Renting

Trying to rent a game at blockbuster is horrendous.  It blows.  Nothing is ever there.  Thats why I just signed up for gamefly.  Maybe I can rent a new game within three months of its release.  

Some background on this.  I live across the street from a blockbuster, so its the easiest thing in the world to go across the street and pick up a movie.  Theres allways something random enough there to interest me.  I kind of like their selection; while they have all the new stuff, they have tons of tv shows there to pick up.  So I can torment my girlfriend with Battle Star Galactica (BSG from now on) from the very beginning.

But the games section is allways a deserted wasteland.  While there are numerous copies of Fallout 3 (bought it), Far Cry 2 (steam!), or Fracture (better served by setting it on fire), nothing that you might actually want to play is there.  Mirrors edge hasn't been on the shelf in over 2 months, and Prince of Persia hasn't been for over a month.  I don't know what the hell these dudes do, just grab a game and put it in their secret box of gold dubloons?  Mirrors edge should take a week, at the most, to complete.  Yet its absence mocks me.  Wanting something and constantly being denied tends to strengthen the appetite.  So thats why I signed up for Gamefly.  Being haunted by the spectral promises of parkour and e-surance cut scenes was just too much to bear.