Mug Shots Plasmaplex (Arcade)

Mug Shots Plasmaplex, much like its multiverse cousin Wiggy's Plasma Plex (Arcade) from House of Eternal Return, is a functional arcade. While Wiggy's boasts a higher number of arcade cabinets to choose from, all the games in Mug Shots are unique and made specially for Meow Wolf. 
== Projects ==
=== Video Game Cabinets ===
==== AEON ====
“Inside an abandoned hat store, a mysterious game appears. It has a camera device in place of buttons and a glowing monitor bearing the name “AEON." Flickering images of hands entice you to reach out causing an explosion of color across the screen. It seems to be a beautiful simulation, becoming more complex the longer it’s played. As it progresses, you start to notice electricity in the air and strange noises emanating from the machine. What purpose does this obscure device have?
AEON is a multiverse-creation-machine. It moves throughout eternity seeking high energy points in time, trying to fuel itself for the next cycle. Give it your energy and help birth a new reality!”https://credits.meowwolf.com/the-real-unreal/lamp-shop-alley/aeon/ 
==== Dreamfather Loves You ====
“Dreamfather Loves You is a project designed to give the player the opportunity to explore a complicated, deteriorating paternal relationship and, in the process, reflect on their own. Using an esoteric game mechanic, players interact with a mercurial "Dreamfather" whose desires, likes, and dislikes change with every spin of the in-game wheel. His favor is temporary, and his displeasure is expressed through abandonment. Combining incredible music and art direction with unexpectedly nuanced, fast-paced systems results in the kind of game you could only experience within the arcane confines of Meow Wolf.”https://credits.meowwolf.com/the-real-unreal/lamp-shop-alley/dreamfather-loves-you/ 
==== Hands that Steal from "Other" Mouths ====
“A theatrical, surreal two-player video game about Empire and extraction, Hands that Steal from “Other” Mouths, personifies the exploitive relationship between the global North and South in a thrilling game of hide and seek. Players that choose to hide, play as the “Mouth.” Your role is to protect the community of “Moutheria,” a peaceful society of anthropomorphic mouths that are indigenous to the land they have preserved for centuries. As a guardian of “Moutheria,” it's your goal to run through the environment hiding the land’s valuable treasures and resources while stopping those who seek to steal them by biting. Players that choose to seek, will play as “The Hand,” a literal hand that plunders the land of “Moutheria” for profit. Taking is your legacy. It's what your parents did, It’s what your ancestors did and now, it’s your turn to get a piece of the action. Control the hand like a crane drifting above the environment on the hunt for resources and grab what you can without getting bitten.”https://credits.meowwolf.com/the-real-unreal/lamp-shop-alley/hands-that-steal-from-other-mouths/ 
==== Jared's Journey ====
"Jared’s Journey is an experimental game where players influence the flow of imagination as Jared travels through the Real Unreal. The arcade-style game is controlled with two trackballs and two buttons in a wheelchair accessible cabinet in the Mug Shots Plasmaplex."https://credits.meowwolf.com/the-real-unreal/lamp-shop-alley/jared-s-journey/ 
=== Other projects ===
==== Scrap Sofa ====
"Scrap Sofa is meant to resemble a pile of clothes in the abandoned store that is now the Mug Shots Plasmaplex. The Undermallers are squatting in the space and using the pile as a squishy, nasty, comfy hang-out spot."https://credits.meowwolf.com/the-real-unreal/lamp-shop-alley/scrap-sofa/ 
==== VEND-E ====
Similar in appearance to their vending machine predecessor from Convergence Station Vend-L, Vend-E is an anthropomorphic vending machinehttps://credits.meowwolf.com/the-real-unreal/lamp-shop-alley/vend-e/. [Info needed: What does Vend-E serve? Is it intractable?]
== Trivia ==
* A tiny diorama of this room can be found in a glass display under the cabinet in The Forgotten Pocket.
== References ==
Category:The Real Unreal
Category:Locations (TRU)
Category:Lamp Shop Alley