A Washington area company is opening a chain of video game centers across the state. The centers are unique that instead of Arcade games they contain consoles.

Palmer Township resident Mark Dressel started the business in March. His William Penn Highway center features 25 Xbox 360 consoles and two Nintendo Wiis. Customers pay hourly fees to play more than 150 games at the center, which also holds regular video game tournaments.

In the Twin Cities we have a restaurant called Chatterbox (two locations) that has couches, board games and a variety of consoles for your entertainment. At the Chatterbox the only admission fee is that you buy food and/or drinks and that you trade a valid ID for the game you want to play.

Long live console gaming!