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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Absynthetik0" data-source="post: 36607" data-attributes="member: 1421">Every summer my family and I would go out to our cottage at Winnipeg Beach. My parents would take my sister and I to the local Arcade there (which is still around) called Play land. It had a two large garage style doors which were always open to the main street. The owner Looked and still looks like Burton Cummings and his wife looked and still looks like Dog the bounty hunters wife. The walls were absolutely covered with posters from bands like Poison, Flock of Seagulls, Depeche Mode, Billy Idol, David Bowie, Twisted Sister, The Cult, Siouxsie and the Banshees and The Cure. This arcade was not only my introduction to Pinball but it was my introduction to 80's Goth Rock and the Goth subculture which would later become an important part of my life. This would have all been in the mid 90's but the arcade hasn't changed to this day. I wasn't drawn to pinball at all at the time because you couldn't win tickets and therefore prizes. After a few months and a lot of trying I soon realised that it didn't really matter if pinball didn't give out tickets... because I sucked at everything that did. So I went over to the pinball machine based off my favourite movie. The Addams Family. My dad got me a milk crate to stand on so I could see in the machine and away I went. I remember him saying to me..."You have really good eye hand coordination."I guess that was all I need to hear, because I've been an avid player ever since!I still love the feeling and atmosphere of that arcade... stepping inside is like stepping into a scene from "The Goonies" or "The Lost Boys"</blockquote>

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