2011 gameroom of the year winners!!

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Before I begin this thread, I just want to again take the time to thank all of you who submitted your gamerooms for us to share with the world. It means a lot for you to support my project and I'm pretty sure everyone who checks out the site or listens to the podcast appreciates it too. However, we are in need of MORE SUBMISSIONS, so if you haven't yet been showcased on Gameroom Junkies, please submit your gameroom by sending me a PM or email at gameroomjunkies (at) gmail.com . We take all kinds. With that said, on to the business at hand:

This past year on the Gameroom Junkies blog, has been incredible. We had the opportunity to feature some of the most spectacular, innovative, and interesting gamerooms across the country! To end the year out, we decided to hold a contest, determined by popular vote, to decide the BEST gameroom of 2011. The votes have been tallied, and the decision is in.

Before we get to the winners, however, we at Gameroom Junkies want to hand out some awards to game rooms we felt stood out and were deserving of recognition. Winners of these will be presented with a certificate to show off their honor.



Best Use of Space: The Elbow Room Arcade
Proof that big things can come in small packages, this tidy little space is packed to the brim with awesomeness. With no room in his home, Greg constructed this custom shed in his backyard to house his home arcade. I still have no idea how he was able to fit so many games in such a compact space.

Most Unique Theme: The Lost Highway Arcade
John P. McCann puts a lot of energy into making his home arcade a unique space. While others may just hang some posters on the wall, John mounts actual telephone poles, paints murals, clothes mannequins, and produces a complete radio theatre production and story book to tell the backstory about his arcade theme.

Most Innovative Gameroom Feature: Zombies Ate My Arcade
Ever since I saw Emmanuel Lewis on the TV show "Webster" discover a secret passage behind his clock, I dreamed of having my own "batcave" entrance. Zombies Ate My Arcade creator David Thompson actually achieved the dream by building his own "haunted bookshelf" that not only hides the entrance to his horror-themed room, but also has mechanized books that move to create the illusion of being haunted. Spooky and awesome!



Click the following link to view the grand-prize winners: http://bit.ly/tYb1wv
 
Congrats to all of the winners and the runners up!
All of the gamerooms featured are great! It takes a lot of thought, time, effort and $ to put a special place like those together.

I'll probably submit mine next year since I am finally finished with it's makeover.

Tom
 
Thanks to everyone that voted for me. Awesome to have some recognition. Congrats to everyone.
 
Congrats to all that participated! I think everyone should be proud....

Congrats to Alan R. for winning gameroom of the year! Way to go Alan!
 
Before I begin this thread, I just want to again take the time to thank all of you who submitted your gamerooms for us to share with the world. It means a lot for you to support my project and I'm pretty sure everyone who checks out the site or listens to the podcast appreciates it too. However, we are in need of MORE SUBMISSIONS, so if you haven't yet been showcased on Gameroom Junkies, please submit your gameroom by sending me a PM or email at gameroomjunkies (at) gmail.com . We take all kinds. With that said, on to the business at hand:

This past year on the Gameroom Junkies blog, has been incredible. We had the opportunity to feature some of the most spectacular, innovative, and interesting gamerooms across the country! To end the year out, we decided to hold a contest, determined by popular vote, to decide the BEST gameroom of 2011. The votes have been tallied, and the decision is in.

Before we get to the winners, however, we at Gameroom Junkies want to hand out some awards to game rooms we felt stood out and were deserving of recognition. Winners of these will be presented with a certificate to show off their honor.



Best Use of Space: The Elbow Room Arcade
Proof that big things can come in small packages, this tidy little space is packed to the brim with awesomeness. With no room in his home, Greg constructed this custom shed in his backyard to house his home arcade. I still have no idea how he was able to fit so many games in such a compact space.

Most Unique Theme: The Lost Highway Arcade
John P. McCann puts a lot of energy into making his home arcade a unique space. While others may just hang some posters on the wall, John mounts actual telephone poles, paints murals, clothes mannequins, and produces a complete radio theatre production and story book to tell the backstory about his arcade theme.

Most Innovative Gameroom Feature: Zombies Ate My Arcade
Ever since I saw Emmanuel Lewis on the TV show "Webster" discover a secret passage behind his clock, I dreamed of having my own "batcave" entrance. Zombies Ate My Arcade creator David Thompson actually achieved the dream by building his own "haunted bookshelf" that not only hides the entrance to his horror-themed room, but also has mechanized books that move to create the illusion of being haunted. Spooky and awesome!



Click the following link to view the grand-prize winners: http://bit.ly/tYb1wv

The link to Zombies At My Arcade points at the Elbow Room Arcade.
 
Wow!



Sorry...but that clip is still just the funniest award speech of all time...and I couldn't think of anything better....;)

And WOW....I was just happy to be on the list amongst so many awesome game rooms. And....on top of that I didn't even have to tear down half of my house and then build an addition to construct my gameroom...(I voted for Brett!).

Humbled....<blush>....hats off to Preston & Patrick for their continued efforts on Gameroom Junkies and putting together this contest. All the awesome things you guys do make this hobby the best around!!!

"And I can't deny the fact I like you guys....'right now'....I REALLY LIKE YOU GUYS!!!....THANK YOU!!!" :)
 
Cool. Glad folks are pleased. This is really a labor of love ever since Gameroom Magazine went under, there wasn't a really good place to showcase the hard work folks put into making their gamerooms.

I mean, I love the "Best Lit Up Arcade" thread, but it is REALLY hard to sift through and not easily found by newbs. That's to say I hope the site continues to be the place to go to see top-notch gameroom designs.

I already have a couple people promising to submit in the coming weeks, but if anyone is ready RIGHT NOW, send away. I need to showcase another room soon and nothing is in the queue right now.
 
Congrats to everyone, especially Alan for taking the top honors. They were certainly deserved as your arcade is breathtaking. I was honored to have my tiny arcade included in this outstanding group. Thanks to Preston for making this all possible, great job man. I'm looking forward to all the great gamerooms to featured in the coming year!
 
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