But low and behold, it was all real my friends, it was all real. However, when I first walked into this store, my jaw hit the floor as I was greeted by the following image.Ĭould it be? Had I found my used gaming Mecca so close to home? Was this truly Christmas in July? Was I dreaming or had I forgotten that I had taken some type of psychedelic drug only minutes before and was hallucinating everything in front of me? No, this had to be some kind of sick, cruel, perverted joke by some malice individuals so they could laugh maniacally at children and man-children alike whose hopes and dreams were crushed after pulling the curtain away to reveal nothing (or a GameStop). I generally tend to hide my emotions for one reason or another and I admit that I don’t always like showing off my nerd knowledge to strangers in public. Now, let me pause my story here to remind you that I am a 25-year-old grown-ass man(child). Ironically enough, it was located in the same building where a Boarders used to be just a few years ago. With cautious optimism, I placed a waypoint for this location on my mini-map and made the relatively short journey to 2nd & Charles with a few DVDs and a copy of Bioshock Infinite in hand. The reviews for this particular location were generally on the negative side, mainly for customer service related issues, but then again my own personal views of GameStop are not much better. Having never heard of this “used book store” before, I visited their website and discovered they did indeed sell and purchase used games, hardware, and accessories. Surprisingly, towards the top of the search results was a location by the name of 2nd & Charles. The advent of online retailers such as Amazon and eBay have offered a means for more affordable options than GameStop with the setback of not being able to hold the product in your hand until a few days after purchase.Īfter coming to the realization that I would not be able to reasonably afford the latest console offerings from The Big Three, I haphazardly searched Google for video game stores nearby. If you are one of these individuals, then you may know the horror of having GameStop as your only option of a brick-and-mortar location for used games and systems. Many of you may be geographically challenged as I am, living in a populated suburb of a major city with no hope of a locally owned game store.
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