01/05/2026
Goodbye GameStop
Okay, I promise I'm not usually this mopey and spiteful. I've just been having to vent a lot!!!!! I'll really try to talk about something positive tomorrow, like my Tarot Diary. But for now I have some pretty negative stuff to talk about. Two in particular.
I want to start with the big one first. My local GameStop announced today that they would be closing for good on January 8th. Yeah. Not even a full week, not even five days. They aren't even staying open till the weekend. Dead and gone in the middle of the fucking week.
I can hear you asking "Doll Bones, its GameStop. They suck as a company. Why do you care?" Well, truth be told its not really the company I'm mourning for.
This particular GameStop is one that's been open in my local mall for literally as long as I can remember. As far back as I can possible imagine, I've been going to this GameStop. This was my childhood store for so, so many games and experiences.
Its where my mom bought me and my brother games like Mario Galaxy. Its where we went on day 1 for releases like Pokemon X and Y, or Smash Bros for Nintendo 3DS. Its where I picked up my first ever copy of Chrono Trigger DS and Golden Sun Dark Dawn. Style Savvy Trendsetters, Resident Evil....
Its the GameStop I went to to preorder Smash Bros Ultimate, the game that changed my life. Its where I bought my first ever Nintendo Switch, which was my first real purchase that I made with my own hardearned cash. Its where I waited till midnight for the release of Tears of The Kingdom and Pokemon Violet....
Its where my mother would pick up so many Christmas presents. Its where I bought my first ever amiibo. Its where I would always go to first on Black Friday.
I've gone there from elementary school, to middle school, to high school, to college, and now my adult life. Its been there through it all. I made friends with the employees there. They knew me by name. They knew my account, my interests. They were friends.
And now that's all gone. Vanished.
I was actually in town today. I passed right by the mall where the store is at. I had the chance to go in one last time.
But I just couldn't do it. I couldn't bare to see the store of my childhood packed up into boxes and left as an empty shell. Is it a bit dramatic to say it physically hurts to think about? Maybe so. But hey, its my blog I can be dramatic on here if I want to. Damn it.
It just.... I don't know. It really hurts to see it go. The loss of my only dedicated, modern game store around hurts of course. But that's not what really gets me. Its the fact that another beloved store from my childhood has closed its doors in this backwater, deadend town. (Which already sucks in terms of things to do, as a lesbian in this conservative hellhole.)
Its more than just a store closing. Its a piece of my childhood vanishing into the aether. I will never again step foot in that store. Ever. And that just hurts. And I feel like I can't properly talk about this to anyone, because I'll just get laughed at. Because "Its just GameStop".
My girlfriend gets it. She liked that store a lot too. But she doesn't get it on the same level as I do. She didn't grow up with that place like me.
The last things I bought from that place were some Godzilla figures. But at least before that was Black Friday, and I walked out of there with a massive used games haul.... So at least I had one last hurrah of the place. But still.... God I'm going to miss that store. I miss my childhood. I miss a lot of things.
Bye bye, GameStop....
And Bye Bye Dollies
P.s. I realized I didn't end up talking about that other thing. The GameStop stuff took over there. Its something I'll save for another time. But if you're a fan of SpaceHey.... Well, then you can probably already guess what that bad news is about.
