# Loading Bar

> Cocktail bar with games


## Posts

- [Loading Bar BEYBLADEX Tournament](https://loading.bar/guides/beyblade/): Drink.Relax.Bey. A very long time ago a wise person mentioned on an IGN podcast that Loading should be hosting bareknuckle Beyblade matches, that person is now a paranormal investigator and it’s taken us six years but we fixed that back in November! So after crowning our first goat, it’s time to let it rip again! How will it work? I’m glad you asked! Up to 32 players will sign up for the draft, as numbers are called you will come up and select a Beyblade to use in the event. We’ll run a league format where you will play a ... VIEW
- [Magic The Gathering at Loading Stoke Newington](https://loading.bar/guides/magic-the-gathering-at-loading-stoke-newington/): An FAQ to cover all things Loading & MtG 
- [Drinks In Games Part III: The Perfect Pint](https://loading.bar/articles/drinks-in-games-the-perfect-pint/): Games create phenomenal environments, vast landscapes and immersive surroundings to discover as you carve your path through the story. All this exploring can be thirsty work.
- [Spider-Man Miles Morales](https://loading.bar/drink/spider-man-miles-morales/): "Hops up danger"
- [Hades](https://loading.bar/drink/hades/): "In the name of Hades I accept this booze"
- [LA Noir](https://loading.bar/drink/la-noir/): "Solve the case of the Black Russian"
- [Drinks In Games Part II: Views for Tinnies](https://loading.bar/articles/drinks-in-games-views-for-tinnies/): Games create phenomenal environments, vast landscapes and immersive surroundings to discover as you carve your path through the story. All this exploring can be thirsty work .
- [Dungeon Masterclass Part 3](https://loading.bar/guides/dungeon-masterclass-part-3/): The Homebrew: A short guide to building exciting adventures 
- [Dungeon Masterclass Part 2](https://loading.bar/guides/dungeon-masterclass-part-2/): The Inevitable Scrap: How to build fun and memorable combat encounters.
- [No Mans Sky](https://loading.bar/drink/no-mans-sky/): "For this cocktail here is something to help you Planet" 
- [The Evil Within](https://loading.bar/drink/the-evil-within/): “Horrific”
- [What are good beginner board games?](https://loading.bar/guides/great-beginner-board-games/): The first of our six pack video series, opening with perfect starter games for anyone looking to get started in the world of board games. 
- [Alternatives to Cards Against Humanity](https://loading.bar/guides/alternatives-to-cards-against-humanity/): Look, we’ve all had a fun night playing Cards Against Humanity. Daring to go one step beyond common decency for the reward of a round of laughter from our friends. It’s a game that has brought joy to many drunken (I presume sober as well) nights.
- [Drinks In Games Part I: A Virtual Bar Crawl](https://loading.bar/articles/drinks-in-games-a-virtual-bar-crawl/): Games create phenomenal environments, vast landscapes and immersive surroundings to discover as you carve your path through the story. All this exploring can be thirsty work though, galavanting around the broad plains of Red Dead works up a mighty craving for a beverage, a lust for liquor.
- [You Didn't Play CAH, They Played You.](https://loading.bar/articles/you-didnt-play-cards-against-humanity-they-played-you/): Cards Against Humanity is everywhere. Beloved by your non-gaming friends, you’ll find a copy of it in most pubs and social circles as an accessory to drinking the night away. 
- [Making Hidden Moves](https://loading.bar/articles/making-hidden-moves/): Before lockdown started, I played a whole lot of board games. I would meet with friends numerous times a week to get my fix, visiting my local board game café more often than I'd like to admit, and like most board gamers I enjoyed the process of learning a new game with pals. 
- [Boardgame Lingo](https://loading.bar/guides/boardgame-lingo/): Websters Dictionary defines board games as…well if you want the Websters Dictionary definition it’s not here. Instead, we’ve compiled a whole host of phrases you may have heard, but may not have been sure what they meant and instead nodded in agreement.
- [Budget Magic](https://loading.bar/guides/budget-magic/): Magic the Gathering is the inarguable go-to for many people who want to play a competitive, collectable card game. With several new sets hitting this year alone, it's hard not to feel overwhelmed by choice - and with competitive decks costing hundreds to thousands of pounds, by cost, too.
- [How do I open a gaming bar?](https://loading.bar/articles/how-do-i-open-a-gaming-bar/): “The rest of my advice has no basis more reliable than my own meandering experience”  
- [Post-apocalyptic gaming](https://loading.bar/articles/post-apocalyptic-gaming/): Diary of a Warlord: Tabletop gaming in lockdown
- [What happened to Hipster Cafe?](https://loading.bar/articles/what-happened-to-hipster-cafe/): Some time ago, one of the things that seemed worth discussing was the rising coffee prices and ever more elaborate cafés popping up in cities around the world. I found myself sitting in some kind of Japanese arcade-inspired cocktail bar in Dalston, the heart of the Hipster community of London.
- [How To Make Friends And Hadoken People](https://loading.bar/articles/how-to-make-friends-and-hadoken-people/): There are 1000 arcade games in my local burger joint. It is obscene, to the underemployed 32-year-old I have become, that there be so many distracting colours concentrated in one place. 
- [How to play D&D online](https://loading.bar/guides/how-to-play-dd-online/): Want to gather your party and venture forth into the world of online Dungeons and Dragons?
- [What's special about COD Warzone?](https://loading.bar/articles/whats-special-about-cod-warzone/): When you were a kid, lying on your front on the living room carpet, playing with your green plastic army soldier set, what was your preferred machine gun noise?
