We here at the Barbarian Group love video games. We try to play them as often as possible, which is why we have three Xbox 360s, two Wiis and a PS3 between our three offices (not to mention the wide array of legacy consoles Boston keeps around). For my part, I don’t do a lot of gaming at home, though I do play my share of split-screen Call of Duty 4 in the New York office, and I’ve been known to break out my DS Lite when I have a hankering to indulge in two of my all-time favorite games: Tetris and SimCity.

Anyway, I just want to share my excitement about getting to experience one of the rare pleasures in life over the weekend. As you can see in the picture above, I got to play Galaga on a tabletop arcade machine at Tea Lounge in Park Slope. It’s actually a hybrid Ms. Pac-Man/Galaga unit, but man oh man, do i love my Galaga (it ranks second below Tetris and above SimCity in my all-time favorite video game list).

Not only that, but in the one game I played, I scored third overall, as you can see in the picture below. Had I not been pressed for time, I can assure you that I would’ve tried for the gold, and I may yet try again in the near future.