In Real Life

The Amazing Hair Salon That Doubles As A Retro Game Store

Bobby Ågren runs a store in Copenhagen, Denmark, called Ruben & Bobby. It’s a hair salon. Oh, and it also sells old video game systems, old video games and old toys. Making it a hair salon/game store/cultural museum.


August 29, 2010
News

Danes Won’t Get EA Sports MMA Thanks To Energy Drink Ad Ban

Denmark bans the advertisement of energy drinks, I guess because they provide gratuitous amounts of energy or something. What’s that got to do with video games? Well, EA Sports MMA is shot through with energy drink ads.


November 20, 2009
In Real Life

Danish Group Asks You To “Hit The Bitch”

Denmark’s Children Exposed to Violence at Home is a group dedicated towards the prevention of domestic violence. It’s a noble cause! Pity their latest “ad” — a flash game involving woman-slapping — lacks the same nobility.


September 25, 2009
News

PSPgo Costs As Much As A PS3 In Denmark

Either Sony’s gotta cut its price or the Danish kroner’s gotta get a lot weaker against the dollar for the PSPgo’s sake. It’s listed at 2,000 DKK — or AU$454, one reason retailers there aren’t stocking the thing.


August 9, 2009
In Real Life

EA Denmark Drops Brütal Legend’s Complete Soundtrack

It figures that, when the Brütal Legend soundtrack was revealed, it would come out of a place like Denmark. They take their metal seriously, and EA Denmark has the list of more than 100 songs in the game.


April 12, 2009
In Real Life

Some Guy’s Mum Painted This

A Danish mother has at last paid back years of refrigerator finger-paintings of her as a stick figure with circle boobies and a triangle skirt. Nothing says motherly love like a Riddick box cover painting.


January 12, 2009
Uncategorized

Great Dane Gaming Mobilises SWAT Team

We’ve heard of this in the States before, but if you game super loud in Denmark, especially in shooters with loud bang-bang noises, someone might sic a police strike force on you too.


October 14, 2007
Uncategorized

Copenhagen eSports Opening Danish Gaming School

If you’re a Danish youngster who games (and lives in Copenhagen), you could soon have the opportunity to attend a gaming school. I’m not exactly sure where the education part of this all fits in – are we talking extracurricular programs or an entire curriculum focused on gaming? – but after talks with the Korean e-sports organisation KeSPA, the joint project between Copenhagen eSports and a Danish youth group called Ungdomsringen is getting underway: