Gaming craze: The untold things that happen in Kenya’s computer games spots

The score gaming lounge at Kenya cinema

• Following the banning of jam session, the decline of 'malling' and the culture of hanging out around retail centres for leisure activities, most of which exposed youth to risky behaviour, gaming has become the new thing in town
• Not all the gaming spots are not as innocent as they may look as drinks are shared with everyone irrespective of age

 

It is a cool Friday afternoon and the group of teens is seen milling around Imenti House along Moi Avenue chatting joyfully. They are high school buddies currently on holiday and this is their chill-out, a plan they had on before the holidays started.