This eccentric home-made arcade is full of coin-operated satirical machines that combine vintage seaside charm with the trials and tribulations of modern times. Games include building your own reactor ('Free edible nuclear waste every time!'), papping celebrities with a flying drone, and using a crane to dredge a lake of coins and sneaking them into the City of London without being spotted by regulators.
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