Yesterday I took a trip up town as it was nice out, and it never fails to surprise me how much strange stuff I find out and about. For the most of the day I was round by the Namco Centre now called Namco Fun City but will probably change next time I'm up there. Decided to come out at Southwark and head down that way via The Cut and see what we could find. First of all there was a shop that sold nothing but sheet music so if you have a piano or guitar (other instruments available) and have a hankering for any music in sheet form then this will be your first port of call, its near Waterloo station if you are interested. I finally found my way down to the river (its by the London Aquarium near County Hall) and I came across a plaque dedicated to those who lost their lives through VCJD (you may know it as BSE) on the wall opposite Big Ben.
Finally made my way into Namco Fun City or whatever it is now and had a go on a few cabs. They still have the Temple Run infinite runner cab set up to dispense tickets (nearly everything dispenses tickets) and somehow its gained a Flappy Bird cab as well which to my knowledge is the only hardware left that its not been ported to (there are a ton of 8bit / 16bit ports including Colecovision and possibly Sharp X1).
The only other thing was playing a few games on the slot and understanding how a person could get addicted to them. I got 2 7s due to activating a feature and was 1 nudge short and for the rest of the day was convinced it was all my fault and if I had one more coin I COULD get the bonus. Luckily I was only £2 down but damn that was scary.
Walking around Soho some guy stopped me with a random don't kill him and points to the pavement. There is a tiny rat hopping along, tail outstretched and acting for all the while like a little clockwork toy. I know vermin aren't cute but damn it was endearing to see it hop about and its just like a cat toy. Also managed to find a place that sells Jones Soda one of the best Cola's around, they had a panda pops style blue Bubblegum flavour but in a glass bottle and totally ace it was. You don't see them much but their straight cola is definitely worth it too.
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