Next-Gen Games — Attraction in Los Angeles

I have nothing but compliments to give Next Gen Video Games. It's the type of place that has something for everyone. They have all video games of course.. but in addition to that they even sell board games and they have magic tournaments a few times a week. Once a week they have a D&D game.

The store is one of the better stores I've been in because it's big and spacious but it has a lot of things for sale. And everything is very neatly organized. The guys who work here are all pretty nice.

When I was here the first time I noticed they even had one of the hold Atari consoles for sale for $250! And some old Atari games too.

There are Nintendo Games, SNES Games, Sega, Playstation, everything. Even the gameboy games.

There are tons of board games for sale and the amount of board games they have is huge. It takes up almost the whole entire wall of their store. There is even a nice Warhammer selection. And they have tons of stuff for Magic.

We came here to sell a bunch of video games we were no longer playing. If you plan on doing that, you might have to come back a second time. Only because they test out all the games to make sure they're working. We dropped off the games on Sunday and came back on Monday.

They will either give you cash back or you can also choose store credit to buy anything you want in the store. BTW, If you chose the cash back option, you will get 20% less of what you would get if you were to get store credit.

Also, another good thing about this spot is that there is free parking behind the store. Or, if you come on Sunday there is free metered street parking. And, they're open pretty late on some nights.. till 9pm!

I would recommend this store for all things that are game related. past gen and next...

I don't really live in the area so here's my story. After dropping off a gift for a friend, I looked for the nearest card shop that was open at the time. I found out that this was six minutes away by car so I drove there. Here are my first impressions of the place.

Pros: The place is very varied in board games and rpg games. If there's any genre of board game that currently exists, it will be here.

It's really big for a Brick and Mortar card shop. Compared to a lot of other places, this place feels like a massive room. There are a lot of tables in there that can fit around eight people each.

The staff seem really friendly. They're diverse and seem to have a firm grasp on what they're doing.

Cons: There's one major complaint I'll give, the prices. I haven't compared the prices for the board games yet, but I can say something about the card games. The products compared to other places are way too overpriced. One that stood out the most was the prerelease kit for Fusion Strike. Over there it's placed at $30, but in other places like say CoreTCG, it's at almost half the price. Maybe it might be because they're following TCGPlayer prices.

Try to reach out to other card games, especially Yu-Gi-Oh considering the competitive scene and the new formats.

Conclusion: Overall, I had a relatively decent experience. I was slightly disappointed with the prices, but I'm sure that the place would be more fun if it was packed. I might come again one day if Pokémon...

Went in a few weeks ago for the regularly scheduled Saturday draft. Not enough players showed up, so the draft didn't fire but the employees were very nice about it, even giving me a free pack (not necessary but very appreciated)! While I was there, and since the draft wasn't happening, I decided to sell some singles. The clerks told me that the Saturday draft 'always fires' and that this weekend was an exception b/c of GP Las Vegas. Fair enough. Based on this I was convinced to sell for store credit instead of cash, planning to use the credit for draft entries over the next couple months (and I originally left a 5 star review after that visit). Now, I've gone back every weekend since and the draft hasn't happened even once... One time I was asked to register for a sealed event instead (at almost twice the cost of a draft), and this most recent time I was just given a shrug and 'i don't know what to tell you.' While the original clerk probably wasn't intentionally misleading, I probably won't be back except to try to get some value out of my substantial store credit without taking too much of a loss. My advice -- this is probably an OK place to play if you happen to live very nearby, but it is likely not worth it to travel to for...