text: I like INSERT COINS I really do But any of you who have been there lately knows it is gotten REALLY sceney The people there are not gamers they are hipsters who just want to party downtown so they can tell everyone loudly and obscenely that they party downtown and would never be caught dead on the stripnnUh excuse me you are blocking our game You forgot this is a barcade huhnnSo when I heard about HiScores I was stoked another chance to have a true gamers space And it is practically right down the street from me So off I went to check out the new kid in townnnIn gamers terms HiScores is like Super Ghouls n Ghosts an unnecessary sequel that does not make it out of Stage before people give up on itnnFirst HiScores is actually two businesses HiScores and The Players Club More about that later but it is pretty much the same placennSecondly a good barcade should give you the feeling that you are partying in an arcade I felt like I was in a warehouse a good portion of the time There was very little theming and the only reference to games on the menu was the Pac Mans Burger meh and a drink called the Centipede But the specialty drink selection was pretty weaknnThe bar in general is weak Maybe I am spoiled on skilled Vegas bartenders but I ordered a Long Beach Iced Tea For those who do not know it is exactly like a Long Island Iced Tea except you use cranberry juice instead of Coke Now I do not expect everyone to know that but at a bar it is pretty common knowledge Instead I get this from the server who for what it is worth was really nicennME Can I get a Long Beach Iced TeanSHE You mean a Long IslandnME No a Long Beach Iced TeanSHE nME A Long BeachnSHE What is thatnME It is a Long Island Iced Tea except it is made with cranberry juice not CokenSHE I will see what we can donnSee what we can do It is not that hard Minus Coke Plus cranberry juice VoilannI was excited to find out they had a kitchen which IC does not have Their kitchen staff however is obsessed with food on sticks Our appetizer was Chinese meatballs on sticks For our entree the Bestie got sliders with big toothpicks through them and I got Cajun beef on skewers The sliders were okay but super small even for sliders My Cajun beef was larger but not that much better Here is the thing most of what they served I could have done with a CrockPot and a trip to Trader Joes YawnnnHeres the kicker their game area is about the size of my living room Four console stations not playing anything wildly popular two Golden Tee machines a few pinball games and a couple of cabinets The biggest hit in the room was a player PacMan machine which was busy all nightnnNow excuse me one dang minute but HOW IN THE MAPPYLAND HELL are you going to try to pass yourself off as a bararcade and have a sorryass game areannSorry gamers but your Princess is in another Barcade