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Not for Resale

A feature-length documentary on local video game stores and the final days of physical media.

Director

Kevin J. James

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Fool's Errand Productions

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https://www.gamestoredoc.com/

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It's like a fun game that doesn't take itself too seriously. - Not for Resale

It's like a fun game that doesn't take itself too...

These people, they
were in my warehouse - Not for Resale

These people, they were in my warehouse

- So, I'm walking down
the video game isle - Not for Resale

- So, I'm walking down the video game isle

And I was like, 'what's
a video game?' - Not for Resale

And I was like, 'what's a video game?'

Although, I remember
the game was so hard - Not for Resale

Although, I remember the game was so hard

- I don't remember the specific
first game that I bought, - Not for Resale

- I don't remember the specific first game that I bough...

- Technology is one aspect
of why it took so long - Not for Resale

- Technology is one aspect of why it took so long

- I opened in November of 2005, - Not for Resale

- I opened in November of 2005,

I actually had the
Clifton police call me - Not for Resale

I actually had the Clifton police call me

I'm like, yes I am.
I haven't opened yet. - Not for Resale

I'm like, yes I am. I haven't opened yet.

I'm like 'ha ha, who is this?' - Not for Resale

I'm like 'ha ha, who is this?'

The car was gone,
but it had left - Not for Resale

The car was gone, but it had left

I got hired as a mechanic
to fix PS2s and PSPs, - Not for Resale

I got hired as a mechanic to fix PS2s and PSPs,

We had coffee shops on both ends - Not for Resale

We had coffee shops on both ends

I don't necessarily wanna
mention the motorcycle club - Not for Resale

I don't necessarily wanna mention the motorcycle club

I guess tryin' to see
what we were doing, - Not for Resale

I guess tryin' to see what we were doing,

- Yeah, well when we first
opened it was kinda unique - Not for Resale

- Yeah, well when we first opened it was kinda unique

- He never wanted to
close the store, ever, - Not for Resale

- He never wanted to close the store, ever,

You can't physically, mentally
be open 24 hours a day - Not for Resale

You can't physically, mentally be open 24 hours a day

The reason I got here
is because my last job, - Not for Resale

The reason I got here is because my last job,

I tell people all the
time, if I sold socks - Not for Resale

I tell people all the time, if I sold socks

- The name, Thrillhouse
Games, comes from The Simpsons - Not for Resale

- The name, Thrillhouse Games, comes from The Simpsons

Yeah, I've got a 24k
gold plated one - Not for Resale

Yeah, I've got a 24k gold plated one

- When is was 15 or 16,
everyone was going - Not for Resale

- When is was 15 or 16, everyone was going

I've been here for
about seven years now - Not for Resale

I've been here for about seven years now

Game Zone is your headquarters for PlayStation 2, - Not for Resale

Game Zone is your headquarters for PlayStation 2,

Check out our selection
of popular titles - Not for Resale

Check out our selection of popular titles

We're the area's only shop
to specialize and repair - Not for Resale

We're the area's only shop to specialize and repai...

Be sure to visit
our new location - Not for Resale

Be sure to visit our new location

- $25,000 for 30
days to advertise. - Not for Resale

- $25,000 for 30 days to advertise.

I opened this store
just 25 years ago - Not for Resale

I opened this store just 25 years ago

I had a mail order business
called Master the Game - Not for Resale

I had a mail order business called Master the Game

I started to get people
knocking at my warehouse - Not for Resale

I started to get people knocking at my warehouse

Most of the customers were
coming from this area... - Not for Resale

Most of the customers were coming from this area...

So, I figured I'd bring
the games to them. - Not for Resale

So, I figured I'd bring the games to them.

Game Zone is right in the
heart of downtown Salem, - Not for Resale

Game Zone is right in the heart of downtown Salem,

Salem does a great job
of doin' festivals - Not for Resale

Salem does a great job of doin' festivals

It's pretty cool to have
seen it over that 26 years - Not for Resale

It's pretty cool to have seen it over that 26 years

- This building has,
including me, - Not for Resale

- This building has, including me,

There's a hairdresser
and a tailor - Not for Resale

There's a hairdresser and a tailor

So I've been a tenant
here for 14 years now - Not for Resale

So I've been a tenant here for 14 years now

So, the jeweler would
hang out back here, - Not for Resale

So, the jeweler would hang out back here,

He had a one-way mirror,
a nice little seat here, - Not for Resale

He had a one-way mirror, a nice little seat here,

The UPS driver came in
and found the store empty, - Not for Resale

The UPS driver came in and found the store empty,

When we picked this store,
one of the things we liked - Not for Resale

When we picked this store, one of the things we liked

Some of these cases
are left over - Not for Resale

Some of these cases are left over

Everybody that grew up in
this area remembers Lechmere. - Not for Resale

Everybody that grew up in this area remembers Lechmere.

