Each month I receive the wonderful Arcade Block from NerdBlock.com
When you initially sign up, you give them a T-Shirt size, and every month you get a lovely Arcade related TShirt, along with a box full of odd pieces of tat.
Some of the tat is garbage, some of the tat looks nice on a shelf, and occasionally some of the tat is pure awesomeage!

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Scoring
Each month, I run through the tat, and give each item a score out of 10.
The score does NOT suggest whether the item is good or bad. Instead, I've opted to make the scores specific to the way in which the Arcade Block is marketed.
The "Arcade Block" is branded as a box full of "Arcade" related items, so each and every item is given a score based on how Arcadey it is.
If an game is renowned for being a Arcade Coin-Op classic, it gets a 10/10
If the game has only ever briefly been seen in Arcades, it scores about 7/10
If it's rarely ever been seen in an Arcade, it gets a lower 3/10
And if the game is nothing more than a generic home-console FPS thing, it'll get 0/10.. Because, really, those are NOT Arcade games!

Oddly, most Nintendo games also score a low low 0/10, or sometimes 1, if it's something like Donkey Kong.

It's an odd way to score it, but if you're sticking the name "Arcade Block" on the thing, then that's the way I'm going to score it!

More
If you'd like to read about previous NerdBlock and ArcadeBlock boxes that I've received, they're all in this Socoder Thread

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Oh dear..

Oh dear oh dear..

Arcade Block - May 2016




TShirt - Fallout Boy
A nice enough shirt, with a nice enough image.
Nice enough!
Arcade Score - 0/10 - Fallout isn't an Arcade game.



Keyring - Zelda MultiTool!
3 in 1.. Screwdriver, Bottle Opener and .. .. Keyring..
Does Keyring get to be one of the three!?
Arcade Score - 0/10 - Zelda isn't an Arcade game.


MouseMat - Majora's Mask
A Nice enough mousemat. One of those new-age super-floppy mousemats that seem to have appeared, lately.
In my days, mousemats had firm bottoms!
Arcade Score - Zelda's still not an Arcade game.


Typically generic looking FunkoPop
I don't think I even give a crap as to what this game is, or who the character is.
It looks exactly the bloody same as every other stupid bloody Funko Pop figure that I've got.
They're all the same.
Every single one of them.
Arcade Score -10/10 . (MINUS TEN) I don't care anymore. Keep sending my FunkoBobbits and I'll keep giving you negative scores.


Badges - Battleborn?
What the hell is Battleborn?! I mean, seriously, I haven't even heard of this.
I don't even...
Arcade Block - 0/10 - I can't even be bothered anymore..


Blindbag - AssCreed
Oh, a blindbag.. Goody!

He comes with a peg so he can "stand" on the plinth.
.. Except the peg pushed him towards the front, and the hole in the plinth is in the middle, so OBVIOUSLY, he's front heavy, and topples over onto his face.
Because the people that design these things are idiots..
Arcade Score 0 .. ZERO!!!!!


Total Arcade Score : -10/60
Am I getting too old for these things!? I'm certainly getting more grumpy the more of them I open.. Hmm...