{"id":4577,"date":"2010-01-19T06:57:38","date_gmt":"2010-01-18T20:57:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/power-up.space\/?p=4577"},"modified":"2010-01-19T06:57:38","modified_gmt":"2010-01-18T20:57:38","slug":"australia%e2%80%99s-first-dedicated-video-game-bar-opening-february-2010-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.impulsegamer.com\/wordpress\/?p=4577","title":{"rendered":"Australia\u2019s first dedicated video game bar opening February 2010"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Australia\u2019s first dedicated video game bar opening February 2010<\/p>\n<p>Monday, 18 January, 2010 \u2013 The \u2018Mana Bar\u2019 is the first licensed venue in Brisbane, Australia opening in February 2010 that will allow people to enjoy a drink while playing the latest video game systems.<\/p>\n<p>Located in the heart of Brisbane\u2019s entertainment district \u2013 Fortitude Valley \u2013 the Mana Bar will feature a stylish geek chic interior design with multiple LCD screens attached to the walls with playable next-gen console systems. <\/p>\n<p>The venue will be accessible to a wider casual market, while still catering to the hardcore gamer crowd.<\/p>\n<p>Entry to the venue will be free, with no charge to play the games. The Mana Bar has a 50 person maximum capacity and will host many special events such as game release parties, guitar hero tournaments, trivia nights, launch events and many more.<\/p>\n<p>The Mana Bar is the creation of 4 Brisbane locals \u2013 Guy \u2018Yug\u2019 Blomberg, Ben \u2018Yahtzee\u2019 Croshaw, Pras Moorthy and Shay Leighton.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Australia\u2019s first dedicated video game bar opening February 2010 Monday, 18 January, 2010 \u2013 The \u2018Mana Bar\u2019 is the first licensed venue in Brisbane, Australia opening in February 2010 that will allow people to enjoy a drink while playing the latest video game systems. Located in the heart of Brisbane\u2019s entertainment district \u2013 Fortitude Valley<\/p>\n<p class=\"more-link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.impulsegamer.com\/wordpress\/?p=4577\">Read More\u2026<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4577","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-game-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.impulsegamer.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4577","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.impulsegamer.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.impulsegamer.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.impulsegamer.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.impulsegamer.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=4577"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.impulsegamer.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4577\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4578,"href":"https:\/\/www.impulsegamer.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4577\/revisions\/4578"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.impulsegamer.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4577"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.impulsegamer.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4577"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.impulsegamer.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4577"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}