Does your workplace need an Arcade? Of course, it does!!!

RetroRalph·video·3m 31s·analyzed·Mar 8, 2019

Analysis

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TL;DR

Retro Ralph tours workplace arcade with rotating game collection maintained by coworker.

Summary

Retro Ralph tours an arcade in his company's break room, showcasing various arcade and pinball machines including Terminator, Street Fighter II, Killer Queen, and Gauntlet Legends. The machines are rotated through different offices by a coworker who maintains a video game collection in a Los Angeles warehouse. Ralph discusses the benefits of arcade amenities in the workplace for employee morale and productivity.

Key Claims

An engineer at the company maintains a video game collection warehouse in Los Angeles and rotates machines through different offices
high confidence · Ralph directly observes and describes the arcade setup, explains the rotation system in detail
Workplace arcade amenities do not typically get abused by employees and may increase productivity
medium confidence · Ralph's personal observation and opinion based on seeing the arcade in use
The workplace has pinball machines including Terminator: Rise of the Machines
high confidence · Ralph directly identifies and shows the machine during the tour
Gauntlet Legends was designed by Papa Duke (John Papaduke)
medium confidence · Ralph reports what someone told him about the game's designer

Notable Quotes

“everyone works so hard at work and sometimes you wanna take a break and I just felt like what a cool way to take a break than to play a couple arcade games and then kind of go back to work”
Retro Ralph@ 0:16 — Establishes the core argument for workplace arcade amenities
“I feel like when you offer those kinds of things to employees, they don't necessarily abuse them, I don't think. I think they are grateful for them and they use them for what it is and then they go back to work”
Retro Ralph@ 0:26 — Ralph's perspective on employee responsibility and workplace culture
“He actually has a warehouse in LA where he keeps all his games and he rotates them through the different offices for our company”
Retro Ralph@ 1:50 — Key explanation of the arcade setup mechanism
“The company I work for does not sell video games. He just happens to be in the hobby. And so he provides them to employees in different offices”
Retro Ralph@ 1:55 — Clarifies the relationship between the company and the arcade collection

Entities

Retro RalphpersonTerminator: Rise of the MachinesgameStreet Fighter IIgame Killer QueengameGauntlet Legendsgame18-WheelergameNeo Geogame John Papadukeperson

Signals

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community_signal: Retro Ralph featuring workplace arcade initiatives in content, promoting arcade/gaming culture in professional settings
medium · Ralph chose to create and share video content specifically about workplace arcade amenities, positioning it as a positive cultural initiative

Topics

Workplace arcade amenities and employee cultureprimaryVideo game collection management and rotation systemsprimaryArcade cabinet reviews and identificationsecondaryPinball machines in workplace settingssecondary

Sentiment

positive(0.85)— Ralph is enthusiastic and approving of the workplace arcade concept, praising the company culture and the specific machines available. No criticism or negative sentiment expressed.

Transcript

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Hey guys, welcome back. So in today's episode, we're gonna do something kind of quick. I happen to be traveling for work this week and I came across one of our remote offices and in the break room, they actually have an arcade for the employees. I thought this was kind of cool because everyone works so hard at work and sometimes you wanna take a break and I just felt like what a cool way to take a break than to play a couple arcade games and then kind of go back to work. And I feel like when you offer those kinds of things to employees, they don't necessarily abuse them, I don't think. I think they are grateful for them and they use them for what it is and then they go back to work. And it seems like maybe they're more productive because of those things. But anyways, so I just thought since I was there, I should record it and share it with you guys. So in today's episode, very quickly, I'm going to take a look at that arcade with you guys. So sit back, relax, and let's check it out. Hey guys, Retro Ralph coming to you from actually the place I work. So I wanted to show you guys, we have an arcade in my office so here we go, we'll take a look at the arcade. So we got first of all over here, we got a nice gun game right there, kind of cool. And then we've got a Cruzen, which is awesome. So and then one of my favorite cabinets that we have here is the Neo Geo. It's got the four cart. You're probably wondering why all these are here. So one of the guys that works for us in engineering he actually has a video game collection And this is so cool So he actually has a warehouse in L where he keeps all his games And he rotates them through the different offices for our company. So the company I work for does not sell video games. He just happens to be in the hobby. And so he provides them to employees in different offices. So it's really a very cool thing, cool culture. And everyone at work really appreciates it. So this isn't the office I work out of, though, but when I do get to come visit, I definitely want to play some of these. So we'll keep going. There's some pinballs right there. They got Terminator, Rise of the Machines, and then we got a small sit-down Street Fighter II. There's the 18-wheeler, which actually I played this a lot in the arcade. Kind of a cool game. I always appreciated the big wheel although I remember that being bigger but maybe I was just smaller I don't know and then Killer Queen which if you guys have never played Killer Queen super fun game to play with a bunch of people and I think that's about it let's see is there anything else oh yeah so there's also this gauntlet legends machine so I haven't actually ever played this I think I'm going to give this a shot I was asking someone about it and they said it was a pretty fun game so anyways that's the quick that's the quick tour of the work arcade i hope you guys like that and uh we'll see you later you