Post Tagged with: "Game Stores"

EVE Riots And The Merits Of Microtransactions

EVE Riots And The Merits Of Microtransactions

7 / June 30, 2011 5:46 pm

Online gaming companies are always trying to come up with new and clever ways to insidiously drain our bank accounts, and while some are more subtle in their attempts than others, there are still times when fans will rise up [...]

Stir: New Or Used

Stir: New Or Used

2 / October 9, 2010 11:28 am

NEW OR USED According to the gaming industry, used game sales is the plague that will  destroy the financial viability of our favorite franchises.  But this is a problem faced by several other industries on various levels.  Used CD sales didn’t destroy [...]

Trying To Support The Locals

Trying To Support The Locals

1 / August 25, 2010 4:56 am

Earlier this week I found something amazing. It could possibly be life altering for every gamer in the world. An entire brick and mortar store available on eBay for $30,000 out of Colorado, Grand Junction to be exact. A whole [...]

The Death Of Used Games

The Death Of Used Games

3 / August 14, 2010 6:00 am

Anyone familiar with gaming is familiar with the methods of acquiring games today, but to get people up to speed on how it used to be done, indulge me a moment.  It’s 2 decades ago; you enter a game store [...]

Halo Reach Release Date Revealed

Halo Reach Release Date Revealed

3 / May 24, 2010 6:44 am

In a press release today, Bungie announced that 2.7 million players jumped into the Halo Reach multiplayer beta racking up 16 million hours and 1.1 billion frags along the way. Along with this announcement, they have also revealed the final [...]