Rumor: Game Crazy Goes so Bonkers it Dies

[Tom Goldman]

Rumor: Game Crazy Goes so Bonkers it Dies

When the Mad Hatter is running your company, it's bound to die eventually.

What happens when a videogame business is run by the completely demented? People so demented, they go crazy for videogames? It dies I guess, as it has been recently rumored that videogame chain Game Crazy may soon be closing all of its stores.

Not a Joystiq [http://www.escapistmagazine.com/news/view/98020-Game-Crazy-Closing-200-More-Outlets]'s investigation uncovered reports that a company wide conference call for Movie Gallery, Game Crazy's parent, revealed that it has filed for bankruptcy and is going through the process of liquidating Game Crazy stores. An employee stated that they'll "likely be closed by the end of June" as Movie Gallery sells off assets.

Another employee said: "After the 18th [of May], we're done with pre-orders," and encouraged those with reserve orders to pick them up as soon as possible. Corporate hasn't yet officially acknowledged whether its 250 remaining Game Crazy stores will be closing or not, but it certainly seems that way right now. I won't be surprised if this rumor is confirmed very soon. Is GameStop's evil just too strong to let the little guys survive anymore? Or did Game Crazy simply come unglued?

Source: Joystiq [http://www.joystiq.com/2010/05/01/rumor-gamecrazy-closing-all-remaining-stores/]

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[Sir Kemper]

Well you know, when your training videos look like this:

http://spoonyexperiment.com/2010/03/18/tse-riff-theater-gamecrazy-training-video/

your bound to have some problems at some point.

 

[Zeromaeus]

Never heard of Game Crazy...
So...
That... sucks?

 

[Irridium]

Well you know, when your training videos look like this:

http://spoonyexperiment.com/2010/03/18/tse-riff-theater-gamecrazy-training-video/

your bound to have some problems at some point.

Wow, that... that was just awful...

OT: Well thats a shame. Then again I've never seen a Game Crazy store around here, so it doesn't really effect me.

 

[Danpascooch]

There's just no reason to go to Game Crazy over other game stores

 

[Therumancer]

Makes me wonder if the assault on used games sales had anything to do with it even indirectly.

 

[TheEngineer]

The GameCrazy in my hometown has shut down and its a new video section at hollywood video

 

[Samurai Goomba]

All the stores near me are either closed or liquidating everything. Shame, because Gamecrazy gave better service and products than GS. Time to go completely online for all my game buying, I guess.

*Already does all his buying online*

 

[elricik]

Well you know, when your training videos look like this:

http://spoonyexperiment.com/2010/03/18/tse-riff-theater-gamecrazy-training-video/

your bound to have some problems at some point.

Ahhh You beat me to it!

Its kinda sad to see them go, but we'll always have gamestop.

 

[hansari]

Joystiq [http://www.joystiq.com/2010/05/01/rumor-gamecrazy-closing-all-remaining-stores/]'s investigation uncovered reports that a company wide conference call for Movie Gallery, Game Crazy's parent, revealed that it has filed for bankruptcy and is going through the process of liquidating Game Crazy stores.

Was GameCrazy doing fine on its own though?

Cause maybe they were doing well...just not enough to feed themselves and their parent company too...

 

[ThrobbingEgo]

Well you know, when your training videos look like this:

http://spoonyexperiment.com/2010/03/18/tse-riff-theater-gamecrazy-training-video/

your bound to have some problems at some point.

How could someone have not punched Zelda in the face? She was speaking in, like, 80s rap.

That was pretty much the only retarded element.

 

[cheevocabra]

I could have told this was happening. The Game Crazy in our town was doing great compared to the other Game Crazys in our region and it unexpectedly closed down a few weeks ago. Such a shame. I still refuse to give Gamestop my money though.

 

[LewsTherin]

MY bet is on Gamestop's Evil Robot Army. They downgraded PC games from a wall to one of the floorracks. ONE.

 

[Starke]

It occurs to me that they had an exclusive preorder kit for Alpha Protocol... so... how do we get that now?

 

[acutekat]

This sucks I bought every single one of my consoles from gamecrazy

 

[Timbydude]

Never had one, but that video makes it look like they were just as bad as Gamestop.

 

[DJShire]

Never even heard of it til Spoony made that riff

 

[Jsnoopy]

Crap now it looks like I'll either have to get my games of some creeper dude on craigslist or cave in to the douchbaggery that is Gamestop. Looks like a lot more creepy weirdos are in my future....