<![CDATA[Kotaku: nerd in paradise]]> http://tags.kotaku.com/assets/base/img/thumbs140x140/kotaku.com.png <![CDATA[Kotaku: nerd in paradise]]> http://kotaku.com/tag/nerdinparadise http://kotaku.com/tag/nerdinparadise <![CDATA[Flynn's Akihabara Adventure: Part Two]]> While the rest of my Kotaku brethren have returned to the respective homes, I am still here in Tokyo eking out the last bit of fun I can from this amazing city. You may remember last week I trolled the streets of Akihabara, ignoring all the "No Photos" signs and snapping pictures right and left at Super Potato. Well this installment of the adventure takes us to AsoBit City. Five floors of games, toys, action figures, costumes and gashapon machines. While this isn't quite the massive size of the Super Potato gallery, there's still some great game related toys and things to tickle your fancy. Keep an eye out for my Wolverine like head rising above some of the displays as I try to take a photo into a mirror without blinding myself. (Sometimes Flickr doesn't play nice with our galleries so I apologize for any sideways photos)

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<![CDATA[Flynn's Akihabara Adventure: Part One]]>
Today marked the day I had been looking forward to since I found out I was going to Tokyo, a trip to the nerd mecca, Akihabara. Accompanied by some friends and the ever stalwart friend of Kotaku, Witzbold, we navigated the massive Tokyo subway system and arrived safely in Akihabara after long journey that seemed to never end.

First stop: Super Potato. You've heard about it, you've read about it, you may have even seen pictures of it, but nothing can prepare you for actually seeing it in person. The outside is fairly unassuming and seems nearly invisible compared to the surrounding shops with their large neon signs. A dingy hallway with a few handmade signs mark the way to a tiny elevator that barely contained our four person party. When the doors opened again onto the third floor, we all gasped in amazement. Here we stood, on the border of vintage game paradise. Famicoms and other ancient systems lined the walls with shelves upon shelves of games of every size and shape imaginable dotted here and there with toys and other gaming memorabilia.

The next floor was just as crowded with every available space taken up by a immense collection of more toys, game soundtracks and various knick knacks. One last trip up the stairs brought us to a dimly lit and smoky arcade filled with various otaku and their girlfriends (yeah, they had them!) who lined the back wall texting on their phones, waiting for their geeky knights to finish conquering the video game world.

Obviously, hearing me describe it is nothing compared to seeing what it was like in photos. I took a ton of pictures despite the various signs indicating that photos weren't allowed that I pretended to ignore, all for you, our precious readers. So, click below and enjoy the thirty six photo gallery of the possibly greatest vintage game store in the world.

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