Futuristic Dome Habitats Today

If you’ve gone up I-35 between Austin and Dallas, you’ve probably seen the giant concrete dome caterpillar at the same exit that has the concrete dome starship-shaped gift shop. I looked it up. It’s a group called Monolithic that makes buildings by schmearing concrete over giant balloons. As you might imagine, their website claims that

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Pinballz: fun, plus a salacious name

Just when you thought that the institution of the arcade was dead, swallowed by home gaming systems and slightly upsetting subcultures, along comes Pinballz Arcade. Located along Research BLVD, this two-story arcade boasts over 80 pinball games. And certainly they have every pinball game I ever loved. Including this rare heads-up video display pinball game.

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