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For Q&A: Being as you have done updates of "The Big Picture" episodes like 2013's "Ninetiestalgia Stinks" as 2017's "In Bob We Trust - SHERMAN'S MARCH: THE CRITIC IN 2017", could you do an update of 2011's "In Defense of Nostalgia"? I know it's a weird request but that's one of my favorite "The...

I checked and that was Extra Credits Season 5 Episode 6. I agree that was a good idea. Of course the whole reason I said, "this is just a pipe dream" is because no matter how good an idea game rentals are, the paranoia, as you pointed out, in the Triple A market will lead the publishers down the...

It was 10 years ago, so I don't remember the everything, but yeah, there was a BlockBuster where I lived that had game rentals. Maybe it was just something that happened in fly-over country, but a lot of movie rental stores and grocery stores that did movie rentals had a game rental rack...

I was always more in favor of video game rental like what BlockBuster was starting to do with games before it went belly up. GameStop, more than BlockBuster, is in a better position to do this with games. GameStop could set up rental agreements with the big publishers to get game discs in return...

I happen to disagree with Jim's assessment of GameStop. I buy used games, but only after they are no longer published and when the price is drastically reduced. GameStop steals from developers because it sells used games during the new period thus collecting all the money on a used sale when...