2021 Year in Review -- Arcade Press

A brief recap and a big thank you!

Dec 31, 2021

We launched our first issue in April….

We didn’t exactly start in Jan but I can say that pursuing the Arcade Press project has been one of the most fun projects yet. So first and foremost, THANK YOU for supporting our newsletter, sharing our podcast, and telling your friends about how cool AP is. lets recap

Our tweet you loved the most:

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infamous footage of the canceled "Capcom Fighting All Stars" game circa 2003 #lostmedia

The Documentaries

The earliest project we probably started was the Arcadism: Decades Retold series in collaboration with Arkhaives at Midnight.

This series is was a ton of fun. So far we’ve done a few episodes for the docu-series: The 80s, The 90s and The 2000s

This series really helped get our discord community going. Thanks for joining the Arcadism Archives conversation Discord family!

The Interviews

On April 28 we released our very first episode of the Arcade Press podcast. Ft the legendary Ryan Hart

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Arcade Press Podcast: Ryan Hart, Legendary Esports and FGC Pioneer

Listen now (125 min) | Listen to the Full Interview Above. In case you’ve been totally out of the loop; Ryan Hart is a fighting game legend and is quite possibly the original professional sponsored gaming competitor. Hart, now holds 6 current Guinness World Records, over 400 tournament wins globally, and was nominated UK esports player of the year in 2016…

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Thank you to our amazing guests in future episodes:

Tyler Bushnell @ The Polycade, Josh Tsui , Reyan Ali, Arya Tayebi, Nolan Bushnell, @ArcadePosting, Reepal, Queen Arrow, and Rodney Conyers!

Fightstick Friday

The very best arcade controllers! Every week!
We post a twitter thread of our favorite arcade controllers each Friday! Follow us to see all of them! On the 31st (the last friday of the year) we will be sharing our top 10-12 favorite nightsticks of the 2021!!! Don’t miss it.

This series has been extremely popular. We appreciate everyone showing love on these. Expect this and more “Arcade Photos of the Week” delivered straight to your inbox.

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Happy #FightstickFriday! Next week we release our top 10 fightstick picks of the year!! For now, enjoy the top picks for this week! 1) “Kyanite” - @oFXOAKpMKtF5MOI 2) “Akeconpolis”- @hibachifinal 3) “Metroid” - @jason_hazelroth 4) “Everlast” - @GMKeeb (@AllFightSticks)

The Collabs

Some new partnerships were formed! Including some with That Blasted Salami!

Some with Sabukaru Magazine!

We hope to collab with even more awesome brands and creators in the new year! Just message us or leave a comment!

In Conclusion

We’ve gotten a lot of stuff done in a short amount of time!

Goals for 2022!?:

We’re really working on growing our podcast , interviewing even more people in the new year
Deeper newsletter entries (along with the casual Fightstick Friday, Arcade photo entries)
Seasonal Arcade Press merch and apparel
growing our AP discord and twitter community.
making a wiki/arcadism media theory hub!

If you like what we do! Please dont hesitate to reach out. You have some ideas for AP? Let us know! Want to write or help out?— let us know!

Happy Happy Happy New Year!!!!

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