- [Dungeon Masterclass Part 1](https://loading.bar/guides/dungeon-masterclass-part-1/): Sliding in as Their DMs:  Why being the Dungeon Master is the most fun, rewarding, and ultimately awesome role at the table.
- [Spüüklevich](https://loading.bar/games/spuuklevich/): Welcome to the greatest game ever made*   *Experience may vary
- [Gaming in the age of COVID](https://loading.bar/articles/gaming-in-the-age-of-covid/): It is 17 March and I am pinballing down the high street in the rain buying last minute essentials. The weekend previous had seen a bunch of large social event games cancelled due to covid-19 and people are hoarding toilet paper, eggs, pasta and hand wash as we realise the country would soon be going into lockdown.
- [How E3 happened in Soho](https://loading.bar/articles/how-loading-bar-turned-a-sulk-into-a-gaming-celebration/): Like a lot of things in life, EToo started out because of petty professional jealousy.
- [The Cartridge Family](https://loading.bar/articles/the-cartridge-family/): How video games were used as a social currency for a bunch of military brats growing up in Germany. 
- [DnD Buyers Guide](https://loading.bar/guides/the-best-resources-for-dd/): Dungeons & Dragons, the ubiquitous game. Played by legends, spoken about by all. A game so well known, that it's part of society itself.
- [Portal 2](https://loading.bar/drink/portal-2/): “The finest beverage breakthroughs from the Aperture alcohol research labs. Drink them in the name of science. You monster.” 
- [SF x Tekken Kuma](https://loading.bar/drink/sf-x-tekken-kuma/): "Furry Cup" 
- [SF x Tekken M.Bison](https://loading.bar/drink/sf-x-tekken-m-bison/): "Bloody Bison" 
- [SF x Tekken Yoshimitsu](https://loading.bar/drink/sf-x-tekken-yoshimitsu/): "Poison Breath"
- [SF x Tekken Chun-Li](https://loading.bar/drink/sf-x-tekken-chun-li/): "Chun Li Iced Tea"
- [SF x Tekken Paul Phoenix](https://loading.bar/drink/sf-x-tekken-paul-phoenix/): "Phoenix Uprising"
- [SF x Tekken Dhalsim](https://loading.bar/drink/sf-x-tekken-dhalsim/): "Yoga Flame"
- [SF x Tekken Nina](https://loading.bar/drink/sf-x-tekken-nina/): "Nina Colada"
- [SF x Tekken Hugo](https://loading.bar/drink/street-fighter-x-tekken-hugo/): "HUGO’T To be kidding"
- [Street Fighter x Tekken](https://loading.bar/drink/street-fighter-x-tekken/): “Choose your fighter” 
- [Dark Souls](https://loading.bar/drink/dark-souls/): “You Rye’d” 
- [Thomas Was Alone](https://loading.bar/drink/thomas-was-alone/): “Thomas was a drink”
- [Batman Arkham City](https://loading.bar/drink/batman-arkham-city/): “The caped crusader better have some paracetamol in that utility belt – can you take down the rogues gallery”
- [Metal Gear Solid](https://loading.bar/drink/metal-gear-solid/): “I’m no artist, never was, never will be, I’m just an old fan hired to do some wet work.”
- [GTA V](https://loading.bar/drink/gta-v/): “Now get up off the floor and fix me a f#^&ing drink” Trevor Philips
- [Last of Us](https://loading.bar/drink/last-of-us/): “One Ell’ of a drink, Joel want more than one”
- [Earthworm Jim](https://loading.bar/drink/earthworm-jim/): “A worm in a super powered suit shouldn’t work and neither should this grooooovy mix of gin and Earl Grey tea”
- [Bioshock Possession](https://loading.bar/drink/bioshock-infinite-2-2/): “With POSSESSION, the free will of your enemies matters no more. Make your foes blindly fight and die for you.”
- [Elder Scrolls Skyrim](https://loading.bar/drink/elder-scrolls-skyrim/): “I used to make cocktails, but then I took an arrow to the knee”
- [Alien Isolation](https://loading.bar/drink/alien-isolation/): “Mostly drink this at night…mostly” 
- [Bioshock Devils Kiss](https://loading.bar/drink/bioshock-infinite-1/): “A civilized man has power over fire. A refined man handles fire with finesse: DEVIL’S KISS.” 
- [Destiny](https://loading.bar/drink/destiny/): “Welcome Guardian, time to park the sparrow and escape the darkness” 
- [Rome Total War 2](https://loading.bar/drink/rome-total-war-2/): “Rome Wasn’t built in a day but plenty of Rum can be drank in one” 
- [What to Drink?](https://loading.bar/guides/what-to-drink/): "Drinking Games" 
- [Crash Bandicoot](https://loading.bar/drink/crash-bandicoot/): “One of our classics but one too many of these will get you spinning” 
- [Assassins Creed](https://loading.bar/drink/assassins-creed/): “It’s been on our menu through the ages, swan dive into this sweet treat”
- [Pokémon Go](https://loading.bar/drink/pokemon-go/): “Pokestop and relax from all those random encounters”
- [The Witcher 3](https://loading.bar/drink/the-witcher-3/): "Can't decide Witcher drinking?"
- [PUBG](https://loading.bar/drink/pubg/): “Winner Winner Pub Chicken Dinner”
- [Street Fighter V: Arcade Edition](https://loading.bar/drink/street-fighter-v-arcade-edition/): “Ryu ready for this Tropical (Dragon) Punch”
- [Super Mario 3D Land](https://loading.bar/drink/super-mario-3d-land/): "Welcome to the Mushroom Kingdom"
- [Cyberpunk 2077](https://loading.bar/drink/cyberpunk-2077/): "Shake the f*#k up Samurai"
- [Hitman Absolution](https://loading.bar/drink/hitman-absolution/): "Prepare to make a killing"
- [Deus Ex](https://loading.bar/drink/deus-ex-on-the-beach/): “You have to ask for this” Inspired by Deus Ex: Human Revolution
- [Resident Evil](https://loading.bar/drink/gt-virus/): An infectious Tonic Inspired by Resident Evil
- [Searching For Street Fighter](https://loading.bar/articles/searching-for-street-fighter/): Legend had it there was a black cab rank by Kings Cross that housed an arcade machine that the best gamers in London would use. We tried investigating with… varied results.
- [Fall Guys](https://loading.bar/drink/fall-guys/): "Milk-bottle Royale"
- [Exploring Cyberpunk](https://loading.bar/guides/exploring-cyberpunk/): So you’ve seen the Cyberpunk 2077 trailers and you’re itching to get playing. It's based on a classic table top RPG so just what separates Cyberpunk from classic DnD

