Pour one out for the iconic Sega building in Akihabara
Photo by Cameron Faulkner / The Verge Sega Akihabara 2nd, the multifloor haven filled with arcade cabinets and gacha games, closed in late August after being open for 17 years. The building served as perhaps the most recognizable landmark in Tokyo's vibrant, gadget-filled Akihabara hub that attracts plenty of tourists. If you've played one of the great Yakuza games, you've probably spent time playing Sega arcade games in a virtual version of Sega's Akihabara 2nd, or something reminiscent of it.
Now, this building's closing isn't a sign that Sega arcade cabinets and the like will disappear from Japan - just from this building. As so many on Twitter have noted since it closed, it's just another log in the already-too-long 2020 sucks" book. Hideki Naganuma, the Japanese...