| From Speakeasies to Meaderies: The 19 Best Bars in Portland, Oregon |
Wandering Wheatleys |
Sep 05, 2023 |
| Best Gaming Bars in Portland |
Global Grasshopper |
Mar 25, 2022 |
| 5 of the best havens for nerds and geeks in Portland |
Daily Hive |
Feb 21, 2020 |
| Gamer’s Delight – Video game-inspired cocktails find a niche at arcade-style bars. |
Market Watch |
Oct 01, 2019 |
| Chase The High Score At The Best Arcade Bars In The Country |
UPROXX |
Sep 30, 2019 |
| 10 Barcades In America Every Gamer Needs To Visit |
The Travel |
Sep 07, 2019 |
| 5 of the Best Arcade Bars in America |
The Manual |
Jul 30, 2019 |
| 8 Awesome Arcade Bars to Bring Out Your Inner Child |
Chilled Magazine |
Apr 02, 2019 |
| 10 things you should do in Portland if you’re in town for spring break or March Madness |
Oregon Live |
Mar 25, 2019 |
| Level Up Your Meetings in Arcade Bars |
Smart Meetings |
Mar 05, 2019 |
| Why do so many bars have pinball and video games? Because people want more than just drinks. |
The Washington Post |
Feb 07, 2019 |
| As Portland’s comedy scene grows, its roots at Ground Kontrol remain strong |
The Oregonian |
Nov 05, 2018 |
| The Evolution of Arcade Bars |
Imbibe Magazine |
Jul 11, 2018 |
| Bridging the divide — 20 things to love about our neighbor, Portland |
The Columbian |
Jun 24, 2018 |
| 4 things we learned from a tour of Ground Kontrol’s major expansion |
The Oregonian |
Jun 07, 2018 |
| Ground Kontrol finishes expansion, doubling its square footage |
The Oregonian |
Jun 05, 2018 |
| Our Top Five Picks for Dedicated Gaming Establishments That Also Happen to Serve Beer |
Willamette Week |
May 23, 2018 |
| The Last Scan – Inside the desperate fight to keep old TVs alive |
The Verge |
Feb 06, 2018 |
| The 10 Best Arcade Bars In America |
Game Informer |
Dec 30, 2017 |
| Ground Kontrol Barcade Has a Brand New Expansion—Now With More Beer |
Willamette Week |
May 10, 2017 |
| Ground Kontrol: The Evolution Of The Traditional Arcade (Now With Booze And Sex) |
destructoid.com |
May 07, 2017 |
| Ground Kontrol Arcade’s Long-Awaited Expansion Now Open |
Portland Monthly |
Apr 12, 2017 |
| Lasers, Beer, and Video Games: Here’s Ground Kontrol’s Brand-New Expansion |
Portland Mercury |
Apr 12, 2017 |
| Ground Kontrol announces soft opening of its arcade expansion |
The Oregonian |
Apr 08, 2017 |
| Ground Kontrol opens Fifth Avenue expansion as work begins on Couch Street |
The Oregonian |
Apr 01, 2017 |
| Wave of nostalgia lifts Boulder-based maker of retro arcade games |
Daily Camera |
Nov 26, 2016 |
| Inside Portland’s Competitive Pinball Scene |
Vice |
Oct 10, 2016 |
| Arcade expansion: Portland’s Ground Kontrol will double in size, add new Star Wars Battle Pod game |
GeekWire |
Feb 18, 2016 |
| Prepare for Ground Kontrol’s epic expansion with vintage Portland arcade photos |
The Oregonian |
Feb 18, 2016 |
| Comedian Mike Lawrence Talks Standup, ‘Nerd of Mouth’ & Geek Culture |
Stage Time |
Jan 15, 2015 |
| 16 Things You Should Know About Priory |
BuzzFeed |
Dec 16, 2014 |
| 10 Portland Comedy Showcases Worth Seeing |
Willamette Week |
Nov 26, 2014 |
