Spending time and money driving to a Blockbuster or GameStop to rent or buy video games can take a toll on students, who can now avoid this hassle by renting video games on campus from a Gamefly G-Box kiosk starting this week.Established in 2002, GameFly is the leading online video game rental service that provides games for many popular gaming systems, including Xbox 360, Nintendo Wii and PlayStation 3.”LSU has been chosen as one of the first college campuses to feature the Gamefly kiosk,” said Alejandro Grau, a representative of Gamefly.com.The GameFly G-Box kiosk will be located in the University bookstore, according to Grau, and will be accessible during the University bookstore hours — Monday through Friday from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. and Saturday from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.The GameFly G-Box does not require any memberships or contracts from students. Students will not have to worry about due dates or late fees, so they can make their own decisions on whether they want to rent the video games longer, said Garu.The GameFly kiosk will stock about 450 games for only the Xbox 360, Wii and PS3.”We would definitely have more than one copy of the popular games,” said Sean Spector, Gamefly co-founder and senior vice president of business development and content. “We are trying our best to put the best games inside the machine.”Students and other video game lovers are able to rent video games from the kiosk only with a credit card. The prices for the video games include $2.49 daily for Xbox 360 and PS3 games and $1.99 daily for Wii and PS2 games.Coupons and other special offers for the video games will be available at the University bookstore cash register this week.”We hope everybody checks out the Gamefly G-Box,” said Spector. “It’s convenient and a great opportunity for students to rent games on campus.”——Contact Kimberly Brown at [email protected]
New GameFly kiosk installed at bookstore
March 11, 2009