Long Beach does not have a video game scene, but that could possibly change in the near future.
Educational Youtuber with over 3.6 million subscribers, JayzTwoCents built 10 high end computers that were donated to Scholar’s Collective.
Scholar’s Collective is a place that specializes in teaching children science, technology, engineering, art, and math.
Ed Valdez, manager of Scholar’s Collective explained that, “Although they are mainly about teaching kids to game and code, we also want to have the whole community here; something for nerds to geek out on.”
Scholar’s Collective is located at 236 E 3rd St Suite 100C, Long Beach in a downtown basement and has a very advanced technology lab that offers over 10 gaming computers with GEFORCE RTX3080’s, Playstation5, Nintendo Switch, virtual reality, and a stream lab.
Scholars Collective will host 18+ game nights the first Saturday of every month.
Saturday March 5 was the second LAN (local area network) party game night.
Only two people, Ezekiel Moore and DJ Westerfield showed up to the event, but everyone had a good time.
Although they had never met, the two quickly bonded over Truly’s and Valorant.
The gaming itself was quite an experience for the duo. Moore really enjoyed playing on the powerful computers.
“I’m a poor college student. I have a $750 gaming laptop. This was a much better experience. I could see things more clearly, way less lag, it was very smooth,” Moore said.
If you want to meet some new people or prove you’re the best gamer in Long Beach, try virtual reality, or see what it’s like to play on a real gaming computer.
At these parties you can bring your own beer and food. Proof of vaccination or a negative Covid-19 test is required to enter.