2008.04.26

PingMag: Tokyo’s Retrogaming Bars

Tokyo's Retrogaming Bars

PingMag takes us on a tour of Shinjuku’s retrogaming themed bars (8-bit Cafe and 16 Shots).

2007.12.19

Gundam-inspired Bars

Mixing anime with nightlife — and not in a kinky way — Akihabara sees the opening of two Gundam-inspired bars, one supporting the Federation Forces, the other the Zeon faction. The themed interior features costumed staff (of course), with a menu that pays tribute to various characters. Anime News Network has more details, and here’s the original post (Akiba Blog) in Japanese with some photos of the exterior.

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2007.11.04

This Week at Gridskipper

Nakataku Lounge

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2007.09.17

Kotaku Tokyo Party

Mother

With most of the Kotaku editors in town for the Tokyo Game Show, it’s only natural that they’d organize some sort of Kotaku shindig. It happens tomorrow night (September 18) at Mother in Shimokitazawa. Here are more details:

For those keen on attending, here is the info you’ve been waiting for! We’ll be having the Kotaku Tokyo shindig at “Mother” (fitting, no?) in town. The event will kick off at around 8pm and end when they turn off the alcohol. To get your free drinks, we’ll be stamping hands. So bring clean hands! Here’s the bar’s website, which has a map. Directions? Here are directions: Take the Odakyu line from Shinjuku or the Inokashira line from Shibuya and get off at Shimokitazawa. Take the south exit from the station, and go straight down the main street keeping McDonalds on your left. Walk for about 2 minutes (Mr Donuts is halfway there) until the road opens out wider. About 20 meters after that (and just before you get to Osho chinese restaurant) there is a very small intersection. Turn right and Mother is the first building on the right with the mosaic wall outside. If you plan on attending, let us know so we don’t drink all your booze.

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2007.08.23

This Week at Gridskipper

Tokyo Game Bars Hoppy

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2007.08.19

Points: 8-Bit Cafe and 16 Shots

Jason DeGroot has just launched a new series of game-related videos for GameVideos.com called POINTS. The first episode (#00) is up and covers two great videogame-related bars in Shinjuku, 8-Bit Cafe and 16 Shots. You can read more about them here. The episode also appears as part of this week’s NOT THE 1UP SHOW (12).

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2007.06.23

This Week at Gridskipper

The Lockup

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2007.06.21

Tokyo’s Secret Bars

Cha Cha Hana

THE NEW YORK TIMES takes a look at secret or hidden bars in Tokyo. I’m sure some of these spots won’t be too happy with the attention this article is going to send their way.

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