Oh. Guess I should get around to introducing myself already
I'm 25 years old... Have a bachelor's degree in Computer Science (with a "media/graphic arts" minor)...
I live in a... medium? town in Oklahoma. Population's more than 15k, but about a third of that is college students, who come and go with a fair amount of regularity. The college and Wal-mart are basically the only thing to distinguish the town from the smaller, slightly more rural towns surrounding it.
As you might expect, the game selection here isn't great. There are only two stores that deal in new games here (one being Wal-mart, and the other is the store I work at), and only two stores that deal in used games (one being the store I work at, which only deals in the current systems... which somehow includes PS2, and another which deals in retro games but refuses to carry anything SEGA) ... Okay, I guess there's also the pawn shops, salvation army, and recently opened Goodwill, but there's almost never anything at those and when there is you can expect it to be in the worst condition.
As I mentioned, I work retail in a store that deals in (among other things) games... Why do this when I have a degree? I'm just kind of lazy.
My current gig started as a temporary step ("maybe I should move out of my parents' house and get a part-time job for a bit, like a real adult, before I search for a real,
career-related job that'll force me to move across the country?") and before I knew it I was a member of management.
I'll probably start the "real" job search again in the spring, after I'm forced to move out of my current location (room mates graduating).
I don't recall how I first found the site.. It was well over a year ago. It took me a long time to commit to buying any cases for my loose games, just because of the space issue. I went with the GBA games first, after realizing a few had gone missing by being stored loose... Then earlier this month I finally took the plunge and ordered some UGCs.
