Houston TX Racketboy Game Night (Updated 5/22)

[Jmustang1968]

I've been following this thread for awhile, and I hope to get involved one day. It'd be nice to meet up with some people and play some retro systems. Heck, I might even bring my Duo

In the meantime, I'll try to be more involved in the community on the site, but in both cases, my time is limited. I work and live in College Station, but from time to time I go back home to Houston. Good luck on your next meet up, guys and gals!

Nice I miss College Station at times. Spent some years there while going to A&M

[JoeAwesome]

I've been following this thread for awhile, and I hope to get involved one day. It'd be nice to meet up with some people and play some retro systems. Heck, I might even bring my Duo

In the meantime, I'll try to be more involved in the community on the site, but in both cases, my time is limited. I work and live in College Station, but from time to time I go back home to Houston. Good luck on your next meet up, guys and gals!

Nice I miss College Station at times. Spent some years there while going to A&M

Eh. My time at TAMU wasn't so good

[Jmustang1968]

Actually, it turns out there is a very good chance I will be helping my sister move into a house across the street that weekend. I will have to offer my house up on a different weekend or meetup unfortunately

[Hobie-wan]

Ok, I figured the last weekend of the month will be bad for Halloween plans for people.

[wip3outguy7]

http://blogs.houstonpress.com/artattack ... deo_ga.php

[Hobie-wan]

http://blogs.houstonpress.com/artattack ... deo_ga.php

Sweet.

[wip3outguy7]

Every once-in-awhile Facebook has its benefits.

[JoeAwesome]

http://blogs.houstonpress.com/artattack ... deo_ga.php

I've never been in, but reading that article, I can only imagine Game Over as having a great selection, but not great prices. $8 for Wild 9? Pass.

[Hobie-wan]

I've never been in, but reading that article, I can only imagine Game Over as having a great selection, but not great prices. $8 for Wild 9? Pass.

They are a retail store with rent, power, and employees to pay so they aren't going to be filled with fantastic bargains. They have a great atmosphere though and are a great place to pick something up on a whim or that you don't want to spend a month bargain hunting elsewhere for a month or two. Admittedly I usually only buy one or two things when I've visited their stores, but that's because there aren't many common things that I'm after. I do however always enjoy a visit to the store, even if I mostly look around and chat with employees and other customers. I usually feel a little bit bad when I don't end up buying something actually.

[JoeAwesome]

They are a retail store with rent, power, and employees to pay so they aren't going to be filled with fantastic bargains. They have a great atmosphere though and are a great place to pick something up on a whim or that you don't want to spend a month bargain hunting elsewhere for a month or two. Admittedly I usually only buy one or two things when I've visited their stores, but that's because there aren't many common things that I'm after. I do however always enjoy a visit to the store, even if I mostly look around and chat with employees and other customers. I usually feel a little bit bad when I don't end up buying something actually.

I understand there's overhead costs, and the atmosphere is definitely appealing, but even their online prices can be a joke. They sell on convenience, but also on people's sentiment. Only someone on a whim with sentiment will buy Super Mario World with All-Stars for $60+ bucks.

It's not that I hate the store, entirely. It'd be ignorant to do so without first stepping foot in one. But their prices have me thinking I'll go for a look, not a purchase, which when it's not exactly close to where I live, might be rare. I honestly hope it does well, though. The other few retro stores left in Houston (games+ mostly) are phasing out a lot of Sega merchandise, and slowly, older Nintendo merchandise.