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Oct 04 2012 10 Comments

A young boy’s arcade game blues

On a lovely sunny day, a few games of baseball with his father must have sounded like a lot of fun for this little fella. Yet the reality, of sorts, turned out to be far less appealing.

Japanese arcade game loving dad

Categorized: Games, Photography

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  1. Martin says

    10/4/2012 at 9:14 am

    That’s very cute. Nice photo.

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    • Lee says

      10/4/2012 at 5:35 pm

      Cheers!

      Reply
  2. winnie says

    10/4/2012 at 9:29 am

    Both of them expression are interesting!
    The little boy looks bored. “(Aside)NOT again, in the Arcade. I want the real stuff!!”

    The Arcade is so noisy which is not good for the little ones to go. I do go occasionally to play the UFO catcher/Claw crane but still I cannot stand the bustling surrounding in Arcade

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    • Lee says

      10/4/2012 at 5:36 pm

      Yeah, he didn’t look very happy at all…

      I know. It wasn’t especially smoky, but like you say, it was very loud.

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  3. Taki says

    10/4/2012 at 11:56 am

    That seems so sad… I take my boys backpacking, or road hockey in the driveway, etc

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    • Lee says

      10/4/2012 at 5:37 pm

      To be fair, they may have only been in there a short while, but clearly the little lad wasn’t happy.

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  4. Jeffrey says

    10/4/2012 at 12:19 pm

    A big parenting fail there. Could have been worse. The kid could have been one of the countless over the years who have
    died of dehydration/heat stroke locked in the car while mom played pachinko.

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    • Lee says

      10/4/2012 at 5:38 pm

      Yes. Very true. Thankfully not read about one of those stories for a long while.

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  5. Hans ter Horst says

    10/4/2012 at 4:41 pm

    My first reaction was “At least the parent didn’t leave the kid in the car,” just like Jeffrey did Funny thing is, the dad is playing a baseball game, the set up of the machines makes me think it is a pachislo parlor, certainly not a place for little kids.

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    • Lee says

      10/4/2012 at 5:41 pm

      It’s one of the card games, so my guess is it wasn’t just a quick go. But it was just a regular arcade. No gambling machines. They were on another floor. Still far from an ideal for a little kid though…

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