Things you do while at gamestores

Well, Obviously, the main reason you visit game stores is to buy games. But there are usually some other activities that might be done while you there, like checking magazine rack, looking through bargain bin, talk to the guys working there, play various demo units, or watch game previews on the monitors.

Today, I was finally seen Xbox version of Morrowind in motion. It looked ok, but everything felt little too greenish, but maybe it was the monitor. Music was great, and it controlled well.

Also played a bit of Frontlines on PS2, First level was pretty cool :)

Checked out magazines, but there were nothing new.

Heard a conversation about SSBM being Xbox game :)



So what are your activities while visting the stores?

well since i worked at the only gamestore here for 4 years (babbages) i usually hang out and chat with my old co-workers and scoff at how much more money im making part time than they are full time :) tho where i work you dont get the beautiful mall scenery that comes with the job (i.e. the summer mall hunnys) :(

I mostly comb through the used games, in search of hidden gems (or hidden Treasure, if ya know what I mean). I have had some VERY good luck finding some games I never thought I sould find outside of ebay.

Its also fun to listen to how "out-of-the-loop" some game store employees are. Its like they have no idea about the game industry- let alone know what a good game is.

I always rummage through the DC shelve(s) and the Genny and SNES bins everytime I visit Funcoland.

I might stop and play one of the demo units if there is something interesting but most of the time it's shit not worth playing, or something I've already played before.

I almost never bother with the magazine rack because most of them are shitty magazines like Game informer, Next Gen, etc.

Edit: I love to listen to the employees at Best Buy talk about video games to customers. Here's part of a conversation I overheard last week

Customer- could you tell me what makes the Xbox better than all the other new systems?

Employee- Well it has amazing graphics.........and....um 4 controller ports

Customer's son- WOW 4 CONTROLLER PORTS!!
:lol:

Loiter until they kick me out.

Or fart on crappy games until they kick me out, depends on how frisky I am.

I usually just check to see if the new OPM is out so I know when to go to the Barnes and Noble across the street and steal the demo disc. I also leaf through new mags, and go through all the used games (suddenly EB has TONS of used games in, some of them really old, obscure titles that I've been looking out for a long time- cool).

And Dyne- summer mall hunnys rule! :D

Well, when "I" go into a gaming store... I like to do the normal things like browse used and new games, but above all else I like to carry a loaded Victoria's Secret's bag around with me for the ride... Oh yea... Thats what I love to do....

My friend is the manager of the local Game Stop, so I always stop (ha ha, get it?) in and talk to him for a bit. I'm very lucky to have his store around because he screens the people that he hires so there's always someone informed behind the counter. All of them are good people to talk to.

So, besides the conversations, I just check out the SNES games and see if they have anything interesting.

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Originally posted by Jimmy Carter
My friend is the manager of the local Game Stop, so I always stop (ha ha, get it?)

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:eek: :eek: :confused: :confused:

A terrible pun, please forgive me.

No, no, I was just kidding JC, I didn't mean to ridicule you or anything. Just jokin' with ya, that's all. It was actually.....pretty....go.....no, I can't lie. J/K again. ;)

i like to show customers how stupid the EB employees are

I once dropkicked 88mph in his Babbages. It wasn't pretty. I'm no Bob Holly.


I've decide that instead of perfecting the dropkick, my new finishing move is gonna be the stinkyface.

Actually, it would be best just to ridicule/harass/bastardize me for such a lame pun, otherwise I may get the idea that I can just run about tormenting people with hideously unfunny statements like the one above.

But, on topic, I have a fun time at the other local Game Stop (Maple Grove = My Friend's, St. Cloud = Other Local) where they hire morons on purpose it seems. I mean, after all...

"The N64 really was a terrible system because I didn't like it." Despite Mario 64, Zelda, Mario Party, Mario Golf, Harvest Moon, Blast Corps, Goldeneye, Banjo Kazooie, Mario Kart, etc. Note: Your opinions on the N64 may be different, I personally loved it, but the man was trying to talk a kid out of the system because he didn't like it.

or...

"I don't like the Xbox because it's just a PC"

or...

"I dislike Nintendo because the N64 was just a kid's system"

And then when you realize that all of these quotes were from the same guy .... ouch.

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Originally posted by Korly
I once dropkicked 88mph in his Babbages. It wasn't pretty. I'm no Bob Holly.


I've decide that instead of perfecting the dropkick, my new finishing move is gonna be the stinkyface.

