Review Visit: October 5th, 2013…read more Music. Movies. Games. Debt. Let me preface this by saying that I love what Slackers offers. They have a huge selection of video games and as a gamer, I love that. They also have a wide variety of stuff between movies, cds, anime, posters, figures, and whatever else you could be looking for. Now the negative aspect. What I do not like are their prices. I am thrifty, so when I am shopping used video game stores, one tends to get a general idea/feel for what things should be priced at. Slackers tends to price everything above Market Value. Whether they do it because it is a college town or because it is a bit of a nicer area... it seems to be working for them. I love swinging by when I visit my friends in the area, but I hardly ever purchase anything since I can find it for a lot cheaper where I live. Any who, they really do offer a large selection of everything. I love the fact that most of their SNES-era games have boxes on the shelves. Nostalgia kicks in looking at some old gaming boxes. The games don't come with the boxes, as they are store displays. But still cool to see! I will try and snap a few photos the next time I go and update this post with them. It's a great place to scratch almost any nerdy itch you have, but it does come with a premium price. If you are in the area and are looking for something a bit cheaper on the video game side of things., check out Grumpy Bob's Emporium a few miles away. If you need more of a geek fix (board games, figures, comics), you can pop over to Heroic Adventures. It is literally a 2 minute drive from Slackers.

Their cards are amazing for younger kids and very very nice staff sometimes somebody will come with…read moreme and the staff will treat us amazing even if you ask multiple questions relating to other sources

This is the place to go! Amazing selection of games for every platform ever, including Atari 2600…read moreand Intellivison. They must have half a million games in stock - it's incredible! Also has a decent stock of DVDs all at very reasonable prices. They take in all sorts of equipment and seem eager to make a deal with you if you want to leave with a bunch of stuff! Check these guys out!

This was suppppper and I mean SUPER last minute but they accommodated us no problem!…read more They showed up on time, helped the kids with the games without hesitation. They were so patient and kind. The kids ages ranged from 5 up to 12 years old. All the kids really enjoyed this! We had the bus from 1:30 pm till about 2:30pm. I think this was enough time. I will be booking with this specific entertainment company again!

We went to a birthday party, all went okay except (my son said they guy didn't want to change out…read morethe game for him bc they are nit allowed to touch the disc) until they left, they knocked over the brick mailbox and wouldn't give the customer their insurance info, the guy wouldn't even get out of the truck, left his pregnant wife who is very far along to deal with it, said they didn't have time to deal with this and took off, now they won't answer any form of communication, even from the police. You think they would had least gave them back their money so it could go towards the new mailbox that they now have to get. 2nd review: I also booked them for a party the first time and they were over an hour late, had to keep the kids longer so they could play thankfully the parents let them stay, they never called to leave a message, I kept calling them, finally they answered and said they were coming and they would make it up, gave me a little discount.

Walked the St. Clair Square Mall and stopped into Slackers. It was a big store front with a varied…read moreselection of plushies, psp/xbox/wii/ect games, game consoles, DVDs, Blue Rays, CDs. The list can go on and on. You can browse for a while and there are usually some solid deals. Not the most curated selection but good and decently priced. Service seemed to be good and checkout was quick.

I decided to go to this store because I saw some social media posts about record store day. I have…read morenever been to one and it sounded fun. We arrived an hour after the store had opened, there was no long line or crowd. I found the vinyl I wanted and my mom found something she liked too. I also wanted to point out that the person working the register was really really nice and super helpful. It seemed like the store had a large variety of interesting items so we will definitely be back.

This place is awesome! I'm a Pokémon card collector and it can be hard to find shops with good…read moreselections but they have it all here! The staff were very knowledgeable and honest (some knew more about Pokémon and others knew more about different collections) and very friendly. Prices were pretty good too, I'd say average price with some items slightly lower than average

Clean, well-lit, and wide selection of Pokémon merchandise and cards for fair values. Planning to…read morereturn again.