| Buzzing Arcade Game Killer Queen Lands in Portland |
Willamette Week |
Nov 22, 2014 |
| Portland’s 100 best bars: Bar Tab 2014 |
The Oregonian |
Oct 28, 2014 |
| America’s Best Barcades |
Playboy |
Oct 27, 2014 |
| Ground Kontrol’s secret arcade machine history |
PSU Vanguard |
Oct 20, 2014 |
| 13 Restaurant Bathrooms That Might Just Be Cooler than the Food |
Bon Appétit |
Oct 20, 2014 |
| Portland Retro Gaming Expo will power up classic video games at the Oregon Convention Center |
The Oregonian |
Sep 19, 2014 |
| Issue 42: Travel Guide – Portland, Oregon |
ALARM |
Aug 01, 2014 |
| Keep Portland Weird |
Austin American-Statesman |
Jul 12, 2014 |
| Game On |
American Way / American Airlines |
May 01, 2014 |
| How to be a pinball wizard: 5 ways to up your game |
The Oregonian |
Apr 23, 2014 |
| Portland, Ore., weekend trips for hipsters |
USA Today |
Mar 10, 2014 |
| Comics Events Tonight: Video Games, Sadness, and Alien Landscapes |
Portland Mercury |
Dec 05, 2013 |
| Scoop: The Year 2013, Statistically Speaking. |
Willamette Week |
Nov 24, 2013 |
| King Of Thrones: America’s Best Restroom Is In Minneapolis |
NPR |
Nov 19, 2013 |
| Flushing out the USA’s best public restrooms |
USA Today |
Nov 19, 2013 |
| These Are America’s Best Public Bathrooms |
Fast Company |
Sep 16, 2013 |
| Last-minute summer deal destinations |
Fox News |
Aug 21, 2013 |
| Mummies, Crazy-Cool Bikes and Voodoo Donuts: 9 Reasons to Visit Portland this Summer |
ParentMap Magazine |
Jul 21, 2013 |
| This Guy Made an Atari Version of Super Mario Bros. — And It’s Pretty Fun |
Wired |
Jul 16, 2013 |
| Bridgetown Comedy Festival: Moments from Day 1 |
Willamette Week |
Apr 19, 2013 |
| Review: Ground Kontrol Classic Arcade Nachos |
Nachonomics |
Apr 05, 2013 |
| Disney Kills LucasArts, My Childhood |
Smithsonian |
Apr 04, 2013 |
| Portland’s Restaurant Bathrooms: A Tour of the Funky and the Fabulous |
The Oregonian / MIX Magazine |
Apr 01, 2013 |
| Parallel Worlds |
Bit Creature |
Feb 05, 2013 |
| Rank and file ’em: New Zagat guide knows the scores |
Portland Business Journal |
Jan 14, 2013 |
| Game over? Not in this pack, man |
Portland Tribune |
Sep 27, 2012 |
| XOXO Fest, An Experimental Tech Conference, Gets Underway |
New York Times |
Sep 14, 2012 |
| The Engadget Show 35: EVs in Portland, hacked bicycles and a Tesla Model S test drive |
Engadget |
Aug 28, 2012 |
| Playing With Power |
Willamette Week |
Aug 15, 2012 |
| Singing in the Strange |
Willamette Week |
Aug 08, 2012 |
| Come hang with us at Ground Kontrol in Portland, OR, this Wednesday |
Engadget |
Aug 06, 2012 |
| Portland Tested Meetup – Saturday 4/21 |
Tested |
Apr 20, 2012 |
| The great indoors |
The Oregonian |
Jan 20, 2012 |
| Q&A: Ernest Cline |
Portland Mercury |
Dec 15, 2011 |
| Master Kontrol |
Portland Mercury |
Sep 24, 2011 |
| Best of Portland 2011: Then & Now |
Willamette Week |
Jul 27, 2011 |
| More than an arcade |
PSU Vanguard |
Jul 12, 2011 |
| Ground Kontrol’s new take on old arcade games is perfectly Portland |
The Oregonian |
Apr 08, 2011 |
| Ground Kontrol specializing in arcade and video games from the ‘golden age’ of gaming |
