re: Don't You Miss The Blockbuster Days?

It is kinda sad that only 1 generation of kids and adults got to experience this. Blockbuster became more of a video game rental for me in the later years. I wish my own kids could experience the thrill of going to blockbuster and hoping they had what you wanted. And getting pissed when the instruction manuals were missing for games. It wasn’t a huge deal in the late 90s and early 00s because you could just look them up online, but still.

I remember distinctly what Curtis Mathis (rental store in Lake Charles) looked like inside. They had neo geo arcade machines that you could play and it just felt magical being in there. All the mom and pop shops like this had the clear rental cases. I distinctly remember renting Mario Kart from Kroger when staying with a friend for a sleepover, and they also had those clear cases.