[ale] OT: Online game rentals

[William Witt]

Sorry, started reading the email from GameFly and assumed it was part of 
an email trail. . .  I guess when you assume... :-D

docx at io.com wrote:
> On Wed, May 24, 2006 7:15 pm, William Witt said:
>   
>> blockbuster.com does game rentals.
>>
>> Will
>>
>> Christopher Fowler wrote:
>>     
>
> [a lot of stuff that I deleted, but which does included this following bit]
>
>   
>>> The last thing I want to do is move back to BlockBuster because their
>>> selection sucks and rarely do they have what I want in.  I liked GameFly
>>> because I could purchase games from them if I wanted to keep them and
>>> the price was better than buying a used game at any game store.
>>>       
>
> Is now when I say RTFE-mail?  ;-)
>
> Yeah, there's an ambiguity between whether he was talking about the bricks and
> mortal Blockbusters or the online Blockbuster service, but I never let that
> stop me tweak folks a bit (all in good fun).
>
>   
>>> A reference to a good service that offers a good selection would be much
>>> appreciated.
>>>       
>
> I don't do online games.  I tend to borrow from friends who are crazier into
> gaming than I am or swing by their house and play for a bit.
>
> Depending on the game, it might be worth your while to swing by a LAN center
> or a game store which lets you pay to play games for a period of time and see
> if they have whatever new game you're looking at.  It might be worth it to
> plunk down some cash to play the game on their computer for 30-60 minutes to
> find out if you like it.  Just a thought.
>
>