In Real Life

Why Did This Game Store Fail? Hilariously Awful Training Videos, Perhaps

Game Crazy, a now-defunct minor player in the US games retail space, operated for around a decade, kicking off in 1999 and winding down in 2010. Those involved with the chain, a subsidiary of Movie Gallery, will tell you it’s because increased competition squeezed it out of the market.


June 25, 2010
News

Fight Brews Over Game Crazy’s Remaining Inventory

Game Crazy went belly-up earlier this year, removing one more retail alternative to GameStop from American shopping centres. The sell-off of its remaining stock is on hold while two liquidators battle over who’s bidding the most for it.


May 3, 2010
In Real Life

Well, No Wonder Game Crazy Went Out Of Business

They weren’t charging nearly enough for their used games. Weird pricing decision by GameStop for Modern Warfare 2, (Xbox 360 version), spied by reader DSForte.


April 22, 2010
News

Dodge Viper Or Ford Bronco? That Is The Blur Preorder Question

Bizarre Creations’ combat-racer Blur is coming May 25, and your choice of preorder locations determines which ride you’ll get early access to in online multiplayer, because everyone loves retailer-exclusive preorder bonuses, right?


February 20, 2010

The Day Gamers Took Over Reselling: Epilogue

Last week, I wrote about Glyde, the reseller flooded by gamers at its November launch. Because of Glyde’s shipping model, the time required for delivery and payment seemed to be a drawback. So how’d Glyde do with a real sale?


February 12, 2010
News

The Day The Gamers Took Over Reselling

When it quietly went online for pre-launch testing early last year, Glyde was a reseller marketplace built with a mid-western, middle-aged book or music lover in mind. Then the gamers found it and practically took over.


February 5, 2010
News

Only 250 Game Crazy Stores Left After Restructuring

As part of parent company Movie Gallery, Inc’s Chapter 11 bankruptcy reorganisation, video game retailer Game Crazy stores are dropping like flies, with only 250 stores remaining open in the US once the smoke clears.


December 11, 2009
In Real Life

Would You Play Video Games With President Obama?

If you could play a video game with any celebrity, who would it be? A recent survey conducted by Weekly Reader Research reveals that boys aged 8-17 want to get their game on with President Obama. Who did girls pick?


October 15, 2009
In Real Life

Courteous To The Bitter End

As seen at one of many recently closed Game Crazy locations.


September 14, 2009
News

Game Crazy Exec: Used Games Drive 20% Of New Sales

Speaking to IGN, Game Crazy’s director of used games, Mark Mondhaschen, said the company did a study for “a very large vendor” and found that credit from trade-ins covered 20 percent of their sales over four weeks.