G2K GAMES

Great selection and friendly staff at G2k Games!

They have a huge selection of games, but I was most excited about the Magic selection. The staff was super friendly and helpful. The kiosks they have set up helped me see everything in their inventory and it made it super easy to find what I was looking for I'll definitely be back for all my gaming needs.

So glad G2K is back! Super convenient location and even though it just opened they have a great selection. Nice to see a big variety of trading cards especially Magic. Can't wait until they start hosting prerelease events again. Store was clean and well organized and the employees were nice and super helpful.

This is possibly the best card shop in JC they always greet you with a smile and are extremely friendly I go to g2k at least once a week easily.

G2K has been a staple local game store for pretty much my whole life. Glad to see them making their way back in to the tri cities.

I'm so glad that this store is back I went there awhile ago and they had quite a bit of excellent products I can't wait to go back there and get more great stuff

Great customer service and great prices that keep up with what everything is worth, would recommend checking them out if you haven't yet

Great service and was always my favorite store to be in. Super nice and great personnel all together

Still getting set up but I love them!

Really helpful and welcoming to a couple of novices. Huge selection

Excellent prices and great customer service

my fav game store

Not the g2k I remember, definitely underwhelming, but friendly staff at least

They don't have prices on their games. Instead they have computers where they expect you to look up the price yourself. If G2K didn't have the time to price the games in their shop then why should I have to do the work for them? No other retro game store I've been to does this and it's for a reason. Customers want to know the price of something upfront to determine if it's worth it. Not go running back and forth to a computer to check prices. There's no reason to shop at a place that can't even be up front about their products. It sucks because I was excited to see G2K come back to the Tri-Cities but now it's not worth going to them anymore.

Definitely not a solid G2K store. They have no prices on about 90% of the inventory. And when you go to look at the games that they have, which are behind counters, you get told that you can’t look at them behind the counter. They have to grab them for you. But if you don’t want them to grab it, they have a computer there so you can look up the prices yourself. Kind of odd. Definitely not the G2K I remember.

EDIT 5/30/24 BOTTOM OF POST

I'm basing this review on the fact that G2k sells retro games. If you play magic or any other card games, ignore this review.

I've been to G2k many times over the years. Back when they were by red wings shoes, then when they were in the shopping center with target, I even worked there for a short time. The old G2k ceased to exist when they went bankrupt and closed most of their stores (the ones who know, know how horribly that went). Seeing what's come of G2k is sad to say the least.

They pulled a total DKOldies and lost their minds with the pricing, almost as if the prices are made by scalpers. I understand retro game prices fluctuate wildly, hence why they crossed out all of the price tags. But it leaves a very sour taste in the customers mouth when they see a game, go to the computer, look up the game, and are met with a ludicrous price. I get it that you gotta make money wherever you can as a business, but they mark up games at least 20 to 30 percent higher than what you could easily get on ebay or mercari plus shipping. Do not get your retro games here if you're looking for a deal.

If you collect pokemon cards, they do have a slightly higher markup on more desireable cards than what you could find on tcgplayer.

NONE of this review is aimed at the employees, they are all great and very friendly. They are available and able to provide help or answer whatever questions you may have.

TLDR: Use mercari or ebay if you want retro games, even dkoldies doesn't have pricing this bad. Great employees though.

EDIT: Since I can't reply to G2ks response, I'll put it here. Absolutely world class reply, I greatly appreciate the people at g2k. I do not under any circumstances want g2k to fall on hard times like in 2019. If you need a volunteer or any help, I'd be happy to swing by for a bit to help out whenever I can. Being a customer since I was 14, g2k has always meant alot to me.

Their whole system seems to be set up to mitigate the most annoying aspects of *running* a retro game store, but in doing so they've completely wrecked the customer experience.

Games are stocked on shelves on the other side of counters with a foot or so of distance between them. They don't want you touching anything without an employee being there, probably to reduce theft and damage. But it's hard to see the labels on the cases of some systems like the PSX and SNES, so you're left leaning over the counters and squinting.

NOTHING has a price on it. You're expected to make note of games you're interested in, and then check the price on a computer in-store. About half the games I tried to check weren't even in the inventory, and even when I asked an employee to check, all the prices were just exuberant. I get the retro market is volatile these days, but I've never a retro store strive so much to avoid giving the customer a good deal.

I love retro stores and was very happy to see G2K back, but I walked out feeling like they were doing everything they could to rip me off. I hope they address these concerns.