Remember back in the day when you were scrounging for quarters? When you weighed the benefit of dropping a whole five spot into the coin changer to get a few extra one? Joust, Tron, centipede, Donkey Kong. Well there's a modern reflection of that going on in China (and I assume elswhere) - Internet Cafes.
ICafés are full of the same sort of kid, maybe a bit older (say 19-22 instead of 12-16), but they are all in here to play games and more.
It's a geeky social thing.
This is interesting in a couple of ways.
- Many of those same geeks that went to the video game parlors back in the day are now technology professionals. Will that be the same thing here in China?
- What does it imply for the next wave of video-game-arcade / iCafe. What will the next generation of social-computer-geek-play-hangout place look like?
...although it's a bit smokey for my tastes because they all smoke like chimneys.
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