Made from a Gamer's Eyes perspective in Tokyo using a small sample of my photographs taken in the 10 years between June 2003 to August 2013. Presented mostly in date order.
0:09-0:14: "You know, who's to say, you keep your head down, in a few years' time you could be in the hot seat. Like me, so..." A Harajuku game centre, long gone. March 2004.
0:21-0:24: "Bloody hormones." Kabukicho. October 2003.
0:26-0:31: Shibuya's Shibuya Kaikan game centre, gone. June 2003.
0:31-0:32: The first video coin-op I played on the first day of immigrating to Tokyo. A Namco game centre in Shibuya, long gone. June 2003.
0:44-0:45: Akihabara's Media Land shop, gone. June 2003.
0:55-1:29: Akihabara's Old Try Amusement Tower game centre, long gone. June 2003.
1:58-2:02: An Akihabara NEOGEO only game centre, long gone. July 2003.
2:13-2:23: Ginza's Sony Building's ALL Sony PlayStation software demoing request desk, long gone. February 2004.
2:23-2:36: Tokyo Tower's game centre, gone? September 2003.
2:44-2:52: Tokyo Disney Resort's StarCade game centre, long gone. September 2003.
3:43-4:03: Kabukicho's Old Mikado game centre, long gone. June 2007.
4:11-4:22: Takadanobaba's New Mikado game centre. August 2009.
No arcade action gamers did Tokyo like we did, not even close. 2003 'til Infinity.
Never went to Tokyo? You missed this forever.
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