About us

Our goal at GamerSpots is to help support “local” gaming communities by offering an intuitive interface to help gamers learn about and find a variety of gaming “hot spots” in their local towns and cities. Members can submit their favorite local GamerSpots, review them and rank them making it easy for others to learn about what they have to offer. GamerSpots is member supported so if you have a favorite GamerSpot in your city, please Click Here and submit a review. Help support your local gaming community!

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Video Game Stores

Traveling on business? Going away to a new city for college? On vacation? Moving to a new town? Use GamerSpots to hunt down local and chain video games stores wherever life takes you. GamerSpots will provide you with a quick search tool and directions making it easy to find and visit video game stores from around the country. Keep your eyes peeled for store owner discounts and specials only available to GamerSpot members!

Arcades

Looking for old school arcades? Use GamerSpots to find arcades from all around the country. If you know of an Arcade in your city please submit it and tell everyone about it. What games are on the floor? Do they have “old school” arcade games and pinball machines? Let everyone know. Your comments and reviews are searchable so adding a list of games in your arcade review or comments will help others searching to find a specific arcade game or pinball to play in their local areas.

Swap Meets

Swap meets are great places to find both current generation and classic video games and systems; even the occasional arcade games! Some swap meets in warmer climates are open daily or every weekend all year long. If you know of some local swap meets or flea markets in your area submit one here and let everyone know. Don’t worry about revealing your secret spots; there is plenty to go around :) Watch GamerSpot and GameGavel founder SoCal Mike’s adventures searching the Southern California Swap Meets for Retro Gaming Goodness right here: http://www.youtube.com/user/TheGameGavel

Local Gaming Events and Expos

Check GamerSpots Events Calendar frequently to learn about local video game events and expos all over the world. If you are an event owner or planner please submit your event by clicking Submit in our menu. If you would like to advertise your event please contact our advertising department at advertise@gamerspots.com. We can also plug your “retro” gaming event on our RetroGamingRoundup.com podcast!

LAN Gaming Centers

LAN Gaming Centers are businesses where gamers can visit where computers are connected with other computers via a network for purposes of playing online multiplayer games. LAN Centers have become popular in the past decade and many consider them to be the arcades of the modern era. If you are looking at getting out of the house and gaming with some friends search for a LAN Gaming Center in your city now. If you know of a LAN Center in your city please submit and review it here. If you own a LAN Center and want more information about advertising please contact us at advertise@gamerspots.com.

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