Video Games Amherst MA

Local resource for video games in Amherst, MA. Includes detailed information on local businesses that give access to video games, video game consoles, video game accessories as well as information on video game controllers and content on Xbox 360.

Gamestop - Mall
(413) 584-7768
367 Russell Street
Hadley, MA
Hours
Mon-Sat 10am-9pm
Sun 11am-6pm

Gamestop - Mall
(413) 533-1766
50 Holyoke Street
Holyoke, MA
Hours
Mon-Sat 10am-9:30pm
Sun 11am-6pm

Game Stop
(413) 277-9534
350 Palmer Rdste 107
Ware, MA
Hours
Mon-Sat 10am-9pm
Sun 11am-6pm

Game Stop
(413) 543-8288
1702 Boston Road
Springfield, MA
Hours
Mon-Sat 10am-9pm
Sun 11am-6pm

Express Test Service Incorporated
(978) 544-8700
34 R W Moore Ave
Orange, MA
 
Game Stop
(413) 584-2706
325 Russell Streetsuite C
Hadley, MA
Hours
Mon-Sat 10am-9pm
Sun 11am-6pm

Game Stop
(413) 593-3596
649 Memorial Drive
Chicopee, MA
Hours
Mon-Sun 10am-9pm

Gamestop - Mall
(413) 543-4586
1655 Boston Road#57
Springfield, MA
Hours
Mon-Thu 10am-8:30pm
Fri-Sat 10am-9pm
Sun 12pm-5pm

Game Stop
(413) 796-4747
1063 Boston Rd
Springfield, MA
Hours
Mon-Sun 10am-9pm

Best Buy
(413) 587-4011
367 Russell St
Hadley, MA
Hours
Mon: 10-9
Tue: 10-9
Wed: 10-9
Thurs: 10-9
Fri: 10-9
Sat: 10-9
Sun: 11-7;

Venture Arctic: Heads Up Green Gamers

Venture Arctic: Heads Up Green Gamers

August 13, 2008   Margaret Teich

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Video Games are awesome; so is harnessing the natural forces of sun, wind, and snow to ensure tundra species like wolves, bears, and oxen survive the harsh terrain. Pocketwatch Games makes hand-crafted video games pertaining to the environment and has created 2007 Sim Game Of the Year Award winning Venture Arctic . Beware, this game is only for players tough enough to handle the task of ensuring species survival. Well, digitally at least.

We had the chance to play Venture Arctic and had mega fun cruising the terrain, doling out sun energy and food, watching animals grow, and restoring habitat to its original pristine condition. Heads up, though: the game is quite realistic and some of the animals do die from man-made factors (climate change) or natural factors (food scarcity.)

Venture Arctic is available online at Pocketwatch Games and at major video game retailers like Circuit City. For less than $20, it is a great way to bring foreign terrain and exotic species into our living rooms, and excite kids (and fun-loving adults) about arctic preservation....

Click here to read the rest of this article from The Lazy Environmentalist