Enjoy Game Stores While They Last
There will never be a babysitter as good as an EB Games in the mall. When I was a kid, my parents would just drop me there for 3 hours and I’d happily spend the entire time reading the back of game cases.
But things are different now. Xbox Gamepass, live service games, and the disappearance of physical media have really hurt the local video game store. And if you ask Reddit, GameStop is already gone.
This is a love letter to the game store. A place I’m really going to miss.
Footage from:
Vampire Robot
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Console Collector
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Internet Archive
Chapters
0:00 An Ode to the Video Game Store
0:52 Game Stores in the Early 2000s
1:30 The Golden Age of Video Games
2:06 2004's Amazing Run of Games
2:54 The Current (Mostly Sad) State of the Game Store
3:12 The Death of Physical Releases
3:52 Games are Huge Now
4:45 Games are Ambitious Now
5:14 The Indie Game Store
5:37 The Future of the Game Store
7:17 An Ode to the Video Game Store (Part 2)
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