At 43, I still do stupid stuff to troll the AI in games, and I still laugh like I’m 7-yrs old. If it’s a stealth action or open world RPG, I’ll wantonly walk up to someone in town or the mission area and kill them. Just to time how long I can last before dying. Or, I’ll set up random traps for enemies to set off, just to watch the mayhem.
Watch Dogs 2 was especially good at this, as I’d troll people with the car drone. Or, I’d wait for a cop to be near, then antagonize a ped to get them to fight me. The police would arrest them, and I’d be laughing. One of the funniest, was antagonizing a gang hideout. Saw a gunfight between the cops and the gang members. It was an explosive symphony of lulz, with cars blowing up, heavies coming out. All ignored me. Bonus was that it cleared out the gang hideout, so I just had to walk in and claim it.
@southsouthsac: except if nothing takes its place, it becomes a blight on the area. Do a Google street view of Flint Michigan. Yes, that is a depressed economy, but even the former K-Marts around my city are beginning to the show the signs of blight - rubbish in the parking lots, burned out lights, gang tags, etc.
This would explain why it wasn't showing the prices on the app this weekend. This is very unpleasant news, and begs the question on BB's direction and overall longevity. Box retailers should have learned it's not wise to shoot themselves in the foot as it'll cost them. This is evident with Toys-R-Us, who continued to sell high priced toys, some of them being on the shelves since 15, and overpriced video games. Even with their GOOB sales, it's still more profitable to snag a game elsewhere.
The writing was on the wall though, when their trade-in values were higher than GameStop's back in 11-13, dropping to lower or on par with their competitor.
@Terminator95: I can only speak from using Sony - as long as they're using outrageous prices for the digital content with no hope of a refund, it's not going to happen. There's no reason to pay fully price for an older or mediocre title, eg No Man's Sky, when I can get it cheaper at the store. Not to mention their proliferation of Steam Greenlight rejects polluting the PSN.
@masonshoemocker: I've seen the items cheaper at BB vs Amazon, especially with the GCU. They'll also only price match it if it's "shipped and sold" by Amazon. So if it's sold by Hulk Smash Shop, they're not price matching it.
But outside of a few rarer games, the majority of my purchases have come from BB as they price match Amazon. Especially beneficial for some of the higher end phone & tablet cases - Otterbox, etc.
@jadephoenix13: Problem with Amazon, is that you have to pay return shipping if the game turns out to be teh suck. While the naysayers will shout, "don't preorder," it's not uncommon to preorder it, and read the reviews. Reviews say it's good, you get the game and preorder bonuses. Reviews say it sucks, you return it with no loss.
This was the main thing that set them apart from GameStop, as they frequently don't stock the lesser known titles in store, and their trade values have fallen.
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