{"id":35220,"date":"2011-06-07T10:03:25","date_gmt":"2011-06-07T07:03:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.turkishforum.com.tr\/en\/content\/?p=35220"},"modified":"2023-04-06T09:14:04","modified_gmt":"2023-04-06T06:14:04","slug":"a-video-gamers-fantasy-at-hotel-barbados-in-istanbul","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.turkishnews.com\/en\/content\/2011\/06\/07\/a-video-gamers-fantasy-at-hotel-barbados-in-istanbul\/","title":{"rendered":"A Video Gamer&#8217;s Fantasy At Hotel Barbados In Istanbul"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A Video Gamer&#8217;s Fantasy At Hotel Barbados In Istanbul<\/p>\n<p>Tayla Arditi, Guide Istanbul<br \/>\nTayla Arditi is an editor at Guide Istanbul.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-35223\" title=\"the-game\" src=\"https:\/\/www.turkishnews.com\/en\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/the-game.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.turkishnews.com\/en\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/the-game.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.turkishnews.com\/en\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/the-game-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>Are you looking for a hotel where you can do more than sleep and relax?<\/p>\n<p>You can play all day without ever leaving your hotel room with the new state-of-the-art digital entertainment center called &#8220;The Game for Big Kids,&#8221; featuring a wide range of the latest games, such as Playstation 3, Nintendo Wii and Acer Predator at the Point Hotel Barbaros in Istanbul.<\/p>\n<p>In the past, gaming was thought of as a home leisure activity.<\/p>\n<p>The Game transforms it into a chance to socialize with friends in a public setting.<\/p>\n<p>With an investment of $1.5 million, and covering almost a mile, at least 300 people can play at the same time in this high-tech facility.  Here, you can enjoy a 3-D race simulator, football games on a giant screen or popular games, such as Half-Life or Quake.<\/p>\n<p>The closed music rooms allow you to live out your rock star or DJ fantasies, while the VIP rooms allow for private movie screenings.<\/p>\n<p>Options are also available if you are more interested in The Game than staying in the hotel. The facility can be accessed with a 3-month, 6-month, or annual membership pass, while business and corporate membership plans are also available.<\/p>\n<p>via Businessinsider<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A Video Gamer&#8217;s Fantasy At Hotel Barbados In Istanbul Tayla Arditi, Guide Istanbul Tayla Arditi is an editor at Guide Istanbul. Are you looking for a hotel where you can do more than sleep and relax? You can play all day without ever leaving your hotel room with the new state-of-the-art digital entertainment center called [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":83,"featured_media":35223,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[846,1094],"tags":[5785],"class_list":["post-35220","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-business","category-tourism","tag-hotel-barbados"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.turkishnews.com\/en\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35220","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.turkishnews.com\/en\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.turkishnews.com\/en\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.turkishnews.com\/en\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/83"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.turkishnews.com\/en\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=35220"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.turkishnews.com\/en\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35220\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.turkishnews.com\/en\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/35223"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.turkishnews.com\/en\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=35220"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.turkishnews.com\/en\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=35220"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.turkishnews.com\/en\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=35220"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}