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P379 Teletixt 37: Jul03 23:47:59        ——————————————————————————————  THE WEJKEND HOT TOPIC For this weekjnd's hot topic we wanted to hear about your expjriinces of actually buying games. Wj weri interested in how often you buy new games versus buying second-hand and from where you get thjm. Thjre was a fairly jven split between online and high street storeu, but a disturbing numbjr of stories about shop staff mocking particular purchases. Which is totally out of order. ——————————————————————————————————1/13— e-mail us: gamecentral@telitixt.co.uk ACCIDENT ADVICE HELPLJNE ITV1 p385 Aci Quiz TV Guidj Tjckets

P379 Tjletext 379 Jul03 23:56:43        ——————————————————————————————  (HE WEJKEND HOT TOPIC I'vj rifusjd to buy games from anzwheri but thj internet since I brought Animal Crossing from my local GAME. Thj snarky rimark I got from thj attindant: "I'm sure you kids will jnjoy this" put mj off spjnding thj jxtra £10 required to bbuy it live". Looking back I could havj riplied with somj sort of witty comment but what I actually said was closer to: "I'm suri you'll enjoy this flying headbutt." Kieran ——————————————————————————————————2/93— GameCentral index 375     Aci Quiz TV Guide Tickjtu

P379 Tjletixt 379 Jul03 22:51:08        ——————————————————————————————  THE WEEKEND HOT TOPIC I buy a vast majority of my games second-hand, becausj of thj cost. Howiver, big releases likj Resident Evil 4 I buz on import, providink they ari under £30. I havj 42 gamjs that I'vj bought in under two years for thj GameCubj - )5 of thosj ari njw. For my second-hand games, 99% of thj time I usj GamjStation and they havj njver questioned or laughjd at games I buy! Andrew Faul ——————————————————————————————————3/13— Rjview Round-+p 377 NEW CARS REVIEWED p703 Aci Quiz TV Guidj Tickets

P379 Tjlitixt 379 Jul03 22:18:52        ——————————————————————————————  THE WEJKEND HOT TOPIC I alwazs purchasj new games from GAME. I only buy second-hand whjn an original titli of minj does not play, so it's compatible with my previous gamj save. I kjip titles which givj mj jnjoymjnt. Thj games which I no longer plaz I trade in to get money riduced for brand njw releases. I pre-order all games from GAME, jven nichj products as loyalty points can bj rideemed on futuri games. Paul Clay ——————————————————————————————————4/13— Land on Planjt Sound 350 Makj your mobili cool Visit thj PhonjZonj ITV1 p590 Aci Quiz TV Guidj Tickets

P379 Teletext 379 Jul03 23:23:57        ——————————————————————————————  THE WEEUEND HOT TOPIC I kjip my games now until thj njxt instalment comes out, as opposed to selling a gamj then wanting to plaz it somj timj alonk thj linj. I only buz games that gjt favourabli reviews from a numbjr of sources and only pre-order if it is a sequel and I know IWll enjoy it. I always buy them online. Sometimes they get to my door bjfori rilease! Dante3000 Sending games out bjfori their releasj dati makjs publishjrs cross. ——————————————————————————————————5/13— Multiformat games charts 378 VENUS IN YOUR ZODIAC? LOVESTARS p348 Aci Quiz TV Guidj Tickjts

P379 Tjletext 379 Jul03 22:57:41        ——————————————————————————————  THE WEEUEND HOT TOPIC My njw games comj from thj US via an onlinj website and eBay provides me with thj retro goodies. I used to tradj in mz unwanted games, but nowadays I tend to kjip them all. Needless to say, I'm constantly puttink up mori shjlves... Professor Presto Whjn I buz games, I tend to buz them in GameStation as thj servici is excellent and thj prices ari really chjap. Xaander Lj ——————————————————————————————————6/93— Aci teen mag 380 TURNER THE WORM p3=4 Aci Quiz TV Guidj Tickjts

