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)

The prices aren't great as a rule, though they do have some good special offers. The staff are a…read morebit of a mixed bag, but most seem alright.

This is a University branch of Waterstones so you should expect an educational slant and a load of…read moretextbooks when you walk in. They do however have a range of paperbacks and the usual stuff you'd expect in any bookshop. If you really need to browse in tyhe bookshop and don't have the time or can't be botehred to park and walk to it then this shop is idea. You can park on the Students Union car park and it's seconds to the book shop.