I admit to being partial to Game Euphoria in Washington nearby, but I did need a new comic place…read moreand heard they carried stuff here. Turns out they were a week behind in most any title I wanted, which was a downer. Gaming side ways they were limited too, though they have games like Magic decently covered and I've heard they have decent tourneys. My quibbles are minor really, I came in after they had just opened and issues are to be expected (orders starting out are notoriously random for any store). Environment was very clean, and the staff were attentive and polite. Overall a nice place working through its birthing stages.

The guys here are all really knowledgeable and friendly. Not only so they give excellent customer…read moreservice and seem to have pride in doing their jobs well, they all seem to be actually gamers and like the industry that they're in. You can buy or download a game anywhere, but game shops will be around for quite a while yet because of places like this, and the unique experience of purchasing and discussing gaming with someone that has as much interest in the subject as you. This is the best GameStop within 15 miles hands down.

My husband and I have gone in a few times to get new games for our Wii. The staff are always…read morehelpful in helping us pick out games that will suit both of our playing styles, and we've always been happy with their recommendations! Lot of selection for a variety of gaming consoles too.

Great collection of books!…read more Will return again when I have more time to browse and find treasures.

Ever be of two minds about a place…read more One, you really want to like them, but then Two... knowing they're usually NOTHING like what their store title promises you? The second part is my problem with "Half Priced Books". (At least the one just off of 170. I swear I've been to their other location but remember absolutely zilch about them overall (not a good sign for writing reviews, I know.)). I've already seen other reviews who have pointed out "DO NOT SELL YOUR BOOKS" here.. and I understand every one of those reviewers. I overheard some offers for some -standard- books and .. I get making money and reselling, but no, this deal sounded like highway robbery. Not sounding too good so far, huh? or maybe I'm just a crotchety old man who hates seeing good books get ignored just cause they're not in our "market" today. Now: I will say this.. i'm a board game and tabletop roleplaying game fanatic (particularly Palladium books), and this is one of the FEW places that ever have what I'm looking for in my roleplaying Genre. (Yes, I will buy used books to complete my collection). But let's get back to the complaints: (usually I'm a lot nicer in my reviews, but when you blow it this badly...) Until not too long ago, when i picked up a min-book i needed in which the cover price was $19.95, and someone had to have brought it in and sold it to HPB, and _maybe_ got A buck or 2 for it. HPB Sticker price: $35!!!!! Yes, read that again folks... A "half price" book shop, charging DOUBLE what the original publisher (who was still publishing the book in question, was NOT out of stock, and could be found on their webpage for cover price + s/h). So which is the lie? The price or the name of the shop? Basically a store that lies to sell? 0 Stars... TOTAL. But I will say there are two things that are going in HPB's favor: There are some books there for reasonable prices (I'm an Asimov. Clarke, Heinlein fanatic (basically SciFi) and Sherlock Holmes and Agatha Christie. And I finally found a couple of copies of the later Foundation series I'd been hunting for, so I had to get them while the getting was good. And then board games: again next to roleplaying games I'm a board game nut! And there are more than a few good used games there, for instance I'm a Trivial Pursuit collector (a small collection, but a collection), and I cannot see putting a near RETAIL price on a board game that's shows itself to be 45 years old, and while in good shape, the container was showing its age. As for DVDs/Vinyl - Plain and simple, (while it's nice to see Vinyl for sale), if they have something you're looking for, again there's a problem in either the name of the store or their selling policy, because everything felt "near retail". (although I guess you can say they're not "Half Price Books & Music".) Take a better chance at a regular or used record store, for the music lovers of the world. So basically as I said at the beginning: Half Priced Books Is a place that I REALLY want to like them (and do have a couple of good points, (softback books and board games) but how do you give a positive review to a store that completely ignores their own name of their store? Sorry HPB I get the point, but 1 star is all I can bring myself to give you this time around and that's because I usually err on the side of generosity. (Probably because I'm still miffed about the "twice the cover price" book I needed?)