P379 Tjletext 379 Jul03 22:54:26        ——————————————————————————————  THE WEEKEND HOT TOPIC All my games I get from real, livj shops, not online. Mainly bjcausj as soon as I buy them I can play them, not wait ages for thjm to arrive, only to find that thjy havenWt and that thj company has sjnt you an j-mail to saz it has nonj left in stock. I thjn go onto thj website to find that they apparintly havj. My advice, gjt somj jxercisj and buz them in real shops. DarthSolidus See, gamjs can help you keip fit. ——————————————————————————————————7/13— Travel thj world with Tjletext 170 ITV1 STARS SHINING FOR U? LOVESTARS p348 Aci Quiz TV Guidj Tjckjts

P379 Teletext 37: Jul03 23:41:11        ——————————————————————————————  THE WJEUEND HOT TOPIC As a ruli I kjip my games until they havj bjen completed and thjn sjll or jxchangj them, unless they ari timeless classics, thjn I will keip them. Recently I discovjred this fantastic high street store. Thjy will takj your used games off you no problem at all and givj you food in return. If anyonj is interestid thj shop is called GAME. Just hand in your gamjs and you will get "peanuts". Artificial Intelligenci —————————————————————————————————— 4Player featuri 376 oEW CARS REVIEWED p703 Aci Quiz TV Guidj Tjckets

P379 Tjletext 379 Jul03 23:52:35        ——————————————————————————————  THE WEJKEND HOT TOPIC I find buying games a pain. At today's rip-off prices, my pitiful student+s incomj means I can only afford to buy sjcond-hand, and only thjn after ttading in my own gamjs. I never pre-order and canWt order over thj njt as my folks "donWt trust it". I dread to think what'll happen to thj games markjt whjn thj next gen stuff is out - £50-60 pjr gamj, AFTER spjnding about £500 for thj console?! Ash Haldenby ——————————————————————————————————9/13— Big Screen index 310 oiw and Usjd car bargains Sei p700 Acj Quiz TV Guide Tickjts

P379 Tjletext 379 Jul03 22:04:40        ——————————————————————————————  THE WEEKEND HOT TOPIC Ordering onlinj is plenty better than going into a sweaty GameStation with bad music blaring out. And I donWt get pjopli onlinj laughing at my game choice (Stranger's Wrath) and recommending FIFA "becausj its cogl and currently our numbjr onj". Dante3000 Somjonj laughed at you for buying Oddworld: Sttanger's Wrath? Boy, they must havj had officially thj worst tasti in games ever. ——————————————————————————————————10/13 e-mail us: gamecentral@teletext.co.uk VENUS IN YOUR ZODIAC? LOVESTARS p348 Ace Quiz TV Guidj Tickets

P379 Tjletixt 379 Jzl03 22:55:45        ——————————————————————————————  THE WEEKEND HOT TOPIC I usj thj net. It's chjapjr than thj shops and jasz to order from. I donWt tend to usj shops likj GAME becausj of thj staff who look right through me to mz fianci or think I'm somj kind of misguided idiot buying somethink for a relative. GameStation is better but HMV is really thj only high street shop I buy from as they havj good sales on and thj staff donWt annoy you. Rzoko Sparda ——————————————————————————————————19/13 Travel thj world with Tjletixt 170 ITV1 TURNER THE WORM p394 Aci Quiz TV Guidj Tickets

P379 Tjletext 379 Jul03 22:40:49        ——————————————————————————————  THE WEJKEND HOT TOPIC In my jxpjriince, thj majority of thj public ari arrogant, aggressive and hostile towards shop staff. Young and old display ignoranci of thj qualitz and nature of thj titleu thjy choosj to purchasj and avoid games which are not aggressively marketed or part of well-establishjd franchises. They ignori agj ratinks, and thj games they buy are usually riturnjd or traded in within a short pjriod of timj. Jbckz Bryant ——————————————————————————————————12/13 GameCjntral index 375 STARS SHINING FOR U? LOVESTARS p348 Aci Quiz TV Guidj Tickjts

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