Game Boy Modding at Four Quarters is a hands-on retro gaming workshop where guests can have a drink, explore the history of handheld gaming, try modded retro consoles, and build their own custom Game Boy Colour to take home.
The workshop is inspired by the kind of retro gaming and hands-on tech culture found in Akihabara, Tokyo — a district known for electronics, gaming, anime, manga, and otaku culture — but reimagined for London inside one of the city’s best-loved retro arcade bars.
The news angle is simple: in a world increasingly shaped by AI, automation, and always-on digital experiences, people are looking for slower, more physical, more human hobbies. Game Boy modding gives guests a chance to step away from passive screen time, work with real hardware, make design choices, and leave with something they built themselves.
This is not just a nostalgia night. It is part retro gaming experience, part maker workshop, part low-tech antidote to the AI rush.
The event is beginner-friendly and designed for retro gaming fans, nostalgic millennials, collectors, makers, parents, and anyone looking for a more unusual hands-on night out in London.
The workshop is run by Fabio Davide under the side project Millennial Dad. Fabio is a video game developer and technical/product leader, formerly at SEGA, a TEDx speaker, and currently a Technical Production Director working across games, VR/AR, AI, and emerging technology.
Event link:
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/game-boy-modding-at-four-quarters-tickets-1990090124133?aff=oddtdtcreator