Austin video game finds

(As I'm writing this, I'm sitting right next to the voice actor portrayed "Big Rigg" in 50 Cent: Bulletproof....right next to him, the guy who was "Mobster" in the same title)

In the last couple of evenings, after the conference has wound down for the day, I've been able to find a few places around Austin to check out some video game stores.

On the first day, I was able to check out Game Over Videogames. They have a large selection of games for pretty much every major American console ever made, but sadly no copies of Banjo Kazooie or Tooie. There ware also lots of gaming shirts, toys, etc. The prices seemed a bit high for some things but then again, I haven't shopped for classic games in while. They did have a tempting copy of Buffy The Vampire Slayer for the Xbox but I passed. I wish someone would open up a similar store in Houston but I'm not holding my breath.


The second day, I drove up and down Lamar Blvd to check out various shops I haven't visited in around a decade(Waterloo Video: wish there was something like that in Houston, Planet K: I don't remember it being as much of a head shop).


I went to two Half Price Books and actually found some PS3 and 360 titles, if I had either system I'd proabably snap them up at 30 bucks each. I settled for a PS2 copy of Midnight Club Racing for three buck and a Yakov Smirmov videotape of his Branson act.


Cheapo Discs & DVDs seemed promising with Simpsons Skateboarding PS2 for 10 bucks and Bust-A-Groove psone for only three. Sadly, the former was scratched and the latter turned out to be a bootleg. I settled for Prince Of Persia: Sands Of Time PS2 for 7 bucks.


I also ran across a Goodwill store that was beautifully organized and had stuff I've never seen in my town such as an Xbox and and original Gameboy with a case and tons of games.


I dared not to ask prices, I'll just imagine they were 20 dollars each and remain happy in my blissful ignorance.