Article: Playing video games could be more like going to movies ; Holo-Dek, to be based in Saco, plans to open a more entertaining type of arcade around the nation.

FELIX DOLIGOSA JR. Staff Writer
Portland Press Herald (Maine)
08-14-2004
Playing video games could be more like going to movies ; Holo-Dek, to be based in Saco, plans to open a more entertaining type of arcade around the nation.
Byline: FELIX DOLIGOSA JR. Staff Writer
Edition: FINAL
Section: Business

Michael Fortier Jr. and his buddies would often disappear for whole weekends into his family's basement.

"We would just feed them pizza and wouldn't see them until Sunday," said his father, Michael Fortier Sr.
Downstairs, the teens focused on a 6-foot-high projection screen TV, playing enough PlayStation video games to wear out the buttons of any controller.

"My son's in the cellar playing video ...

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