You know us. We love gaming. We love controversy, and we love great investigative journalism.
Get the three together, and you’ve hit a panty-dampening trifecta of awesome.
If you have ever reserved a game at Gamestop, if you are a “subscriber” to Game Informer magazine, or if you have ever purchased a “new” game from this Starbucks of game retailers, please, please, please take about an hour and a half of your time to check out the no-holds-barred, scathing exposé of everything wrong with Gamestop. This former Gamestop employee offers a complete rundown of the retarded inner workings of the company — from the probably-illegal way it treats and pays its employees to exactly how it rips-off customers with reserves, subscriptions, and used console and game sales.
The author, WhistleBlower Zero — who remains anonymous for obvious legal reasons — makes no bones that his style is more than a little familiar to fans of Yahtzee and Zero Punctuation. While certainly not nearly as good as our Aussie-Brit friend, its content more than makes up for it.
For the love of all that is good, take some time to check it out.
No kidding. They asked me which platform I wanted to pre-order little big planet for. LOL.
As a former GameStop employee I agree with everything he said except I dont think game informer is that bad.
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