It's kind of sad to see it go. I worked at one over winter break one year back in college. It was kind of an awful job but to see the whole thing collapse now is just disheartening. Maybe I'm just old but there is something appealing about the ability to just paw through all the physical game boxes looking for one game and discovering others along the way.
Mom and pop game stores were not at all universal. Many people had maybe a limited selection at Toys R Us or whatever Blockbuster was cycling out. Oh and whadda ya know, both of those are gone, too.
I don't think I've ever heard of a mom & pop game store near me. There was a comic shop that I went to for a bit as a kid. Maybe they did eventually pick up selling video games but not when I used to go there.
That's hard for me to believe considering I lived in a town of 20k at the time and we had.... at least 3 independent game shops. Plus the shifty Hollywood video chain
It's kind of sad to see it go. I worked at one over winter break one year back in college. It was kind of an awful job but to see the whole thing collapse now is just disheartening. Maybe I'm just old but there is something appealing about the ability to just paw through all the physical game boxes looking for one game and discovering others along the way.
Mom and pop game stores were not at all universal. Many people had maybe a limited selection at Toys R Us or whatever Blockbuster was cycling out. Oh and whadda ya know, both of those are gone, too.
I don't think I've ever heard of a mom & pop game store near me. There was a comic shop that I went to for a bit as a kid. Maybe they did eventually pick up selling video games but not when I used to go there.
That's hard for me to believe considering I lived in a town of 20k at the time and we had.... at least 3 independent game shops. Plus the shifty Hollywood video chain