Torture of Innocent Videogames...

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I few years ago, someone sent KLOV a picture of a burning videogame (Defender or ?). He, she, or they stuck the otherwise fine looking machine in a grassy field, poured some fuel on it, and lit it ablaze... I don't find the photo at the moment, but the image sits in my mind to this day. The torture of an innocent machine. It wasn't pretty.

Is anyone familiar with the photo / story? If so, does anyone know who took the photo or did that to the machine?

Is this an under reported crime? Are their other photos of burning coin-op videogames floating around? I thought this was a problem of times passed, even in the south. I actually have dozens of photos of burning machines (mostly slots) from the 1910s, 1920s and 1930s (intentional burns, and some sledgehammering and some ocean dumps), but the one I'm talking about is the only one I remember seeing taken in modern times (I've seen a few photos of people dismantling obviously worthless wrecks, but that doesn't count).
 
I few years ago, someone sent KLOV a picture of a burning videogame (Defender or ?). He, she, or they stuck the otherwise fine looking machine in a grassy field, poured some fuel on it, and lit it ablaze... I don't find the photo at the moment, but the image sits in my mind to this day. The torture of an innocent machine. It wasn't pretty.

Is anyone familiar with the photo / story? If so, does anyone know who took the photo or did that to the machine?

Is this an under reported crime? Are their other photos of burning coin-op videogames floating around? I thought this was a problem of times passed, even in the south. I actually have dozens of photos of burning machines (mostly slots) from the 1910s, 1920s and 1930s (intentional burns, and some sledgehammering and some ocean dumps), but the one I'm talking about is the only one I remember seeing taken in modern times (I've seen a few photos of people dismantling obviously worthless wrecks, but that doesn't count).

There is a whole thread on them here somewhere ... but i have very little search FU
 
One of my favorites from the rgvac days:

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lol thoes sega gremlin cabs deserve that kind of torture every one i have come across is so nasty smelling and usually all fubared

this one is my fav hahahahahahahahha
burn baby burn
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he just needs to burn a nice dk cab and then everyone here will be happy lol
 
Didn't burn it, but gave it a damn good thrashing. Deserved it, refused to work for my buddies birthday party. Wasn't a dedicated, anyway...
 

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