Nothing screams romance like Pac-Man and beer

If you enjoy such classy past times as chugging beer and playing arcade games, Barcade is probably a fantasy come true. Apparently, Barcade is where all of the cool kids are hanging out these days, drinking draft beer, and playing the old-school arcade games such as Pac-Man and Frogger. This place is apparently so hip, it's even got a Myspace profile. And a page on Friendster. And a Flickr account! (They're so Generation Y / Web 2.0, it hurts.) Apparently there's a whole new wave of arcade goers, and surprisingly, or not, they're mostly 20-30-year-olds. Nolan Bushnell, the founder of the original Atari game company and Chuck E. Cheese, opened a swanky restaurant in an LA mall, complete with video-game equipped tables. He says his target is the adult dating set, 'cuz you know, nothing screams romance like draft beer and Pac-Man.