{"id":7784,"date":"2025-05-16T15:22:38","date_gmt":"2025-05-16T15:22:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/princetonillinois.com\/?p=7784"},"modified":"2025-05-16T15:22:38","modified_gmt":"2025-05-16T15:22:38","slug":"princeton-gamers-lounge-opens-shaw-local","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/princetonillinois.com\/?p=7784","title":{"rendered":"Princeton gamers lounge opens &#8211; Shaw Local"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"robot-feature-image\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.shawlocal.com\/resizer\/KLf3pOX_vAIexxkE4GXjaQVNgIA%3D\/1200x630\/filters%3Aformat%28jpg%29%3Aquality%2870%29\/cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com\/shawmedia\/LZZVFP2YKVF55D5AZ57WIR4RCY.jpg?w=860&#038;ssl=1\" \/><br \/><span>The Gamers Guild Lounge, 104 N. Main St., Princeton, offers tabletop gaming, video gaming and virtual reality games. <\/span>(Derek Barichello)<br \/>While living in San Antonio, Texas, Nancy Vaca attended many board and video game conventions and lounges where people gathered to play games like Mortal Kombat and Street Fighter.<br \/>\u201cAfter meeting tons of people in the community and hearing their stories wishing for a place like that nearby, I decided to open The Gamers Guild Lounge,\u201d Vaca said.<br \/>The Gamers Guild Lounge, 104 N. Main St., <a href=\"https:\/\/www.shawlocal.com\/tags\/princeton\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"\" title=\"https:\/\/www.shawlocal.com\/tags\/princeton\/\">Princeton<\/a>, offers tabletop gaming, video gaming and virtual reality games. The tabletop gaming section has board games and puzzles, and guests can bring their trading cards. The gaming area includes an Xbox, PlayStation 5, PlayStation 4, and Nintendo Switch. The virtual reality room has two Meta Quest VRs with headsets. They also have items for purchase, such as Warhammer products, Pokemon cards, and video game-themed collectibles.<br \/>Hours are 1 to 9 p.m. Wednesday to Sunday.<br \/><i>\u2022 The Times \/ NewsTribune \/ Bureau County Republican is committed to keeping readers up to date with business happenings in the area. Much of our reporting relies on what we see and hear, but we\u2019re also reaching out to readers for tips on business items. If you have a tip to share for Eyes on Enterprise, email newsroom@mywebtimes.com.<\/i><br \/>Copyright \u00a9 2023 Shaw Local News Network<br \/>Copyright \u00a9 2023 Shaw Local News Network<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMiiwFBVV95cUxPVk1Gci01SlRsM0FLTks4aVI2alJ6N3pYcGo2RzVMZDZyWGdscWxwS0FfRzR6dTkzcTlPRWQ4V3puM3lsNkZBMjdsUVo1bmJQdWx2bnExNnhReHZkNUhaajhyZzkxVWpOaFRxejdkME5kN3RmMHFuUmQ5YlRMRkxYNkdBS0Z3X0NLRkRV?oc=5\">source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Gamers Guild Lounge, 104 N. 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