The only museum in Portugal dedicated to videogames was inaugurated this year and it takes us to the very start of the electronic entertainment world. Arcades, computers, old game consoles and an never-ending videogames library that make us sigh for simpler times, when running a game in Zx Spectrum was a really complicated task. This journey in time also implies a trip to Fundação Marquês de Pombal, in Oeiras.
Ciberdúvidas, a Portuguese website that informs, debates and promotes the Portuguese language, clarifies: geeks are people who “are in love by computers and with everything related to the virtual world”. The word, that initially had a negative connotation (introverted four eyes who know the advantages of defragmenting the hard drive), is now a word used with pride by those who have a semi-obsessive (or loving) relation with videogames, cinema, comic books and other pop culture means of expression. All of this to say that in Lisbon there are plenty of places to be a happy geek. You don't believe? Take a look at our geek guide to Lisbon.
