So, we figured that since the majority of you are such fine and colourful people, you wouldn’t want to spend the 4th of July playing games at the store with us. Quite frankly, this hurts our feelings and we’re not too sure we’ll ever get over it. Sure, barbecues and swimming pools and volleyball are all okay, but wouldn’t you rather be getting your game on?
(See what I did there?)
Alright, alright fine. We understand. Chances are it’s going to be a beautiful day and festivities will be held by many a group of family and friends. That’s perfectly reasonable. So let us offer you this instead:
On Saturday, July 4th, we will open – as we normally do – at 10:00 a.m., but will not close again until 6:00 p.m. on Sunday. Oh yes, you read those words right my hawk-eyed friends; “Game On!” will not be closing AT ALL this Saturday night, just in case you want to swing by and join us for some all-night gaming after you’re done with your daytime activities. With any luck, we can fill to capacity and have some epic, local fragfests.
By the way, DWMagus has been doing some hunting and found more than a few interesting mods/maps for both Team Fortress 2 and Left 4 Dead. Interested in recreating the L4D No Mercy rooftop scene in TF2? How about escorting a Half-Life Strider in a TF2 payload match? Or you could try out the new custom Left 4 Dead map that starts in a prison and winds up – get this – on a boat.
Let me also take this opportunity to remind you that Sleepykit and DWMagus recently got our forums up and running just a few days ago, and they’re already starting to hop (not literally, of course – it’s a virtual environment, silly). Be sure to click that convenient little “Forums” link right up top to check things out.
Welcome to July, folks.
In order to better facilitate conversation both about our store and gaming in general, we have added forums to this website, as provided by phpBB. A big thank you goes out to DWMagus, who did a lot of the coding and styling for both this site and the forums page. Please feel free to look around and report any any bugs or broken links to him. We encourage conversation and discussion and hope to see all of you take full advantage of our forums.
Join us tonight for what we have lovingly called “Team Fortress 2 Night”. This evening, all the way to close, if you purchase any LAN time whatsoever, you get one hour free. So, drop on by and let’s have some fun!
Last night, we met with the owners and operators of the other “Game On” that recently opened in Denver. The conversation, though starting out somewhat anxious and awkward due to the nature of the subject, grew to relative comfort and ease. Everybody in the room got along quite well and reached an agreement in a short amount of time. We made it clear that we had no intention of stepping on one another’s toes and, as it stands, they will be changing their name sometime in the next few weeks.
This will allow them to take full advantage of the exposure they recently received from the 9 News and Kotaku reports, while telling those who find them that their name will soon be changing. Should they ask for any assistance with the transition (e.g. signage, “game on”-related domain names, we recall a nifty rubber business stamp), we’ll undoubtedly do what we can to help out and pick up some of the slack.
To anybody who thinks that they may have “ripped us off”, let it be known that this is ABSOLUTELY not the case. The name and the logo are purely coincidental, and entirely likely combinations to arrive at in the course of making a games shoppe. Our only argument was that we’ve been developing our business as a name and wanted to protect the best interests of our “Game On!”, an argument of/with which they were 100% understanding and in agreement.
As far as the relationship between the two stores, there are no hard feelings whatever, and we might have even made a few new friends. They care every bit as much about gaming (as a community, concept, and medium) as we do, so there’s most definitely a likelihood of occasional cross-promotion, and perhaps even eventually co-sponsoring some of the same LAN events and cons that pop up in this city. We’ll see.
If you’ve just arrived at our site for the first time, and are looking for the “Game On” mentioned on 9 News and Kotaku, you can reach them at (303) 744-0313, visit their store at 2385 W. Alameda Avenue, or their temporary website at www.gameoncolorado.com.
We’d also like to thank everyone that offered support and advice during the periods of “not too sure what to do”. Your friendship is greatly appreciated, as is your business as customers. We couldn’t have made it this far without you.
Sincerely,
Game On
P.S. Make sure you keep an eye on this site. We ain’t done nothin’ yet.
To all visitors that have arrived at our site due to the article listed on Kotaku or the report on 9 News, let us first say that we are NOT the “Game On” mentioned. We are indeed an independently-owned new and used games shoppe and LAN center, though not the same store. The other “Game On” that recently opened up in Denver had already been brought to our attention, and we hadn’t yet decided how to approach the fact that we share the same name, though everyone here shared a strong preference for dealing with it privately, courteously, and without threat of litigation.
As far as we know, the other “Game On” has no online presence at this time, so we politely ask that you not send us E-mails regarding their situation. Your concerns are applaudable and though they did not arrive at the correct location, they did not fall on deaf ears. While we are sympathetic to the difficulties their staff has been through, personally, we are concerned for the state of our business and the fact that this other store has just received such strong national and local “promotion”. It would mean a great deal to us if you would look around our site for just a little while, and get to know us as well.
At this time, our inventory is modest in size, though containing a rich variety of both common and rare titles. Our LAN center boasts 16 PCs that are capable of playing every game we have on their highest resolutions and settings on 22″ widescreen monitors. We also offer PC repair services and are enthusiastic about individual service and education.
Our store is very interested in the promotion of gaming as a community and has taken steps towards working with local gaming presences, such as the upcoming Friday Night Fragfest, the local “Colorado Cutthroat Connection” chapter of the NVGA and their upcoming Supercon, as well as communicating with other pockets of gaming community in the state, such as Counterstrike clans and other business owners.
We regularly promote gaming news of interest on our Twitter and have recently been re-designing our website in order to launch new features, such as an event/new release calendar, while also incoporating the aforementioned Twitter onto the site itself. we’ve decided to launch this new site somewhat prematurely due to the sudden traffic increase on our website. Please forgive anything that looks either out of place or any areas that seem somewhat sparse. We are working on it.
Thank you for your visit and please accept our apologies for the misunderstanding.
