Pinheads Unite!

Houston’s Secret Pinball Scene Is Hiding in Plain Sight

With pinball “speakeasies” like Wormhole and boutique game design companies like Barrels of Fun, Houston is entering its golden age of pinball.

03/20/2024 By Meredith Nudo

In The Palace

Palace Social Reimagines Amusement with Virtual Gaming and Southern Cuisine

Palace Social was formerly known as Palace Bowling Lanes.

11/15/2021 By Shelby Stewart

test your mettle

Get Suited Up and Learn about Past and Future Body Armor

The new Houston Center for Contemporary Craft exhibition, sure to please every Bayou City geek, runs through September 11.

07/07/2021 By Rebekah Kibodeaux

Hard Reset

Houston's Video Fighting Game Community Adjusts to Pandemic by Moving Online

While moving to the virtual realm has meant gamers can play on during Covid-19, it’s also meant a loss of community.

08/06/2020 By Jonathan Forney

Come hang out on my island

4 Houston-related Video Games to Help You Remember the Outside World

Who needs real life anyway?

05/28/2020 By Rebekah Kibodeaux

Don't End, Summer

5 Things You Must Do This Weekend, August 16–18

Book readings, dad rock outings, and more.

08/15/2019 By Morgan Kinney

Ice House

Houston Is Turning Into a Hub for eSports

Video game arenas are expected to pop up in Memorial City and Midtown as early as this month.

11/26/2018 By Timothy Malcolm

To do, or not to do?

5 Things You Must Do This Weekend, July 27–29

Shakespeare, retro gaming, bougie brunch, and more await.

07/26/2018 By Morgan Kinney

The Best Fests

5 Things You Must Do This Weekend, May 18–20

Mariachi, BBQ, the return of Love Street, and more.

05/17/2018 By Morgan Kinney

The Drawl

Can You Navigate the Most Hectic Block in Houston?

It's not Frogger, but tackling the busy stretch of White Oak Drive between Studewood and the Heights Bike Trail is as tough as any video game we've played.

07/18/2017 By Sarah Rufca Nielsen Illustrations by eBoy

Bold Brews

Brewery Spotlight: Brash Brewing Company

Metallica and Mortal Kombat mean this is more than your average brewery.

06/13/2017 By Lauro Rojas

Theater

Dungeons & Dragons, '90s Music and Aerial Trapeze: She Kills Monsters

University of Houston's upcoming production will appease everyone's inner geek.

04/15/2016 By Leah Rose

Editor’s Picks

12 Bars & Cafes for Fun & Games

Whether you prefer to play bocce ball and giant Jenga or old-school Nintendo and pinball machines, there’s a watering hole here for you.

09/01/2015 By Megha Tejpal

H-Town Diary

Growing Up a Gamer Girl

To be a gamer and a girl is to inhabit a world packed with traps, landmines and adversaries all its own.

05/31/2015 Illustrations by Dan Page By Maggie Berardo

Best Bars 2014

4 Bars For Fun & Games

Trivia is just the beginning.

11/30/2014 Edited by Katharine Shilcutt By Dan Derozier, Catherine Matusow, Chris Abshire, and Sarah Rufca Nielsen