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We don't have what you want.
Posted on Friday, October 14 2011 @ 08:24:09 Eastern

Ever gone to a gamestore looking for that certain game? Shuffled through all the possible shelves and dug to the bottom of the sale bins? Even asked the salesman, but still no luck?

I know how you feel. Just today I went to 6 different stores looking for that certain game and now at the end of the day all I got was a case of beer and a huge urge to drink them. When I really start to think about it, this happens to me every time I go in shops looking for something. Whatever it is, it isn't there.

It was so easy as a kid. When I had the money, I'd just go to store and pick a game that looks the most
interesting. No looking up reviews, release dates or prices on the internet. Only the look of the game cover mattered. I think this shopping tactic makes me overlook many great lesser known games. Like Enslaved, what tinymhg was talking about in his blog.

Today while I was scavenging the stores for the treasure, I saw many different games that I had never even heard of, but the fear of disappointment kept me from buying any of these games.

It's good for your wallet, but you'll get stuck on tracks. Buying just the most highly rated and discussed games, while the smaller unknown games will be left on the shelves and eventually to sale bins. Then guys like me come and push them around without even giving a second thought, just looking for that certain thing.

I'll go looking for the game I was looking for today, again tomorrow and maybe I'll grab some cheap game I don't know anything about with it. Maybe you should too. You might find a hidden gem.

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StickyGreenGamer
Joined: Jul 2011

Posted: Oct 14th, 2011 at 9:02 am
It happens. Yeah, sometimes you are better off just making another selection, but do be wary. Generally, if they don't have what I was looking for, and I wind up picking something else up, it is usually something cheap. You could always beat it, return it, then hope that the game you wanted is there.

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tinymhg
Joined: Jun 2011

Posted: Oct 20th, 2011 at 3:12 am
Thanks for the shout out. The thing I do is try to talk to the salesclerk to see if they know anything about the title I’m thinking about getting. Many are gamers themselves and have knowledge they are willing to share. Others just look at you weird or act as if you’re a moron, those are the stores I don’t go back to.

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Affen
Joined: Sep 2008

Posted: Oct 20th, 2011 at 7:27 am
Good point. Stores dedicated purely to video games usually have good employees with a great knowledge of different games, but in other stores I wouldn't even bother.

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tinymhg
Joined: Jun 2011

Posted: Oct 21st, 2011 at 4:55 am
I don’t know what it’s like in Finland, but I’ve found that if a store has a big enough electronics/video game department one of the clerks is usually a gamer and willing to talk. But the mom and pop stores are the best.

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