arcade--which we <a href="http://betabeat.com/2012/06/hungry-for-some-pac-dots-a-retro-arcade-is-opening-on-the-lower-east-side/">wrote</a> about back in June--finally <a href="http://www.dnainfo.com/new-york/20121206/lower-east-side/arcade-themed-bar-two-bits-brings-vintage-video-games-essex-street">opened</a> its doors this past weekend, and it looks just as glorious as we'd hoped.</p>
<p><!--more-->Two-Bits, <a href="http://www.thrillist.com/drink/new-york/ny/10002/lower-east-side/two-bits-retro-arcade_bar-games_bars_wine_american_bar-food_games_feature/occasion_type?utm_content=feature&amp;utm_source=Sailthru&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_term=New+York&amp;utm_campaign=12.10.12+NY%3A+Two-Bit%27s+Retro+Arcade">located</a> on Essex between Stanton and Rivington, has 22 rotating games and a giant projection screen for showing movies that will still your beating nerd heart. Games include Pacman, Street Fighter, Tetris and Donkey Kong. They also have one of the rarest games in the world--Star Warrior--located in the basement office, and <a href="http://www.thrillist.com/drink/new-york/ny/10002/lower-east-side/two-bits-retro-arcade_bar-games_bars_wine_american_bar-food_games_feature/occasion_type?utm_content=feature&amp;utm_source=Sailthru&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_term=New+York&amp;utm_campaign=12.10.12+NY%3A+Two-Bit%27s+Retro+Arcade">according</a> to Thrillist, if you ask nicely they just might let you play it.</p>
<p>The bar also comes with an upscale wine list, because who doesn't love swigging fine wine while playing a '90s racing game?</p>
<p>Little-Bits seems to have the nostalgia thing down pat: They also sell Fun Dips, Ring Pops and Nerds, so we look forward to the inevitable BuzzFeed slideshow about it.</p>
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		<title>Booting Up: What Is Art? Edition</title>

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		<pubDate>Fri, 30 Nov 2012 08:28:01 -0400</pubDate>
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			<dc:creator>Patrick Clark</dc:creator>
				
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		<description><![CDATA[<p><a href="http://betabeat.com/2012/11/booting-up-what-is-art-edition/nes_tetris_box_front/" rel="attachment wp-att-72064"><img class="alignleft size-medium wp-image-72064" alt="NES_Tetris_Box_Front" src="http://nyobetabeat.files.wordpress.com/2012/11/nes_tetris_box_front.jpg?w=209" height="300" width="209" /></a>And it seemed like British politicians had let the internet off the hook in crafting proposed regulations to reign in the unruly U.K. press. Not so fast. Policy directors from Google and Facebook have been summoned to appear before Parliament next week. [<a href="http://techcrunch.com/2012/11/30/uks-house-of-lords-summons-facebook-and-google-to-talk-convergence/">Tech Crunch</a>]</p>
<p>Twice yearly, Google releases data on government requests to remove content from the internet. Can we see that on an interactive map? [<a href="http://www.slate.com/articles/news_and_politics/map_of_the_week/2012/11/internet_governance_map_countries_with_most_google_take_down_requests.html">Slate</a>]</p>
<p>Share buttons notwithstanding, people still like to cut and paste. [<a href="http://www.adweek.com/news/technology/data-points-copy-145407">AdWeek</a>]</p>
<p>The Museum of Modern Art added 14 video games—including Tetris, Mist and Dwarf Fortress—to its collection. Hear that, Mom? Video games do so have cultural relevance. [<a href="http://artsbeat.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/11/29/moma-adds-video-games-to-its-collection/?ref=technology">NYT</a>]</p>
<p>Groupon founder and CEO Andrew Mason gets to keep his job—for now. [<a href="http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424127887323751104578149610850535992.html">WSJ</a>]</p>
<p>The United Nations makes an embarrassing Twitter typo. [<a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/united-nations-tweet-typo-2012-11">Business Insider</a>]</p>
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		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a href="http://betabeat.com/2012/11/booting-up-what-is-art-edition/nes_tetris_box_front/" rel="attachment wp-att-72064"><img class="alignleft size-medium wp-image-72064" alt="NES_Tetris_Box_Front" src="http://nyobetabeat.files.wordpress.com/2012/11/nes_tetris_box_front.jpg?w=209" height="300" width="209" /></a>And it seemed like British politicians had let the internet off the hook in crafting proposed regulations to reign in the unruly U.K. press. Not so fast. Policy directors from Google and Facebook have been summoned to appear before Parliament next week. [<a href="http://techcrunch.com/2012/11/30/uks-house-of-lords-summons-facebook-and-google-to-talk-convergence/">Tech Crunch</a>]</p>
<p>Twice yearly, Google releases data on government requests to remove content from the internet. Can we see that on an interactive map? [<a href="http://www.slate.com/articles/news_and_politics/map_of_the_week/2012/11/internet_governance_map_countries_with_most_google_take_down_requests.html">Slate</a>]</p>
<p>Share buttons notwithstanding, people still like to cut and paste. [<a href="http://www.adweek.com/news/technology/data-points-copy-145407">AdWeek</a>]</p>
<p>The Museum of Modern Art added 14 video games—including Tetris, Mist and Dwarf Fortress—to its collection. Hear that, Mom? Video games do so have cultural relevance. [<a href="http://artsbeat.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/11/29/moma-adds-video-games-to-its-collection/?ref=technology">NYT</a>]</p>
<p>Groupon founder and CEO Andrew Mason gets to keep his job—for now. [<a href="http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424127887323751104578149610850535992.html">WSJ</a>]</p>
<p>The United Nations makes an embarrassing Twitter typo. [<a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/united-nations-tweet-typo-2012-11">Business Insider</a>]</p>
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