A Guy Turned His Bedroom Into A 1980s Arcade And Lost His Fiancée In The Process

This is Chris Kooluris, 37, who used to have a normal bedroom.

Chris Kooluris

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He had a successful PR career, a loving partner and a Manhattan apartment. He had moved in his with fiancée to her place in Brooklyn and put his own apartment on the market. But as the New York Daily News reports: “Three things happened that would change Kooluris’ life forever: The apartment didn’t sell, he began feeling claustrophobic living in his girlfriend’s apartment with all her stuff, and he happened upon a sci-fi novel called Ready Player One about 1980s video game culture.”

Chris told the paper: “The book just blew me away. It awakened something in me and I started thinking that I can’t believe I’m not surrounded by all these things that I grew up loving.”

So he set about giving the place a pretty extreme makeover.

Chris Kooluris

Chris Kooluris

 

In fact, he spent $32,000 (£20,000) transforming his bedroom into a 1980s arcade.

His partner was supportive at first, even helping him design the room’s tiled floor.

Chris Kooluris

Chris Kooluris

 

But as Chris admits, the project began to take over his life.

And this is where things get weird.

Chris Kooluris

His fiancée began to get fed up with his obsession. First, she refused to attend the room’s launch party – then she returned his engagement ring, and left him.

He would later tell Wired: “There’s a fine line between a hobby and an obsession, and I think what happened is I just got so consumed by it all. There probably should be therapists for hobbyists. It can take over.”