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The Dungeon aka Basement

Posted on December 20, 2011 - Filed Under building, Business, gaming, This Town | Leave a Comment

The basement of the store is used for our weekly Friday Night Magic the Gathering and every week we see more and more game players attend our friday night session.  To make it more comfortable for the players – we are currently thinking of putting in some basement flooring  instead of leaving it as concrete [...]

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Modern Warfare 3 Xbox 360

Posted on November 24, 2011 - Filed Under Business, Entertainment, gaming, News, This Town | Leave a Comment

A few copies of MW3 was already sold at our store this week – so come on in and get your almost new MW3 – for $45 only! new at $59.99.  While the competition is still selling them at almost new prices even though they are previously played – we are giving you the best [...]

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Horrid Weather But Good Day For Movies

Posted on November 23, 2011 - Filed Under Business, DVD, Entertainment, Fun, gaming | Leave a Comment

When the weather is bad in town – rentals are always good.  Today – we’ve had so many people running in to grab movies – I really felt bad for them – braving the rain to get a few movies.  Thank you to our regular customers for coming down to see us even though the [...]

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Shop Downtown Invitations

Posted on October 28, 2011 - Filed Under Amused, Business, DVD, Entertainment, gaming, shopping, This Town | Leave a Comment

While people send out Baptism invitations, birthday invitations, wedding invitations, baby shower invitations to us all the time – we are now planning to send us the “shop downtown”  invitations to all our customers as well as those residing around Yarmouth.  In conjunction with the 250th Anniversary celebration – the town is spending $25, 000 [...]

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M:TG Players – We’ve reached Core Level!

Posted on September 20, 2011 - Filed Under Business, computers, Entertainment, gadgets, gaming | Leave a Comment

For those who come here to play Magic the Gathering on Friday nights, we are now at Core level (up from Gateway) which means that starting in October we’ll be doing official Friday Night Magic, complete with free foil promo cards for those who attend. We will also be able to hold Pre-release events [...]

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We Pay You Cash !

Posted on September 15, 2011 - Filed Under Business, DVD, Entertainment, gaming, sellers, This Town | Leave a Comment

Paying cash for games!
CoD Black Ops – $20
Dead Island – $20
Bulletstorm – $10
Catherine – $20
Call of Juarez The Cartel – $20
Dungeon Siege III – $15
Driver San Francisco – $20
Shadows of the Damned – $10
Two Worlds II – $20
This is just a sampling! We buy almost anything when it comes to games and movies.

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Magic Celebration

Posted on September 10, 2011 - Filed Under Business, gaming, This Town | Leave a Comment

Magic Celebration was a great success, we managed to run 2 tournaments during the day and gave away a total of 102 M12 booster packs. 16 players in the first tourney at 1pm and 18 for the 2nd at 5:30. Thanks to all who showed up and we hope to see you again on Friday [...]

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Blockbuster Canada Closes Its Door

Posted on September 2, 2011 - Filed Under Business, DVD, Entertainment, gaming | Leave a Comment

So the day has finally come – the Blockbuster chain in Canada is closing its door starting Tuesday pending a court order – its spokesperson announced.  With 253 stores around Canada – a lot of Canadians will be losing their jobs soon.   So by the end of the year – Blockbuster will ceased to exist [...]

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We Are Core Level Store !

Posted on September 2, 2011 - Filed Under Business, Entertainment, gaming | Leave a Comment

Good news Magic players, I just found out that we are now a Core level store! I missed the Innistrad pre-release date by about a month so our first pre-release will be the next set in early 2012.
Official Friday Night Magic will begin in October and I will be doing the Innistrad Game Day on [...]

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Magic Celebration Around The World

Posted on August 29, 2011 - Filed Under Amused, Business, Entertainment, gaming | Leave a Comment

Magic Celebration on September 10th is official, I got my product today! Free booster packs, free T-shirts, free codes for Duel of the Planeswalkers 2012 on PS3, 360 and Steam. Whether you’ve been playing Magic The Gathering for years or just starting out, come in and join the fun and get free stuff! Starting anytime [...]

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Game Stop Warranty For Games

Posted on August 25, 2011 - Filed Under Business, Entertainment, gaming, Ranting, This Town | Leave a Comment

So I had a customer who came in with a crack disc and asked if we can fixed it – *roll eyes* and as usual our answer is no – !  So he claimed that Gamestop warranty their games for a life time – regardless of what condition it is in.  Well buddy!  and anyone [...]

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Enjoying The Summer

Posted on July 7, 2011 - Filed Under Entertainment, gaming, Health, Holidays, kids, This Town | Leave a Comment

What a beautiful day it is out there today !  summer is definitely here !  and my kid is having so much fun this year at her day camp – all because of the  trampoline that they have there.  It’s not just your ordinary trampoline – it’s a springless one with enclosure – and I’m [...]

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I Need An ID Just To Rent?

Posted on July 4, 2011 - Filed Under Amused, Business, DVD, Entertainment, gaming, kids, Ranting, This Town | Leave a Comment

You know I can write a book of classic stupid questions/answers -  one can get when you own a video store – that rent movies and games.  One of the classic one – is ” I need an ID just to rent a movie?”  “sigh!”  what can i say right?  OF COURSE! you definitely need [...]

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Retro Gaming

Posted on December 14, 2010 - Filed Under Business, Entertainment, gaming | Leave a Comment

Today we got in a nice size shipment of retro gaming gear. NES clones, SNES controllers, replacement 72pin connectors for the original NES (solves the flashing screen problem) and lots more. Check it out and drop in if you’re interested at all in the games of “the old days”.

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