Minimally Exceptional

After coming to the realization that I could not handle the PS1 graphics upscaled to HDTV (you can’t polish a turd), I went looking for used copies of the Ratchet and Clank games missing from my library.

The Gamestop (this one was an EB Games) in south city had a copy of Going Commando as well as a copy of Ratchet: Deadlocked and R&C Size Matters for PSP. I purchased them all.

Obviously these are older games so I had to pick them up used – something I don’t normally do (hence the back catalogue). So I searched online for a store that had all three games, went to the store, bought them, and came home. And then I cursed and swore at the ghetto low budget EB Games that sold me these broken games.

“How do you break a game on a disc”, you may be asking yourself. If the disc is in tact, you should be in good shape. Pop it in the console and go, how fucking hard is that?

Well when you buff the shit out of the discs with a disc doctor to the point that you can see circular grooves in the plastic, it’s pretty hard to pop it in and go. Two disc based games, neither worked. Both games were returned the next morning. The mental giant working the register even told me “yeah, a lot of times those disc buffers wind up breaking the disc.”

The difference between my experiences at the formerly EB Games branded stores versus the other Gamestops is remarkable.

Anyhow, I then had to find another gamestop with the games I wanted. Bought the games, checked for disc buff marks, brought them home and tried them. So far, so good.

A small consolation: I used my ten percent discount card to buy the games, but when I returned them I received full retail price back in cash so in a way I turned a profit.