Over the course of the last several weeks, I've taken the time to drive to places in the east bay. Notably, Concord and Brentwood. First, I went to a place called Phoenix Games on June 21, which has tons of coolness, lots of vintage/retro games ranging from the 1980s and 90s to Nintendo 64, Sega Saturn, Gamecube, Xbox and to the present day. The guy that was, Chris, was an awesome guy to talk with, his knowledge of games was great and we had long discussions about gaming. I ended up buying Cruis n' USA for my N64, since my original copy was sold by a 'friend' who I let borrow it back in 1997. Safe to say we haven't spoken to each other since that time.
Today, I made the 1 hour and 14 minute drive to Brentwood and headed for the aptly named Brentwood Game Exchange. A cool looking shop with tons and tons of games. The layout was simple and easy to find what you wanted. The guy who was there Doug was cool and we spent a lengthy amount of time talking about the different console generations and plenty about how important digital distribution has become. I spent a good hour and a half there and ended up buying Black Dawn for the Saturn and Final Fantasy XIII for my Xbox 360.
I'd say my 75+ mile drive up was well worth it and I'll definitely go back when I have the chance. And the money.
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