San Francisco Gay Gamers Get Joystick
A couple of weeks ago I had the pleasure to attend the opening night of a new club night in San Francisco called Joystick. Having just moved to the city, I was of course thrilled to see that someone was throwing a video gaming party for the GLBT community. The night was a blast, with four or five game stations featuring some old school games, Sly Cooper and a Soul Calibur set-up that was crowded for the better part of the evening. The music was a nice mix of punk, rock and eighties providing a little something for varied tastes.
I got a chance to sit down with Lawrence, a Cinch employee and one of the promoters of the night to talk a little bit about Joystick. Along with his friend Eric (aka the fabulous Lucy Borden) the two have started a great new space for gay gamers in the Bay Area. Originally, the plan was to try and start a club night for the gay rock and roll set, possibly centered around skateboarding, but it was decided that it might be a bit narrow in who it would appeal to. After seeing a Tony Hawk's Proving Ground commercial, they realized that video games would be a great theme for the night. Using TVs and game systems (Atari 2600, 2 PS2s, an Xbox and a Gamecube) that were donated by friends they created a what Lawrence calls a "punk rock n' roll video game night.
The opening night was a great success and I am looking forward to attending the next one which takes place tomorrow night, Saturday Jan. 5. If you are a gay (or gay friendly) gamer who wants a chance to mix and mingle with other like minded folks on a regular basis, come down and check out Joystick. If you're really nice, I might just be willing to kick your ass at Soul Calibur.
Joystick happens on the first and third Saturday of each month at The Cinch, 1723 Polk Street, SF.
image courtesy MondoTees
Fruit Brute
Posted to on 4 January 2008
· Comments (6)
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Name: Dave
Dude. Why weren't we alerted about this?
I got dibs on Ivy! Can't wait to be out there guys.
Rock. I'm in.
Oh my, I work at Market and Polk...how lovely.
How am I only hearing about this now!? I think its time for a GG meet-up!
If I were there you would be already dead in good ol' Soul Calibur!!!!!!!!!!!!1 (n_n)