Like video games? Like drinking? Like pretending that blue cocktails restore vast amounts of MP? Then you should move to Brisbane to celebrate the opening of The Mana Bar next month, which is reportedly Australia’s first dedicated video games bar.
Located in Brisbane’s Fortitude Valley and opening sometime in February, The Mana Bar is the creation of four Brisbane locals: Guy ‘Yug’ Blomberg, Ben ‘Yahtzee’ Croshaw, Pras Moorthy, and Shay Leighton.
Entry to the bar will be completely free, as will playing the games. They’re also promising all the latest consoles and games, Guitar Hero tournaments and game release parties.
Sounds like the perfect location for a Brisbane-based Gizmodo reader meetup, wouldn’t you say?
Freddie
Monday, January 11, 2010 at 12:22 PMHaha mana bar..perfect.
Please open a bar in Melb!!
Art Nau
Monday, January 11, 2010 at 12:42 PMthe only bar in town where you are not gone pick up :))))))))
but great idea to hang out with a boys, I guess
daf22
Monday, January 11, 2010 at 12:47 PMI remember the Crown casino having something along these lines years ago.
But back then it was all arcade machines, not consoles.
Andrew
Monday, January 11, 2010 at 12:58 PMDidn’t we have one of these in Crown Bar Code and it closed down?
Peter Maher
Monday, January 11, 2010 at 1:22 PMyahtzee!
from zero punctuation! he’s so awesome.
stopthatcrazygoat
Monday, January 11, 2010 at 1:33 PMYeah, it was called Barcode. 24hour arcade that served alcohol. Good times…
Zac Benson
Monday, January 11, 2010 at 3:46 PMSomething new i guess… Im 18 shortly and not to far away so be sure to see me there checking it out soon. :)
Looks like they have put massive amount of effort into this and hopefully it will pay off!
matt
Monday, January 11, 2010 at 3:51 PMlol, I can hear them now:
“hey guys should we try and make a show about gaming??
…
nah, lets just make a place where we can drink and play games and drink.
“
Corsair
Monday, January 11, 2010 at 4:26 PMThe only bar where nobody actually gets hurt over a bar fight …well not physically anyway.
Roger
Monday, January 11, 2010 at 4:36 PMI really hope this is succesful and frequented by gamers. It’d be nice to have a place for adult gamers to socialise other than LAN parties and expos.
Carl
Monday, January 11, 2010 at 6:29 PMThis is the perfect place to pick up.
At least if a girl is in here she should be into games.
Rather than dating her, starting relationship then she springs it on you she thinks gaming is immature.
Cameron Edwards
Monday, January 11, 2010 at 10:29 PMThis is the best news I’ve heard in ages!
I’m a Brisbane Gizmodian and Adult gamer so if there is a Giz gathering I’d be sure be there. I’ll even bring along my girlfriend who never liked gaming until I brought home ‘House of the Living dead: Overkill’ even after New Mario. Who would have guessed?
Aside that if someone is keen to organize I read on their website that they offer bookings which one would assume means group discounts on the Mana Potions… Awesome.
Baggie Oz
Tuesday, January 12, 2010 at 8:52 AMAwesome!
No i don’t have to suffer lag and can trash talk to peoples face!
Scott Fitzgerald
Tuesday, January 12, 2010 at 12:30 PMGiz should commission someone to write up the place when it opens. If only there was some tech(ish) media on the ground up there…
GRAZY
Tuesday, January 12, 2010 at 3:53 PMit had better not be console only i want me some drunken pc action
Paul Cherry
Wednesday, January 13, 2010 at 12:30 AMWould this be within the terms of the game licensing? Surely PS3/XBOX etc would have some sort of “personal not-commercial use” type DRM?
Steev
Thursday, January 14, 2010 at 10:49 AMHow long before yahtzee gets sick of drunk people saying “go on do the bit, do the bit”
AJ Lazaro
Thursday, March 4, 2010 at 3:56 PMhow long till someone complains that the music is too loud and they can’t hear people sneaking up on them…
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Stacey
Saturday, March 27, 2010 at 6:10 PMOmg thats awesome…..Although I’d probably be the only female haha