[Editor's note: The Monthly Musings is still going on! For this "And the gamers who play them", BFeld13 takes a look at intermediate gamers. -- CTZ] 

For this Monthly Musing, I‘m taking on a group of gamers that I know personally: the intermediates. An intermediate is the type of gamer who has more knowledge of games than the regular consumer, but isn’t hardcore enough to follow gaming constantly enough to know the hype and release date of every future game.

To use an extended metaphor, an intermediate is the guy who stays in the slant of the pool, too old for the shallow end and not proficient enough to live it up in the deep end. Occasionally, they will muster up the courage to take a leap off of the diving board.

More after the jump. 

[I really love arcades. It's something I've missed for a while, and I'm yearning to check out something like this. God dammit, I don't want to go to New Hampshire, but unless I find something else, it looks like it's a trip to a mecca for RetroforceGO... -- DMV]

Where have arcades gone?

Some of the greatest minds of our time have pondered this question. Destructoid's very own retro podcast, RetroforceGO!, has pondered that very same question. The truth is that arcades have faded into obsolete-ness with the advent of more affordable home consoles. However, arcades have one thing that a home console can never truly provide: a completely social experience. Nothing is quite like being right next to someone, trying to pull off a shoryuken or working together to kick Shredder's ass.

Some of you might say that arcades are dead. You're wrong. What I am about to present to you is an estalishment that MSNBC describes as "an entertainment mecca." It is the savior for arcade junkies. It is... Funspot.