## Pages

- [Your booking](https://loading.bar/your-booking/): Thank you for booking! You will receive an email confirmation shortly with all the details. You can manage your reservation through the link in the email. There is a £2 per person per hour fee which will be added to your bill – minus anything you already paid. Your reservation is for two hours, and we will keep your table for up to 15 minutes after your booking starts. If you are later than that, we will do our best to accommodate you once you’ve arrived, however might give your table to other players. Please be advised that we only ... VIEW
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- [Vacancies](https://loading.bar/vacancies/)
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- [Book](https://loading.bar/book/): Looking to book? We are changing our booking system, it will be online tomorrow. Contact us meanwhile if there’s something urgent. And remember – you can always just walk in.
- [Drink](https://loading.bar/drink/): Since 2010 there’s been a whole bunch of drinks served up over the different bars over the years, some have been around since the beginning. For the first time, we’ve grouped together all our recipes in one place for you to recreate. The template for which drinks we create tend to be around established titles and cocktails/spirits. This isn’t always the case, like for example G&T Virus is one of the most popular, but normally you don’t see us making drinks around items/in game events. Most things can be switched up so if you don’t have Absolut, for example, no ... VIEW
- [Booking pending](https://loading.bar/booking-pending/): Thank you for your request! It is waiting confirmation, we will send updates on email address you provided.
- [Booking Confirmed](https://loading.bar/booking-confirmed/): Thank you, your booking has been confirmed. Your reservation is for 1.5 hours, and we expect our booking guests to meet a spend of £15 per person during this period to help us keep the lights on. Running late? Don’t worry if it is up to 15 minutes, if you’ve encountered a bigger problem we will do our best to accommodate you once you’ve arrived, however might give your table to other players. We also sent you an email with your booking details.
- [Lore](https://loading.bar/lore/): Created during lockdowns of 2020 / 2021, these articles are just too good to be forgotten. One day we will continue the quest.
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- [Visit](https://loading.bar/visit/): No matter the location, Loading Bar will always be welcoming space, full of free to play games, the latest consoles, fresh ground coffee, our signature cocktails, big-screen entertainment and events covering everything from small meet-ups to triple-A game launches. Locations
- [Privacy Policy](https://loading.bar/privacy-policy/): We take your privacy seriously. This policy explains how we collect, process, and use personal data in accordance with the Data Protection Act 1998 (DPA) and the General Data Protection Regulations (GDPR). By using the website you consent to this policy. What information we collect We collect personal data provided directly by you, for example when you contact us via our booking or contact forms. This includes your name, phone number, email address and anything you include in your message. We also gather non-personal data, such as traffic and location information, using analytical tools. You cannot be identified based on ... VIEW
- [HELLO](https://loading.bar/): Since 2010 we have been offering people somewhere to eat, drink, relax and play. We are open to everyone regardless of your leaderboard position, whether you are here for a date, games night with friends, or just a casual dinner or drinks. Our games library includes dozens of board games for all ages and group sizes, modern and retro consoles and a few arcades. And with our games inspired menu you can truly eat and drink your favourites. How does that work? You are welcome to just walk in – there is no charge for your first hour if you ... VIEW


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