I think Gamestation have got their corporate identity just right. All their stores have a cave like…read morefeel to them. They have a strange ability to be feel dark and yet be well lit. They always feel nicely crowded with masses of stock, but everything is well laid out and clearly priced. In this store they do a good line in secondhand consoles and games, and even offer bundles of such antiques as Sega MegaDrive (What??). The staff all seem to be very knowledgable about their stock, and can give you basic information or blind you with technical info if you desire.

This one and the other chain computer game shop in Worcester have driven out the main independent…read morecompetition, which is a great shame, because since they have done this, the availability of second hand (and therefore cheaper) games and consoles has dropped dramaticly. This shop still offers some pre-owned (it's secondhand, don't try and dress it up in corporate speak) games, but I haven't seen a pre-owned console in here for ages.

With the decline of Game and Gamestation, where will we all go to buy our games? I, for one, prefer…read moreto browse the shelves at shops to find those hidden gems, and the Internet has always erased that opportunity for me. It's a good job we have Entertainment World in Birmingham, because it fills the gap of selling those long sought after Playstation, Megadrive and Nintento games that you never managed to buy the first time around, because you were too young, or you weren't even born, or you majorly regretted trading them in. (Of course, Game and Gamestation don't fill this gap, and only sold modern console games.) Entertainment World is like heaven to the gaming geek, and now with a second shop opened at the Custard Factory called Retro-World, it seems as though places like this are here to stay. Hurray! The staff inside are very friendly and knowledgeable, and they'll help you out as much as possible: so never fear to ask them a question. I bought Echo the Dolphin from here for £10 on Megadrive. I'd only had Echo the Dolphin: The Tides of Time before (which was actually my brother's)

this is a great local games shop. the shop has plenty of choice in games and platforms. the shop…read morealso has a branch in ashby and can get games from that shop sent to swadlincote if you need to. the staff are helpfull and kind. the price is very good and they offer trade in on your old games.

Despite its fairly unoriginal name and hard-to-find location, this is a great little video shop…read more Its films don't seem to change very often, but it does have most of the latest hits and it more than makes up for it with its spectacular range of lesser-known films. The ground floor has sci-fi, action, comedy, drama and children's, whilst downstairs has TV box sets and foreign language films. There's a little section by the counter with highly recommended European cinema films or documentaries and the staff are very knowledgable and refreshingly honest about your choices. The standard renting time is only one night, but most customers are local, so this isn't usually a problem. The prices are quite good, as are the opening hours. It's very refreshing to enter a video shop with such a melange of genres and films that stretch back many years, rather than just the latest Tom Cruise offering. You're not bombarded with advertising, giant cardboard cut-outs or deals on sweets; it's quite simply a movie shop that does movies. Fantastic.

Video Box is located at the top of Saffron Lane and of course specialises in the renting out of…read moreDVDs and computer games. The shop is very small and not really that tidy but it serves its purpose well. I've never had any problems there at all and have even been able to sell some of my unwanted films there for a bit of extra money. They are very steep with the overdue fines though a lot more than they used to be and that sometimes can be quite offputting just incase there is a real legitimate reason as to why you couldn't return the film on the specified day.