I selected a GameStop well off the beaten path for me, out in Park Slope, Brooklyn, for my illicit Xbox trade-in. My plan was this: I’d unload the dirty-disc-error Xbox at this store, which I’d never been to before; then I’d bid so long to those suckers and head to one of my usual GameStop haunts and use the store credit to purchase a new (hopefully fully functioning) Xbox. Gamers are a relatively un-diabolical lot. For the record, this is about as diabolical as we ever really get. (more…)