I had been meaing to start a thread about Game Crazy and what others had experienced. 

For the record there is a Gamecrazy in Arlington Mass.  Thats about 30-40 miles from Weymouth.  So no more excuses Wafle.

They used to have a fairly good selection of classic stuff but it seems like they have gotten rid of most of it.  Apsro is right in that most the genesis, SNES stuff is crumby sports titles.  Their used prices tend to be a bit better than Gamestop/EB. 

The first time I ever went there I picked up Growlanser Generations that they had new in the box.  Then about 1-1/2 years ago they had a huge clearance.  I picked up a bunch of good PS2 RPG's for about $10-$20.  I got Shining Tears, Stella Deus, and Shin Megami Tensei:Nocturne.  That was the last time they had anything relevant.

The employees are super inept and not really helpful at all.  They are always playing games even when there are customers roaming roaming around the store.  They will ask you if you need help, but then immediately go back to playing.  They never know about sales promotions and never really update the pricing on the games.  The very last time I was there they tried to get me to sign up for their MVP card.  It's their version of the EB edge card.  It comes with a magazine subscription so I chose the Official Playstation Magazine with the demo disc.  After I got signed up the kid told me that OPM wasn't available anymore even though they had a huge sign with the available magazines.  I chose not to sign up since I couldn't get the magazine and he got upset with me. 

The biggest positive for Gamecrazy is they usually have Old stock that is hard to find at other stores.  They have brand new copies of Disgaea 1 and as I mentioned before that had Growlancer when everyone had been sold out for a long time.  So if you're looking for something obscure you may be able to find it there.  Just don't expect to be treated to kindly.

I bought it to face map a picture of myself into Rainbow Six.  It didn't work very well and could never seem to take the picture right.

I thought it would be fun to take my own game pictures but the image always came out to small, grainy, or out of focus. 

I thought I could take pictures with it or record video to save on the hard drive.  Unless I'm missing something you can't do that.

It's useless.

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I bought a few things this evening.

1. HD-DVD drive for the 360, new at $199.99 (sort of a graduation gift to myself)
2. Serenity on HD-DVD

While I was in Best Buy getting the drive, someone hit my car (breaking my rear bumper in the process), and then bravely left the scene.

aspro73

I picked up Contact for the DS for $16.96.

I also got Saints Row for $30.  Amazon had it as their "Deal of the day".  $30 with free shipping.  I just picked up mine today.

Just bought my Wii today.  Spent $388.5

System

Trauma Center

Nunchuck

Wii Play

Crackdown, X360, new, $59.99usagi704

I'm bored and I have the day off so I figured I would do a new thread.  I can't remember if I've posted this buy before, and itt may have been done before but I couldn't find anything when I searched the boards. Even if it has I haven't seen it done in awhile, and some of our new members may want to share.  I wanted to know what everyones best game find was.  You know, that rare game you saw sitting on the shelf for $5.00.  I posted mine below mostly because no one would care as much as you guys.

All bought from a gamestop about a 1-1/2 year ago.  Someone must have decided to get rid of their Playstation collection and I happened to go by the store a day after they put everything on the shelf.  All the games were new and sealed and they were selling them for the used price.

Legend Of Mana

Breath of Fire 3

Breath of Fire 4

Beyond the Beyond

Saga Frontier

Oddworld Abe's Exoddus

Thousand Arms

Kartia

Tales of Destiny

Tactics Ogre

Brigandine

Thunder Force 5

Final Fantasy Tactics (non GH)

Castlevania Symphony (non GH)

Aquanatus Holiday

Vampire Hunter D

Bushido Blade

King Of Fighters 95

Die Hard Trilogy

Kagero: Deception 2

Tail of The sun

Point Blank 3

Mega Man X5

Fear Effect 2

Kensei Sacred Fist

Total spent was.....$268.

My least fave systems are the PS1 and PS2 b/c the competing systems with better and more innovative titles and the web capability which everyone lusts after today (Saturn and Dreamcast) succumbed too early to Sony's hype engine.  Also, my PS2 is the only system that has ever suffered a hardware failure, and I own around 40 and have been gaming since 1983.
My least fave games are those that get too much hype and blind people to the real gaming gems out there (e.g. GTA and its clones, God of War, Halo).
My least fave controller is a toss-up between the N64 and the X-box's Controller S.  I'm always hitting buttons accidentally on the N64 controller (like Start) based on the way I comfortably hold it, and as for the S, I got a Duke with my X-box and grew accustomed to it.  If they hadn't moved the B and W buttons, it'd be fine, but they did and it messes me up.  I've got 3 X-box controllers and they're all the original design.  My goal is to have 4 of each design on hand to accomodate any preference. 
My least fave gimmick is a toss-up between the UMD movie, the PS3 controller's motion sensitivity, the Sega Activator (even though I'd pay $$ for a complete one), and those force-feedback vests that put you "in the game".

gmsnpr

I completely agree with you about the Saturn. I had both the PS and Saturn when they were out and I always liked what the saturn had to offer. 

I think Halo was way overated but thought God Of War, and GTA deserve the attention they received.

I really hated the S controller for Xbox.  For a while I would base my game buying decisions on how the game would play with the PS or Xbox controller.

I've really started to hate the super short game demos on Xbox 360.  Some of them barely let you play the game for more than 5 minutes.

I think the best new gimmick would achievement points.