text: Long after man has left this planet remnants of its glory shall remain Much like the end scene of Planet of the Apes mans masterpieces cannot be fully erasednnFull disclosure Gameworks was never amazing nor was it a consummate achievement of mankind but my god in heaven has it fallen far from being an enjoyable diversionnnVisiting Gameworks the other night after a movie I did not even recognize the inside In the past year Gameworks has transitioned from a twostory video game mecca to a trashy shotgunstyle Dave and Busters knockoff with a few old racing and carnage games sprinkled along the wings What was once full of racing simulation games a multistory piratecumballoon fight or for the old folks it used to be a shooting tower and newage arcade games has become a vacuous she will with halfcorroded consoles and tokenmunching brainless ticket dispensers nnMuch of the interior has been gutted leaving odd walking patterns and vast arrays of blank canvas of the arcade games were under repair and another were in great need of service Virtua Tennis now has the cinematography of a Lumiere Bros film The remaining games feature nothing you could not find in the lobby of a movie theatre Instead Gameworks focus is on ticketoriented games such as Deal or No Deal and some game where you jump in the air and get tickets depending on when you land in relation to an arbitrary electronic lighting wheelnnIf that level of lowest common denominator banality thrills you change this rating to starsnnIf I am scraping the bottle of the barrel for positivity I can compliment their beer selection San Tan and Peaks and pricing bones a pint however that does not justify the largescale Peter Piper Pizza whitewashing of Gameworks product linennIm giving it a courtesy star for the fond memories but like Lady Liberty on the beachhead Gameworks is completely broken