Arcade Photo Tank Tops

Highscore boards on arcades may have been reserved to young, sweaty men in their parents basement back in the 80s and 90s but now anyone can be a gamer. Gamer girls are streaming content, competing in eSports competitive tournaments and representative as female protagonists in major AAA titles. Diversity is in character creation, narratives, speed runs by female gamers playing on the hardest difficulty and in competitive scenes is paving the way for the age of gamer girls.

A penny arcade at an amusement park. 1928.

Boys working as pinsetters at the Arcade Bowling Alley in Trenton, New Jersey. 1909.

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