Here at "The Voices In My Head", we (thats the royal we of course) love feel good stories. Who doesnt right? And with the weekend a mere hour away, its probably time for one right about now.
Apparently Brandon Scott, the manager of a local Gamestop video game store in Dallas, refuses to sell video games to any young whippersnappers who arent getting good grades in school. How does he know? Because you need an adult with you to buy games. But though Scott may drop the boom on the slackers, a straight A report card earns you a free game, on the house.
It's not often that you read about someone who is willing to fore-go the cash money to stand up for something anymore, particularly when it comes to video games, and I for one applaud Scott's efforts. This might be the most simple tie in between gaming and education of all time, but its just one of those stories that makes you feel all warm and fuzzy. Keep up the good work Mr. Scott!
EDIT:
This was posted last Friday - a nice happy story to kick off the weekend with. What with today being Monday of all, of course we need a follow-up to reflect the pain and despair of the weekend being over. Gamestop has suspended Scott while they "review" his policy. Whether or not Scott was withing his rights to deny service to bad students is up for debate. But its unfortunate that the hammer has fallen on him. Games get blamed for a lot now a-days, and it was nice to finally see someone step up and make a well intentioned effort to turn a negative into a positive. Hopefully Gamestop does the right thing by Scott instead of by their shareholders.
