Had a fun afternoon at https://www.novelty-automation.com/ today with a couple of chaps I was at university with. Tim Hunkin (who I hugely admire) was there fixing one of the machines but I felt unable to talk to him.
#NoveltyAutomation #TimHunkin
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I went to Novelty Automation yesterday
(special winter Holiday opening time, it's usually closed on Monday). It was really nice. I played all of them except Instant
Weightloss (which was broken), Cycle Pong and Divorce (2-people games; when I mentioned it, the "cashier" 😄 told me she could have played with me, but I didn't think to ask). I got some funny trinkets out of it too (billion dollar bill, Nobel peace prize, edible nuclear waste…) ☺️. I recommend it if you're in #London.

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#NoveltyAutomation #physicalArcade

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new blog post: tim hunkin's novelty automation

https://blog.dante.cool/tim-hunkins-novelty-automation/

a fascinating little hand-made arcade in london with an incredible website by its primary creator, tim hunkin

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Had an enjoyable visit to Novelty Automation in London last week. There are lots of lovely machines there. Here are four of them.

1/ The "Is it art?" machine assessing my penknife.
2/ "Travel by tube" features a beggar and a dog lady.
3/ A "pong" video game, controlled by pedalling forwards or backwards to move the bat up or down the screen.
4/ The "instant weight loss" machine. After telling you your body mass index is too high it cooks and delivers a nourishing single grain of popcorn.

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Got to ask the art critic’s opinion of the Mona Lisa at #noveltyautomation this morning