Oregon Live! |
Apr 06, 2011 |
| Inside the New and Improved Ground Kontrol |
Portland Mercury |
Feb 17, 2011 |
| Ground Kontrol to reboot after $200,000 face-lift |
Daily Journal of Commerce Oregon |
Feb 17, 2011 |
| Northwest Portland: Ground Kontrol arcade to reopen Thursday with party |
The Oregonian |
Feb 15, 2011 |
| Geek Out |
Portland Mercury |
Sep 16, 2010 |
| Shepard Fairey DJs Tonight at Ground Kontrol |
Portland Mercury |
Jul 01, 2010 |
| Ground Kontrol Wins $25,000 in Renovation Money |
Willamette Week |
Jun 23, 2010 |
| Ground Kontrol Classic Barcade: Beer and Battlezone |
Digital Trends |
May 10, 2010 |
| Best Video Game Bars In America |
Asylum.com |
Apr 30, 2010 |
| Happy Hour of the Month |
Portland Monthly |
Apr 28, 2010 |
| Flip City (cover story) |
Willamette Week |
Apr 14, 2010 |
| Anamanaguchi Does Two Pre-PAX Shows At Ground Kontrol |
Portland Mercury |
Aug 30, 2009 |
| Ground Kontrol Turns 10! (And Hey, Look! Fred Savage!) |
Portland Mercury |
Aug 25, 2009 |
| 5 Ways to Rock at Rock Band |
Nylon Magazine |
Jul 04, 2009 |
| Neverland, Oregon |
American Way (American Airlines' in-flight magazine) |
May 07, 2009 |
| Pinbrawl Is Forever |
Portland Sportsman |
Apr 23, 2009 |
| Portland Plays Rock Band |
Button Mag |
Apr 18, 2009 |
| Ground Kontrol Announces First Annual Pinbrawl Tournament |
Portland Mercury |
Apr 13, 2009 |
| Ground Kontrol: Give your thumbs a workout at an old-school arcade |
Spirit (SouthWest Airlines' in-flight magazine) |
Apr 12, 2009 |
| Saturday! Street Fighter! Ground Kontrol! Nihilism? |
Portland Mercury |
Feb 26, 2009 |
| The Coolest Arcades in America |
Tips & Tricks Magazine |
Jan 07, 2009 |
| Rock Band 2 Hits Ground Kontrol 10 Days Early |
Portland Mercury |
Aug 28, 2008 |
| Best of the City 2008 |
Portland Magazine |
Aug 07, 2008 |
| Is it real … or is it ‘Rock Band’? |
The Oregonian |
Jul 30, 2008 |
| Flipping for Pinball |
The Oregonian |
Jan 24, 2008 |
| Tonight: Rock Band Release Party at Ground Kontrol |
The Portland Mercury |
Nov 20, 2007 |
| Fingers on the Flippers |
Portland Tribune |
Jul 10, 2007 |
| Paging Ms. Pac-Man and our memories, too |
The Oregonian |
Mar 16, 2006 |
| Ground Kontrol Arcade Interview |
gaming-media.com |
Mar 07, 2006 |
| Arcade Fire! |
Giant Magazine |
Mar 01, 2006 |
| The Last – A Classic American Game May Be on the Verge of Extinction |
The Portland Mercury |
Feb 02, 2006 |
| Flipper Fanatics |
The Portland Tribune |
Nov 19, 2005 |
| Insert Coins Here: The Best Video Game Spots In The U.S. |
Complex Magazine |
Aug 01, 2005 |
| Sure Plays A Mean Pinball League |
The Oregonian |
Oct 15, 2004 |
| PLACES – best OF PORTLAND |
Willamette Week |
Aug 04, 2004 |
| Console Survivor |
The Oregonian |
Mar 27, 2004 |
| Obsolete Obsession |
The Oregonian |
Jan 20, 2004 |
| Wiggle It, That 8-Bit: Music for the Video Game Enthusiast |
The Portland Mercury |
Dec 24, 2003 |
| The Puck Stops Here |
Portland Mercury |
Jul 31, 2003 |
| Captivated By Retro Games |
Portland Business Journal |
Mar 10, 2000 |
| Pinball Wizards And Witty, Too, All At Ground Kontrol |
Portland Business Journal |
Mar 10, 2000 |