Visiting The Big Apple

Sheesh, I didn't know that Megalith was that close to me. <.<

Since it's the closest train station to me, I'd usually take Metropark to NY, but that's 12 bux round trip during off-peak hours. Although the Path train is pretty good if you wanna save money. Last time I went, it was 3 bux one way. Probably a good place to stay then, if you wanna take the Path train, would be Jersey City.

It's a business area, I'm sure that you could find some hotel to stay in there.

Checkout Chinatown if you want also. The Elizabeth Square mall could settle all your anime and gaming needs there. The location of it might be a little obscure, but Chinatown isn't a huge place anyway, so finding it shouldn't be a problem. There's an import gaming store across the street from Elizabeth Sqaure, so that's a place you could check also. The shit they have though, is pretty pricey... A Japanese Wii ran for about $410, DDR STR!KE was $70, and I ended up picking up Jump Superstars there a couple years ago at $60.

As for shopping areas in Jersey, Jersey Gardens, I guess, would be alright. Biggest outlet mall in Jersey and there's an IKEA about five minutes away.

I don't really travel to NYC all that often, so that's about all I could tell you. If there's anything about NJ you need to know, I could possibly help.

Jam it back in, in the dark.

Originally Posted by nuttyturnip

Chaotic, are you sure you have the name of the Elizabeth Square mall right? I've tried googling it every which way and only turn up a mall in New Zealand.

My mistake. It's Elizabeth Center/Elizabeth Street Mall.

Here's some info regarding the place and other gaming and anime places around the city (site seems a little outdated, but whatever): New York City Geekdom

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Speaking of which, check out RENT while you're there. It's Broadway run is supposed to end at the start of June, so this might be a good time to see it before it's over.

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Originally Posted by Valvados

So you're interested in shopping for games? There are an innumerable number of Gamestops along Broadway but I'm sure you're looking for a more interesting store. My favorite place is J&L Game Trading in Chinatown. They have a huge selection of imports and rarities. A bit pricey, but not much more expensive than the chains.

Ah, this was the name of the import store across from Elizabeth Center. Now that you have a map, you literally can't miss either one of the two. Although inside Elizabeth Center, it's probably the best place to pick up some used games. They usually run $5-10 lower than Gamestop/EBGames.

But as Valvados said, they are a bit pricey if you were to buy the games new, but I suppose they equal out if you were to import them from a website.

As I said, you really can't miss either. I've marked them on the map. Elizabeth Square is a two level mall though. Small, but most of the good stuff is on the bottom floor.



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