Every other week, Anchorage's Thai Kitchen restaurant transforms into a makeshift arcade for a fighting video game tournament, providing gamers a chance to play each other in person, sharpen their skills and meet other like-minded people. via AKpublicnews
Competitors play Street Fighter 6 in the closed Thai Kitchen restaurant on July 17, 2023. Chairs were stacked up against the back wall. Computer monitors occupied the restaurant’s tables. Spectators gathered around the screens, engrossed by the action.At the center of it all: video games.
“When I found out we were going to be closing once a week finally, I was like, ‘Is it cool if I throw some video game tournaments here? Because there’s nowhere else in town I can really do that,’ ” he said. “They were like, ‘Yeah of course! You know, just like, clean up after yourself.’ ”Matches are live streamed on Twitch, with two people doing commentary for the audience.
Banky Kitchpanich plays a match in Thai Kitchen July 17, 2023. Many contestants use controllers called fight sticks, which emulate the buttons and levers of arcade cabinets.
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