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February 15th, 2013Top StoryThis Week's Most Popular Posts: February 8th to 15th
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Nude Photos, Drugs, and Cockroaches: Wild Stories from Game Shops
February 15th, 2013Top StoryNude Photos, Drugs, and Cockroaches: Wild Stories from Game ShopsBy Brian Ashcraft
Here are some colorful, disgusting, and just odd moments from the trenches of gaming retail, dealing with your fellow gamers. Kotaku reached out to a couple retail vets for their war stories. Eric Jou, former GameStop Employee and current Kotaku writer:
"Johnny", former GameStop Employee:
Craig K, former Game Crazy Employee:
Kenney, former GameStop Employee:
If you've worked in a video game shop and have any wild stories of your own, hit up the comments and share with the others.  |
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