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I favor using the Petigree on my opponents. ;)

Hey, BTW Korly, how do you feel about DDP (you know, the dude in your avatar) having to retire?

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Originally posted by Dolemite
And Dyne- summer mall hunnys rule! :D

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indeed they do my pimpin friend. it seems like they hibernate all winter and at the first sign of sun....BAM! mall hunny's galore.

Rearrange the shelves so that the good games get better facing. Somebody's got to do it.

James

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Originally posted by James
Rearrange the shelves so that the good games get better facing. Somebody's got to do it.

James

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I sometimes hide the good games then come and get them later when I have the money so they will BE MINE ALL MINE! :evil:

Edit: I also did this at Blockbuster and would put the good games behind educational games like Mario is Missing, Barney's Hide N Seek, Elmo's Fun with numbers, etc. They were always right where I hid them when I came next week and wanted to rent a new game :evil:

If I go to game stores now its just to see what used games they have, mostly Snes, NES, and Genesis games. I'll look at the mag rack, just in case by some voodoo magic a new issue of Gamefan or Gamego appears. The little kids (and sometimes older folk) can be really funny playing the games in the kiosks, there was a group of kids playing a basketball game onetime, and thier grunts, screams, and yells sounded like they were having sex.

flip through mags

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Originally posted by Green
I'll look at the mag rack, just in case by some voodoo magic a new issue of Gamefan or Gamego appears.

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I also do that, in an immortal case of continuously hoping against hope.

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Originally posted by Dolemite


I favor using the Pedigree on my opponents. ;)

Hey, BTW Korly, how do you feel about DDP (you know, the dude in your avatar) having to retire?

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I think it is a DAMN shame, and for the sake of staying on-topic I won't get into it here, but I did here: http://www.the-nextlevel.com/board/s...&threadid=4530

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Originally posted by Korly
I once dropkicked 88mph in his Babbages. It wasn't pretty. I'm no Bob Holly.


I've decide that instead of perfecting the dropkick, my new finishing move is gonna be the stinkyface.

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OOOH, that's gotta hurt.

Which babbage absorbed more impact - the right babbage or the left babbage? ;)

I look at the miniscule Dreamcast section and cry.

I pretty much only go in there to look at what used PC, PS, And DC games they have that are cheap. I sometimes look at the magazine rack, but the freakin game stores seem to be the LAST ones to get the new mags in. I also hide the majority of the 3do, acclaim, and titus games so that no one will ever be blinded by the pain they try to inflict on mankind. Oh, and I'm also the guy that stays in there and actually gives the customers GOOD advice, as opposed to the half assed advice most of the drones that work in the game stores give. I've applied numerous times, but they seem to only want the morons that go with popular opinion instead of people that legitimately know what they're talking about. I've earned a reputation in my local EB, and the employees look at me like its a Mexican stand-off.Good

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Originally posted by LordPerrin
OOOH, that's gotta hurt.

Which babbage absorbed more impact - the right babbage or the left babbage? ;)

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Er, the Dungeon Seige standee got most of the impact.

Since there's only 5 stores in whole mall that I actually like, I'm in and out of Software Etc. at least 4 or 5 times. The employees think I'm weird. While I'm in there, I keep to myself, don't bother asking questions, and just look around for cool DC and PSX games.

I spend alot of time looking at the same shit over and over, and usually just buy one or two items.

How do those places stay in business? Every time I pass EB in the mall everyone is at a kiosk. Games are cheaper, and actually new, at Superstore and it's ilk.

Well if it's a commercial chain store like Babbages or EB I try to go in and do everything(Find the game or do a quick skim to see if anything is new or lower in price) as quick as possible and then get out. The vibe and atmosphere in those places just depresses me so I can never stay long.

If it's one of those smaller game stores, usually import stores, I'll take my time looking and perhaps talk to the employees(Usually very cool people) and whatnot.

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Originally posted by Regus
I look at the miniscule Dreamcast section and cry.

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Yeah I do that frequently. Also enjoy going to the Gameboy section and looking at copies of Elmo ABC and Powerpuff Girls. Then when the clerk ask me if I need help I stare at them and say nothing til they step away. Good times. *-neo

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Originally posted by wEEman33
I almost never bother with the magazine rack because most of them are shitty magazines like Game informer, Next Gen, etc.

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Tell Next Gen I want the rest of my subscription.

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Originally posted by Dolemite
I usually just check to see if the new OPM is out so I know when to go to the Barnes and Noble across the street and steal the demo disc.

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Lame.