It’s official: Fun and Games is dead to me
June 26th, 2007
Fun and Games has now completed their transformation to dreadfully boring with their new sign.
It was only a year ago I put this on my “yay” list. Now because of the subtraction of the spaceship entrance and replacing it with a boring open space plus getting rid of all the pinball machines and having only one classic machine, although it has 2 games (that I don’t play) it gets branded with “nay”.
I’m so disappointed in F&G, they could make more money by keeping games that parents would play while their kids have a pizza party or play those tiny skee ball machines.
I know businesses have to evolve with the times but all these changes seem to be a real effort to make it a less interesting place.Â
I bid you adieu, Fun and Games.
I’ll always remember you the way you were:
The only hope is if Good Times Emporium http://www.goodtimeemporium.com/ does take over the old Sam’s Club.
Comment by Rich — June 26, 2007 @ 5:06 pm
I hate Fun and Games. I have great memories of it from my teens, but every time I’ve gone in the past ten years the machines eat $1.50 of every $2.00 I put in them. When you try to get your money back their management tells you that they don’t own the games and that you have to write to the company that owns the games for a refund.
Comment by Hummingbird Goetzl — June 27, 2007 @ 2:59 am
I used to like Fun & Games back in the late 70’s. But the place I miss even more is Bowlerama! I moved out of that area in 1993 to Seattle, and returned to visit around 2000 and was stunned to see they turned it into something else. It was the place to go on weekends back in the 1970’s. Sometimes “modern progress” isn’t very kind to us & our memories… - Traci
Comment by Traci — June 27, 2007 @ 3:38 am
It’s ironic, but the photograph of the old Fun and Games looks like their design motif was to have you entering the future…and now studying the picture it’s seems to be drawing everyone nostalgically back into the past.
Comment by Boston Cube — June 27, 2007 @ 2:29 pm
How sad, an era is over…
Comment by Lisa — June 27, 2007 @ 3:02 pm
That is the lamest sign ever. Even if I didn’t know what kind of business “Fun and Games” is, who’d ever think that the Times New Roman font would evoke a feeling of anything fun? That sign really says “Yeah, I guess our stuff is kinda fun. You can come in if you want, or not. Whatever. We don’t really care”.
By the way, there’s some work happening at the old head shop on Main St. you blogged about recently. The windows have been replaced and they’re doing some work inside, too.
Comment by Julie — June 27, 2007 @ 5:24 pm
I worked at Fun & Games in the mid-80’s. It was a lot of fun. But the new sign looks like they took the “Fun” out of it. How boring. It definitely needs pizzazz. It looks like a stuffy old person’s place now, although I don’t know any “old” people who would go there.
Comment by Susie — June 28, 2007 @ 12:40 am
I believe that the sign was changed because of the Framingham sign-by law. The old sign was in violation of some section of that law and needed to be replaced. Framingham has a very complicated sign by-law and it was only recently that the sunset provision expired (meaning all signs need to be brought into compliance).. It’s only a matter of time before all signs in Framingham become quite non-distinct and less pizzazz-y (if that is a word).
Brad
Comment by Brad — July 5, 2007 @ 6:09 pm
I used to date a girl from Framingham, and we took tons of photobooth pictures there. Last time I went there, it looked like they got rid of that too. Boo!
Comment by Danwars — July 5, 2007 @ 9:20 pm
No big deal. The sign is now in line with what the inside is offering - homogenized hum-drum.
Where’s the pool hall!?
Where are the pinball machines!?
Bye F&G … I lost you decades ago. *sniff*
Comment by Nostalgio — October 27, 2007 @ 6:31 pm