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<blockquote data-quote="Samothdm" data-source="post: 1668898" data-attributes="member: 5473">Don't get me wrong.&nbsp; I love living here.&nbsp; There are more game stores here than you'd find in smaller rural areas of the country, I think.It's just that... it's hard to explain.&nbsp; When I was a kid back in the 1980s, I'd see these ads in Dragon Magazine for the Mail Order Hobby Shop and how they had an actual store in Lake Geneva, I think it was.&nbsp; Somewhere around there.&nbsp; I was living in one of the &quot;Mountain States&quot; at the time in an area where gaming wasn't really accepted, so our gaming materials were limited to what was carried by chain stores.&nbsp; Anyway, in High School we moved here to L.A. area and I had this image of the second biggest city in the country having these huge multi-story game stores full of old treasures buried under piles of stuff that no one had bothered to look through for years.&nbsp; I had the same image of what the comics stores would be like.I was sorely disappointed on both fronts, but I think that's just because of the image I had.&nbsp; Over the years, I've watched most of my favorite comics stores go out of businss (except Golden Apple, which I love) and the game stores dwindle.&nbsp; The game stores here aren't bad - but then again, I don't have much to compare them to.&nbsp; My friend swears by Aero Hobbies.&nbsp; I've never been since it's the opposite direction of where I drive after work.&nbsp; Game Zone is fine.&nbsp; I just find the lack of customer service a little obnoxious.&nbsp; But, that's common at most game stores, I heard.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Samothdm, post: 1668898, member: 5473"] Don't get me wrong. I love living here. There are more game stores here than you'd find in smaller rural areas of the country, I think. It's just that... it's hard to explain. When I was a kid back in the 1980s, I'd see these ads in Dragon Magazine for the Mail Order Hobby Shop and how they had an actual store in Lake Geneva, I think it was. Somewhere around there. I was living in one of the "Mountain States" at the time in an area where gaming wasn't really accepted, so our gaming materials were limited to what was carried by chain stores. Anyway, in High School we moved here to L.A. area and I had this image of the second biggest city in the country having these huge multi-story game stores full of old treasures buried under piles of stuff that no one had bothered to look through for years. I had the same image of what the comics stores would be like. I was sorely disappointed on both fronts, but I think that's just because of the image I had. Over the years, I've watched most of my favorite comics stores go out of businss (except Golden Apple, which I love) and the game stores dwindle. The game stores here aren't bad - but then again, I don't have much to compare them to. My friend swears by Aero Hobbies. I've never been since it's the opposite direction of where I drive after work. Game Zone is fine. I just find the lack of customer service a little obnoxious. But, that's common at most game stores, I heard. [/QUOTE]

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