I have been paying only fragmented attention to the...
http://www.crummy.com/2008/02/06/0
"The original arcades were magic circles: places circumscribed from everyday life where you could perform a sacrifice and achieve the experience of another world"
Quarter gobblers are broken on XBLA [update 2] - Joystiq
http://www.joystiq.com/2006/12/30/quarter-gobblers-are-broken-on-xbla
"What made the game so fun was the fact that your money was always at stake. A mistake meant that you had to reach into your pocket and insert more money."