Planet Wangba
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Dates2018 - 2018
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Author
- Topics Portrait, Contemporary Issues, Documentary
- Location China, China
Internet cafe culture in Kunming, China.
As the room brimmed with sounds of clicks and clacks, and people clamored over
screens veiled by smoke, I was instantly drawn into the oddity of this particular internet café in Kunming, China.
Open 24 hours, the café allows people to transport themselves into the battlegrounds of League of Legends, World of Warcraft and PUBG with just a few clicks. The café feels like a portal to a fantasy realm where one can explore without any limitations. People fuel themselves for the long hours and days spent in that room with prepackaged meals, takeouts and energy drinks.
A seat in an internet café is all one needs to escape reality and teleport to a virtual world of online gaming.
