(“Again”? Well, I could swear I blogged about it last time :-P anyway, Dongmen is a mind-blowing area near “downtown” (or “downdistrict”) Luohu which I discovered in December, the thing looks like one gigantic mall, you can walk in it for hours and find pretty much anything you can imagine.)

So Dongmen continues to blow my mind. I was walking around yesterday, looking for something to eat, when I walked into a real, honest-to-Raiden... Arcade!!!

Like pretty much everything in Dongmen, it was supersized. Aisles upon aisles upon aisles of (what I'm assuming to be) the newer stuff (since I don't actually go to arcades since 2002ish), side by side with awesome vintage stuff from every generation this side of space invaders. Stuff I grew up with, which pushed (pun intended) all the right buttons.

When I decided my senses were overloaded to my satisfaction and I would take a quick look at the sports section before leaving, I discovered that behind that, there was still another room O.o

I love the sound of arcades. Dozens of different tracks of loud music superimposed over each other plus game sound effects and people talking...

I almost gave in and played some flight sim... but I looked at the machine, the machine looked at me, and I knew I wasn't going to last 8 seconds there, so I decided not to waste of money. Maybe some other day :-)

And btw, yesterday it rained (heavily) all day. I even went out in the rain and got wet. What, me complaining? Absolutely not! After 4 years of Beijing, it was a relief! Go Shenzhen!