Arcadrome -

Think of the hidden rooms in Doom (1993) that served no purpose other than to hide a smiling face. Think of the "attract mode" on an old Galaga cabinet—the demo that plays when no one is feeding it coins. The Arcadrome is the attract mode of reality. It is the moment between games, stretched into eternity. We do not need to build physical Arcadromes because the simulation has already surpassed the real.

Go to your computer. Open an emulator. Load Robotron: 2084 . Turn the sound up. And for ten minutes, forget about the outside world. Watch the geometric shapes swarm. Watch your little humanoid survive. arcadrome

The Arcadrome is a rebellion against that utility. Think of the hidden rooms in Doom (1993)