Written by Having Fun in GameStop
If you’re going to spend most of your time in GameStop searching for that hard-to-find game, you may as well have some fun while you’re at it.
Here are some methods for having fun in GameStop while you’re digging around for a specific title.
Talk to Yourself
I’m a people-watcher, so I always notice the weirdos in GameStop. One time, in my quest to find a limited edition copy of Brothers in Arms, I spent an hour just listening to this one GameStop creep mutter to himself. Come to found out a few days later, stalking GameStop’s Facebook page, that this guy is a regular at GameStop stores up and down the Gulf coast. So sometimes now I talk to myself, just to keep things interesting.
Re-arrange the Titles
Okay, so maybe I’m kind of a jerk, but when I’m in GameStop and the employees are being unbearable, I like to subtly rearrange the tiles my own way. Sometimes I put everything in reverse alphabetical order, sometimes I arrange them by color, and sometimes I just move titles around willy-nilly knowing that the employees will have to spend hours re-arranging. It’s my way of exacting revenge on the losers that work at GameStop.
Hand Out Fake Coupons
You can find free GameStop coupons all over the Internet, but some people will try to use any old coupon they can to save money. So when I’m feeling particularly cruel, I’ll stand near a GameStop store and hand out fake coupons. I make them look real enough that people think they’re the real thing, and see if I can get away with it.
Once I made a coupon that read Buy One Game Get Five Free and you should have seen the excited looks on those gamer dork’s faces.
Talk in a Silly Voice
The whole purpose of having fun in GameStop is to make your search for a rare game more exciting and bearable. I’ve spent entire weekends digging through GameStop collections up and down the Interstate, so I have to do something to distract myself.
My all-time favorite trick is to talk in a really silly voice while I’m in GameStop. Juvenile? Yes. Entertaining? Always.
Understand that most of the stuff on this list is probably illegal. I don’t take anything I do to the jerks at GameStop lightly, and I can’t promise that you won’t get arrested for trespassing if you pull any of these GameStop stunts. Be careful out there.