5.04.2009

"Man I Hate GameStop" Contest

I rarely shop at GameStop, but sometimes I forget why that is and wander in, false hopes high, only to be quickly reminded of how much they hate games and the people who play them. I did that at the mall this weekend, and almost bought a "new" game until I was informed by the employee that the sticker-covered case with no disc inside that I picked up off the shelf was the one I was about to take home. I put the game back and decided to write a song to remind myself why I should never set foot in there again.



The mp3 can be downloaded here:
ManIHateGameStop11.mp3


These are the lyrics:

I'm pissed right now, right
I- I feel sick
If you know this store
would you please sing along?

Man I hate Gamestop
They make me broke when they should be bankrupt
Everytime I leave there I feel like I hate people and games both
Sells "new" games post-opening
Ugly stickers on everything
Sold a game for free, bought it back for 10,
feel used myself, then I do it again.

I wanna take the "stop" back out of "games"
Put those same games back into their cases
Give employees more than 5-cent raises
Wipe smug smiles off managers' faces

Make a rule saying that reserved is reserved
meaning not "accidentally" sold to people on the curb.
Not bogus with the pre-order bonus
meaning not pre-picked over by staff who don't know us.

Keep new games sealed I might pay more;
you don't shelve cases like a video store.
There's three classes of game: new, used, rental:
Renting games to staff? You must be mental.

Man I hate Gamestop
They make me broke when they should be bankrupt
Everytime I leave there I feel like I hate people and games both
Sells "new" games post-opening
Ugly stickers on everything
Sold a game for free, bought it back for 10,
feel used myself, then I do it again.

Man I hate Gamestop
I hate those stickers,
edge cards, fake gamers.
Man I hate Gamestop

Sad thing is the method actually works:
a store ripping people off managed by jerks.
That's how you make a multi-million dollar profit:
Make people think they got no other option.

But trading used games is so damn easy:
type in a google search "gametz"
Input the game's you'll trade and the one's you want
and you can trade most 1-to-1

Wanna buy a new game that hasn't been scratched on?
Try Wal-Mart, Target, Best Buy, or Amazon
A company offending every element of what they sell?
Forget the bottom line: go straight to hell.

Man I hate Gamestop
They make me broke when they should be bankrupt
Everytime I leave there I feel like I hate people and games both
Sells "new" games post-opening
Ugly stickers on everything
Sold a game for free, bought it back for 10,
feel used myself, then I do it again.

Man I hate Gamestop
I hate those stickers,
edge cards, fake gamers.
Man I hate Gamestop

Now, if everybody would please put their finger as high as they can, as high as they can, and repeat after me.

No more business: No more profit.
No more business: No more profit.

Suck this!
Suck this!
Suck this!
Suck this!

No more business: No more profit.
No more business: No more profit.

GameStop games not.
GameStop games not.

Man I hate GameStop. I hate it!
Aiight everybody, we gotta put the smack down a little bit.

Man I hate Gamestop
They make me broke when they should be bankrupt
Everytime I leave there I feel like I hate people and games both
Sells "new" games post-opening
Ugly stickers on everything
Sold a game for free, bought it back for 10
Feel used myself, won't do it again.


3 comments:

  1. AJ,

    This is Dan in Akita. People really enjoyed your video at the Conference last Friday. Do you plan on posting it here on your blog? I hope you keep going with this and start up again soon. I think there's a lot of potential in the mix of Japanese English like the JET video. Keep up the good work and all the best,

    Dan

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  2. Dan,

    Thanks for letting me know what you think about the blog. I appreciate your support.

    I've been working on a new project these days, but I'll definitely keep music a part of my life. I apologize for getting sidetracked and neglecting to put up the JET Coaster song and video. I'll try to have those up within the day. If there's any other broken links on the blog, I apologize. I recently migrated the podcast to a new host, and I haven't updated all the links yet.

    Thanks for listening!

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