Holiday 2012 Shopping Guide: Video Games

Need to find something for the gamer in your life? Check out our handy holiday shopping guide.

If you haven't played a video game since Pong, stepping into the games section of a Best Buy or entering a Gamestop can be a bewildering experience. Perhaps you're a parent wanting something fun and wholesome for your kid, a girlfriend wondering what her refuses-to-grow-up boyfriend might like or a grandparent trying to impress a grandchild with your grasp of technology. Have no fear, Patch has complied a list of some the holiday’s best and biggest games, along with some recommendations for who might enjoy them. "Call of Duty: Black Ops II" $59.99, Mature (Xbox 360, Playstion 3, PC, Nintendo Wii U) – For some seasoned parents of video game-obsessed kids, this name may sound familiar, and it should. The “Call of Duty” franchise produces a …

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Game Monster Scares Up Deals on Used Video Games

Locally owned and operated, Game Monster is the newest place to trade in your XBox, Playstation and Wii games in Fenton.

Every gamer loves to play new video games, but few people enjoy shelling out big bucks for fresh titles. Enter Game Monster, the newest name in used video games, which just opened up next to Dierburgs at 464 Old Smizer Mill Road. Game Monster sells new and used video games and systems. Its owned by Mike Perez, a local entrepreneur, who was inspired by his own little gaming monsters—his sons. He opened the first Game Monster four years ago in Crystal City. He decided to open his second shop in Fenton this October in a location with better visibly and a game hungry demographic. “Ninety percent of my traffic is coming from Dierburgs right now,” he said. The shop is having its official Grand Opening on November 3. Perez said there will be door…

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Fenton Business Profile

He Quit His Day Job To Play Video Games

Jason Brassard turned his video game hobby into a Fenton retail business called Trade-N-Games.

Jason Brassard's hobby, like a lot of guys who grew up in the age of Atari, is video games. Not just playing them, but collecting them, too. He loves to collect the games that he couldn’t afford to have when he was a kid. Twelve years ago he decided he could turn a profit on his hobby by selling extra games on eBay. His online sales were so successful that he quit his day job and opened a retail store, Trade-N-Games, in Fenton. His wife is pretty happy about the career switch too. He said that once he had a retail location he was able to move his massive game collection to a storage room in the back. He owns nearly every title for all the classic consoles. He no longer keeps old Atari games at his house, but he does have current systems …

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