Trying to get the almost visual ick vibes off us from Pete’s Gun Shop we continued our little jaunt down the street and found another cool shop window. This one had a dragon in it and it was in a flying stance, much better than the flattened tiger whose side we just left. This appeared to be a game store, quite a large one.

As we entered there was all sorts of board and card games, some which my travel companions hadn’t ever seen before and that’s saying something! There were also DVDs a mountain of manga and anime and old Nintendo cartridges. One was the Ninja Turtles and that made me melt a little. We had the original Nintendo when I was knee high to a grasshopper. But we were poor and only had three games for it – the Super Mario that came with it, Ninja Turtles which no one in my household could beat, and Dragon Warrior which like three people remember. It was kind of a sweet memory. Nearby there was also an old Sega Genesis which is where my own interest in video games ended. Goddamn hedgehog.

But I was most impressed with the back where there were numerous tables and people playing games. On this day I seemed to be two Dungeons and Dragons campaigns but they also had board games to try out. This all seemed so very social. Since I’m all for community this is what endeared me most to this place. Later one of my travel companions would note there were no women in there and I shrugged. There almost never is in game shops. I have gotten used to this as I play with the novelty socks.

Anyway, this place was cute! Great variety and what a lovely community vibe. Five Super Mario Stars.