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A look at the brand-new Dave & Buster's in Euless: What games are the most fun?

Back in 2012 we covered the new and improved flagship Dave & Buster's location off of North Central Expressway in Dallas. Now the Dallas-based company is taking what they've learned since that remodel and is applying it to a brand new location in Euless.

We could talk about the food (it was fine. Some of it could even be called "great," at least to our non-dining-critic taste buds). We could talk about the layout of the huge sports bar or the existence of rooms for various parties or work functions. We could talk about D&B as a business...

But that stuff is boring to talk about. And as I said, we've covered a lot of those bases before. The new Euless D&B is a whole heck of a lot like the Dallas D&B, which is a good thing.

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So I spent my time beating my co-workers at various arcade games. You can see a video of that here.

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Most of the games will be familiar to you if you've been in any sort of modern arcade (despite how rare they've become). Pac-Man Battle Royale, Guitar Hero, and Connect Four join some classics like Skee-Ball and House of the Dead. In games that offer tickets (or "coupons" as they're typically called) you can actually store them on your D&B "Power Card," the same card you use to pay for game time, so that's handy.

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I was impressed by the existence of two games in particular, though. One was Star Wars: Battle Pod, the relatively new (and relatively awesome) Star Wars arcade game that's similar to the classic Star Wars Trilogy arcade game, but with a big curved screen that helps immerse you in the action.

The other was Mario Kart Arcade GP DX, which is a lengthy name but, at its core, is good ol' Mario Kart (with a few special Namco characters thrown in, including Pac-Man). To be perfectly honest, I didn't realize these machines existed outside of Japan, so it was fun to sit down with one. It felt slow compared to the just-released 200cc speed of Mario Kart 8 on the Wii U, but it still offered a good time.

One thing about the arcade that I didn't like was the increased existence of free and cheap iPhone and Android games that have become big arcade cabinets that will attempt to drain money from you. Temple Run? Yep, they've got it. Candy Crush? Uh-huh. Fruit Ninja? It somehow got a second arcade game.

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But the worst offender was "Floppy Tickets," a shameless Flappy Bird clone. Guys, Flappy Bird was a bad game. It wasn't worth the zero dollars people paid for it. Why would you re-create it for an arcade?

You'll see all that and more in the video above, so check it out!