They were a small
region electronic store - Not for Resale

They were a small region electronic store

I was lucky enough
to be over there - Not for Resale

I was lucky enough to be over there

When I opened up, 26 years
ago, my store was called, - Not for Resale

When I opened up, 26 years ago, my store was called,

My wife didn't like
Master the Game name - Not for Resale

My wife didn't like Master the Game name

When my wife passed away
the first week or so - Not for Resale

When my wife passed away the first week or so

On the way down we'd talk out - Not for Resale

On the way down we'd talk out

He was like my security blanket. - Not for Resale

He was like my security blanket.

He just showed up all
the time and wanted - Not for Resale

He just showed up all the time and wanted

The people like him and
the kids would like him - Not for Resale

The people like him and the kids would like him

- As a predominantly console
gamer Xbox Live Arcade - Not for Resale

- As a predominantly console gamer Xbox Live Arcade

- Certainly, Steam
existed before that, - Not for Resale

- Certainly, Steam existed before that,

The first game I bought
digitally was Snood - Not for Resale

The first game I bought digitally was Snood

It was sort of a big
deal to throw in that $2 - Not for Resale

It was sort of a big deal to throw in that $2

- Digital marketplaces
couldn't succeed - Not for Resale

- Digital marketplaces couldn't succeed

If you think about
the hard drives - Not for Resale

If you think about the hard drives

The idea that you could
have a digital marketplace - Not for Resale

The idea that you could have a digital marketplace

- You could buy video
games on your XBox - Not for Resale

- You could buy video games on your XBox

I think it took a
long time for people - Not for Resale

I think it took a long time for people

- iTunes and digital games
for Apple didn't really - Not for Resale

- iTunes and digital games for Apple didn't really

Mobile would never
be where it is today - Not for Resale

Mobile would never be where it is today

- It used to be like a
one gigabyte download - Not for Resale

- It used to be like a one gigabyte download

Digital stores are all
about convenience - Not for Resale

Digital stores are all about convenience

Maybe you don't have
time to go down - Not for Resale

Maybe you don't have time to go down

You can just go to the
digital marketplace and browse - Not for Resale

You can just go to the digital marketplace and browse

It's the mid 1980s, Nintendo
comes outta nowhere, - Not for Resale

It's the mid 1980s, Nintendo comes outta nowhere,

There is a chip
shortage in 1988. - Not for Resale

There is a chip shortage in 1988.

There's a great Chicago
Tribune article - Not for Resale

There's a great Chicago Tribune article

I remember Peter Main,
the Senior Vice President - Not for Resale

I remember Peter Main, the Senior Vice President

One of the benefits today
of digital distribution - Not for Resale

One of the benefits today of digital distribution

For the first time,
people are making games - Not for Resale

For the first time, people are making games

Minecraft would not
have been possible - Not for Resale

Minecraft would not have been possible

What Walmart buyer
would've seen Minecraft - Not for Resale

What Walmart buyer would've seen Minecraft

Now that we're able to
communicate directly - Not for Resale

Now that we're able to communicate directly

- I think there's
no way you can say - Not for Resale

- I think there's no way you can say

Digital distribution plays into
the fact that we're so varied - Not for Resale

Digital distribution plays into the fact that we're so ...

If you have an idea for a video game,
if you have something you enjoy, - Not for Resale

If you have an idea for a video game, if you have something ...

So, you can sit there and you
can spend six months on it, - Not for Resale

So, you can sit there and you can spend six months on it,

You can make this
game that you think's - Not for Resale

You can make this game that you think's

There is no longer a
Nintendo seal of approval - Not for Resale

There is no longer a Nintendo seal of approval

PAX originally, right,
was such a community thing - Not for Resale

PAX originally, right, was such a community thing

We're gonna go there
and we're gonna play - Not for Resale

We're gonna go there and we're gonna play

- Horizon Chase Turbo
is a throwback to arcade - Not for Resale

- Horizon Chase Turbo is a throwback to arcade

So, it basically it
brings back the feeling - Not for Resale

So, it basically it brings back the feeling

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A feature-length documentary on local video game stores and the final days of physical media.

User Rating: 0.0 (0 ratings)

Director: Kevin J. James

Writer: N/A

Production: Fool's Errand Productions

Genre: documentary

Year: 2019

MetaScore: N/A/100

ImdbRating: 6.8

BoxOffice: N/A

Released: 26 Apr 2019

Awards: N/A

Homepage: https://www.gamestoredoc.com/