Shoot ’em up! California’s retro games arcades – in pictures

Retrovolt Arcade in Calimesa. Through Bohbot’s lens, arcades open to the viewer like a tightly woven shortfilm, noire-esque even. There is a feeling of criminality within the photos, as if you’ve found your way into a speakeasy, where acts are taking place – hidden, fringe, and celebrated by those lucky few able to produce the password for the doorman. And in themidst of this are the machines themselves: grouped together in collections by those obsessed with them, tantalizing to touch, to play