I buy and repair broken video game consoles as a hobby, which is small potatoes to the arcade machines.  But we always thought that buying an arcade machine would cost us no less than $5000.  Watching John's videos gives us a different outlook on that.  My wife has referred people in her lab to watch John's videos of him soldering so they can learn how to solder and also to learn basic problem solving skills.  Right now we're watching the Gyruss restore videos. 

My wife and I started to listen to VGO about a month ago when our favorite video game podcast stopped.  Then we started to watch John's Arcade on Youtube and we really enjoy it.  We especially love the restore videos.  We both love video games and frequently visit the local nickel arcade.  It is now her goal to get a used Bubble Bobble and fix it up.  I would like a at some point.  We're moving to VA in a few months, so it'll have to wait until we get settled in.