May 23, 2008

Gamers Gather at 24-hour McDonalds in Hong Kong

by Sean Leow (PSFK Shanghai)

McDonald’s is known in Asia as a place for quick American food and clean bathrooms. In Hong Kong, gamers are now organizing meet-ups at 24-hour McDonald’s to play Monster Hunter Portable 2G. The combination of free Wi-Fi (limited to 20 minutes), cheap food and 24-hour accessibility makes for a good meeting place for PSP and Nintendo DS gamers. In a city full of young white collar workers, killing monsters with friends may be the only way to blow off steam after getting out of the office after midnight.

The Hong Kong magazine Gamestation lists all the 24-hour McDonald’s in the city for these gaming get-togethers.

[via Virtual China]

Article categories: Entertainment, Gaming & Virtual Worlds, Trends In Asia, Youth

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6 Responses to “Gamers Gather at 24-hour McDonalds in Hong Kong”

  1. jfk
    Posted from: 208.255.74.74

    May 23rd, 2008 at 9:25 pm

    this site used to be much better when someone was editing it - now it seems with more daily posts, the quality isnt there - its kind of like trendhunter.com which is like a dogs breakfast, must please manage this site with info thats relevant and not just featuring posts for the sake of generating hits

    frustrated

  2. VeRonda
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    May 24th, 2008 at 9:06 pm

    Whatever you have to do to blow off stream… seriously, you have to make that time to get it all out. Life can be so stressful that whether it’s gaming, vacationing, or laughing–just do it.

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