Well, there is ANOTHER GamesMaster shop! It's a chain! Or a franchise. This one's in Elephant and Castle, which is another bit of London you go through on the bus or train while feeling sad that it exists and some people - often through no fault of their own - have to be there.
"I have been reading your archives with interest of late. One thing that caught my attention was the mention of the GamesMaster shop in Peckham. It isn't the only one. I go to uni right next to the Elephant and Castle roundabout, and as a result have spent more time in the hideously ugly shopping centre nearby than any sane person should. In other words, I've been there. There is a GamesMaster store inside. I have attached pictures as proof."
"Sadly, my hopes of being greeted by a xylophone playing cyclops offering game tips were dashed as soon as I walked in the door. They did have a fair number of Gamecube games in stock, which was kind of nice. There was even a small shelf of games for the first PlayStation being ignored in the corner, with a SEGA collection for PS2 prominently displayed above them."
"No Dreamcast games, however. They appear to have vanished from every single store shelf in London, sadly. By the way, this was in the middle of the day. It's usually much darker inside than it was when the pictures were taken. Even on sunny days, the Elephant and Castle shopping centre feels like the middle of the night. As a bonus, in the market outside, I found these game accessories for sale, in white boxes with a pale blue Wu logo. Fantastic - Rob."
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Not especially witty, but I had the misfortune of visiting an independent games store in Peckham.
I had a job which is part involved delivering games posters. This store had requested a visit and I duly arrived with stacks of free posters and the such and all I got in return was abuse.
I guess having to spend your working life in Peckham must twist you up inside.
Also for a long time there was a shop in the main road through Peckham adorned with "We chip Playstations" in big letters on the window. A testament to the importance of video games to the community there.
How do you feel about Ealing? Do I have to boycott this site now?
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Occasionally, when in dire need of a GBA game to numb the train journey, I'd venture into Gamesmaster.
The dingy lighting and obscene prices always forced me to leave within 60 seconds, lest the resulting deep depression sent me on a gun rampage or something.
Interestingly, barely a week would go by without a new police sign going up looking for witnesses to a murder. Good times.
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Anyway that shopping centre is surely the most horrific place anyone could ever hope to spend their lunch hour strolling about wondering what to spend the no money they have on. It's so awful it even makes the Wetherspoons over the road look like a haven of sophistication.
I thought Peckham was bad enough, but Elephant and Castle is an insult. Accessing that craphole requires navigating an underground labyrinth of tramps and urine stains, a market full of dodger dealers wanting to steal your coat and 17 year olds taking their two kids shopping.
Though... there used to be a game shop on the second floor of that place which had every Street Fighter arcade game ever (it closed about the time of the Alpha series, though)... that place was cool.