Celebrated Poltergeist chef Diego Argoti stands next to an arcade token machine in Button Mash in 2023. On Sept. 29, both Poltergeist and its host space, long-running Echo Park arcade bar Button Mash, ...

Anora is one of 2024’s big indie success stories, an Oscar hopeful after winning big at the Cannes Film Festival over the summer, and among the best films of the year. Sean Baker (The Florida Project, ...

I'm not a big fan of button-mashing as a mechanic. To be frank, I am very bad at it. There's something that's just off about my fingers. I'm dexterous, but when I issue the order for them to tap ...

Today is Back to the Future Day, which means it’s a day to celebrate all things 80s: The hair, the clothing, the movies, the narcissism, the blind optimism. There is, then, no better way to spend this ...

At the end of this month Button Mash owners Jordan Weiss and Gabriel Fowlkes will permanently unplug the blipping, blinging video game terminals in Echo Park’s bar and arcade. Along with Button Mash's ...