Gamestop is a corporate pit of sludge, half-formed opinions, and shitty customer service. You can expect some lame-brained asshole to try to change your mind about a purchase or someone with gaming "expertise" to bore you for six million hours with descriptions of their EverQuest 2 character. Guess what? I don't give a shit; I want to buy a copy of Guilty Gear X2, not listen to your bullshit, Kthxbye. Now, if I want a certain gun in a game, or costume, or level, it seems I have no choice but to go to GameSlop. Corporate dickheadery has borne the idea of certain "GameStop Exclusives" which essentially means they're ramming their monopolistic dick down everyone's collective throats. You can't download this by itself, noooo...

You have to pre-order it through them, which essentially means you'll have so much empyrical observation about WOW you'll know everything without having ever played it.

Sweethearts Are For Valentine's Day (Not Games)
And shame on every developer that does this. Lets go ahead and muscle out every privately owned store so we can charge whatever the fuck we want. Great idea. I thought that competition was the father of modern capitalism, shows what I know. And let's go ahead and make a "Special" edition for every game known to man, jack the price up about 20 bucks so we can get a soundtrack and a shitty art book full of stuff we can find on Google image search.

Sweetheart deals WILL ruin the industry. Wanna fight it? Quit pre-ordering shit. If you can't wait about a day or two for a game, then maybe you should devote more time to real life. You know, a job, a girl (or guy, if you so choose), some hobbies, social interaction that doesn't require facebook or a Call of Duty 2 chatroom. And don't shop GameSlop. Their accessories are all shitty, anyways. Go local. I have access to a VERY awesome game store called Game Xplosion (www.gamexplosion.com) which is a block away from GameStop. Their business hasn't taken a hit, and you know why? Friendly, knowledgeable staff, good games, tournaments, and games that are older than next gen! Wow, GameStop! Remember when you used to carry Genesis and SNES games? What's the matter, stickers cost too much?

Guilty By Association
One parting shot to think about. Ban Chipotle, too; nine times out of ten, there's a fucking Chipotle next to GameStop. This isn't some attack on their corporate policies or anything; think of it as collateral damage. Maybe they'll think twice before moving next to the gamer's abyss.