GAME To Shut 43 Stores -247 Jobs to Go

wageslave

vivatifosi wrote: »

Crikey, so do I. Have never played Zelda though.

I can't believe you have a DS sans Zelda. They are the reason I have the damn thing.

You do realise you can buy a gizmo and d/load games for free?

Having said that, I have bought every Zelda game. I do think quality should be rewarded.

vivatifosi

I like problem Brain Training and puzzle games best, though my favourite game ever is Elite. I spent hours on that. May give Zelda a try though.

wageslave

vivatifosi wrote: »

I like problem Brain Training and puzzle games best, though my favourite game ever is Elite. I spent hours on that. May give Zelda a try though.

If you like puzzle games you will love Zelda.

It is a huge logic problem with pretty graphics and the odd monster to defeat.

You ever tried adventure games?

vivatifosi

I have tried the odd adventure game, but what I really like is working out permutations rather than moving joysticks around or shooting things (though I love Wii games for totally different reasons - they are great in a big group). I now sound an even bigger nerd! Will def try Zelda though.

SingleSue

I do problem solvers and puzzle games....usually on the PC thought.

My console history is:
Original Game Boy (played a few times and then sold it).

Ex Hubbies console history:

Sega Megadrive
Sega 32x
Sega Saturn
Sega Dreamcast
Somewhere in there was also a Sega Game Gear
XBox (original)

Then we divorced....he now has an XBox 360 something or other, a PS3 (or has access to one).

The boys have had :

Original Game Boy
Game Boy Advance
Game Boy SP

None of the above brand new.

They now have

DS original (was hubbies, I bought it for him for a xmas or birthday pressie but he gave it to middle son as a joint birthday present when we split and our money was tied up)
Two DS lites (ex hubby got one for eldest as a pressie, I got the other for youngest at a real knock down price)
Xbox 360 Elite (eldest saved all his pocket money and birthday money to buy it himself)
Nintendo Wii (middle one did the same as eldest)
PSP (eldest got this himself from the money for oddjobs etc for neighbours)

The boys have used Game and Games Station but they have found better deals at a local computer games shop who give more for second hand games and their prices for reselling are also reasonable...so reasonable that most early teenagers can afford to buy a game from pocket money. Since one opened in this town, we haven't bothered with Game or Games station at all because they buy cheap but sell on quite expensive.

wageslave

vivatifosi wrote: »

I have tried the odd adventure game, but what I really like is working out permutations rather than moving joysticks around or shooting things (though I love Wii games for totally different reasons - they are great in a big group). I now sound an even bigger nerd! Will def try Zelda though.

No, shooting things isn't adventure games. They may label them that way but trust me that is just laziness

The original adventure game was Colossal Cave which was created in the seventies.

http://www.rickadams.org/adventure/

After that came Infocom and Zork

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Infocom

Everything since then has just been a variation on a theme. Puters have gotten better, we now do point and click.

Try any of the Zelda games, you will love them

kriss_boy

xycom1 wrote: »

Consolidation more likely; as the article says, they own Gamestation too, so where there are stores even under the seperate brands co-located nearby then it makes sense to remove some to cut costs.

Hope they don't close the local Game here... it stinks in Gamestation :rotfl:

Concidently (perhaps) both of my local gamestation branches smell of BO.. its disgusting!

Malcolm.

In bullet form as making dinner.

Console/Computer History:-
Commodore 64
Amiga
PC
XBOX
Nintendo Wii (I don't do more complex than waving my arm around in the air nowdays)

Fav Games:-
Lords of Chaos
Secret of Monkey Island
Elite
Day of the Tentacle
Sensible Soccer
Dune
UFO enemy Unknown
Timesplitters
Sid meiers Pirates

Strategy games being my favourite, especially if non-linear in design.

Heyman_2

Cleaver wrote: »

I'm sure the workers in Game are lovely, I'm half-joking. Although a lot of them do seem to live up to the sterotype you imagine them to be.

I used to work there myself actually - wouldn't agree with that stereotype although I did encounter the odd 'Comic Book Guy' type in my years there and visiting different stores. It was a really odd cross-section to be honest - a lot of the guys there were/are very much just doing a job and no different from anyone else who likes to play a few games.

So there.

Cleaver

Heyman wrote: »

I used to work there myself actually - wouldn't agree with that stereotype although I did encounter the odd 'Comic Book Guy' type in my years there and visiting different stores. It was a really odd cross-section to be honest.

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