This place is exactly what's wrong with many collecting hobbies. Yea, the selection here is pretty…read moregood. That's mostly because the prices are terrible--worse than eBay and Facebook marketplace scalpers. Case in point: there's a pokemon illustrated set that just came out. It's $17. You can still get lucky at retailers and it'll be restocked. Here, just 2 days after launch, they're selling for $50. Just nuts. I guess it's clear this isn't a "card shop," it's a scalpers storefront. Don't go here looking for Lorcana--guessing the margins are too low. Except for their singles, which they sell for $2-4....crazy pricing for Lorcana. Anyways, i won't be back. Will have to continue my search for a card shop that's ethical and somewhat reasonable. --------- Edit in response to business reply: 1) i agree conversation could go a long way. But when your pricing on a brand new Pokémon set (which doesn't have a set market yet) is already 3x MSRP, what productive conversation can happen? It's just a straight up gouge. I'm not naive to expect to get everything at MSRP, but i think 3x markup 2 days post launch is unreasonable. 2) i did ask about Lorcana. I was told you "don't carry much" and "didn't have any right now." 3) you seem to be implying that you're aware prices are high and can then be negotiated lower. If that's how you want to do it that's your prerogative, just understand that's offputting for new customers. It's hard to want to establish a relationship and have a conversation when the first impression is being taken advantage of. And when your response to pricing questions is "well the hobby is thriving!" I don't think that's off base.

We love going here getting our fix with Pokemon cards & basketball & football cards!…read more Cards are organized in boxes & in good condition. They have a wide variety of options. They have 2 long tables. Friendly owners.

Scott and Marty are amazing dudes! Their service is great, treat you like an actual human and are…read morereally nice! Come here for all video game needs and I mean ALL they literally have everything tech wise! Today I stopped by and sold my old PS Vita and used my trade in value to buy a PS2! they gave me a free memory card and 5 bucks off some games I wanted! Can't brag enough about this place! Great value for everything there and quality! Thank you guys!

They have great service, great prices, and a good variety of games and consoles. I bought a game…read moreboy and games to go with it is it worked flawlessly. They even have classics NES games with there boxes. It is also a good place to get your hands on rare Pokémon games. 5 stars Would definitely recommend. But I wonder what it use to be like 10 years ago because the reviews saying it's bad was from a long time ago and are now obsolete.

I went to the Crestwood Back In The Game location to pick up a fixed 3ds I had brought to be…read morerepaired and when I had asked the man behind the counter who's name was Caleb, if there was anything else wrong with the 3ds but he gave me a very rude answer. Also, I had to call 3 times just to figure out a single update on the 3ds rather than them calling me which is ridiculous and when I called on a Wednesday the week after I dropped it off, the same man had to put me on hold but I also called on Friday of that same week and a different man didn't even have to put on me hold since he knew already what I was going to ask before I even said.

The guy at the counter had a attitude and barely greeted me when I came in. I asked a few questions…read moreand that was a bother to him. I even showed interest in a Sega Console and he didn't attempt to give me a price or try and get the sale. Skip this place.

Great store, so glad places like this still exist! They have everything from old consoles and games…read moreto modern accessories designed for old consoles (hdmi video cable converters, controllers, etc.). Everything is priced fairly and competitive with other similar retro stores.

I loved the service that I got from here, every time I asked a question over the phone they were…read morereally nice and actually gave a crap what I was looking for!

Interesting collection of used books and vinyls. There are new volumes of books and plenty of used…read morebooks and magazines. The staff will look up books to buy new for 20% off, too, if they are still in publication. The gentleman behind the desk showed us some special editions of some books. Although we could not buy them, it was really interesting to see. Good selection and genres are well marked so you will be able to find science or science fiction books.

The Half Priced Books of the neighborhood of Darien before Half Priced existed as the owner said…read morethey'd been there for 26 years. It's got alot to dig through, and I'm sure anyone would find something. I found 1 record, a rare Santa Esmeralda record. It's in a hot town plaza of Homerun Inn and a soon to be Billiards place, Starbucks etc.

This is one of my favorite retro gaming stores! I often make a trip from the city since it is…read morefairly close by. The owner is so nice and they are always getting new stock. Definitely check them out!

To start on a good note I bought an Xbox One from this store about 2 years ago and was satisfied…read morewith my purchase but unfortunately, my later purchases and experiences have been very disappointing. About a month ago the second system I bought was a PS2 and had previous repairs that were not disclosed to me upon my purchase of the PS2. Yesterday I went to play said PS2 and removed what i thought was built up dust and gunk from a previous owner but the system stopped working entirely. While i understand I bought a used system i should be made aware of repairs or fixes made that have been done with the system that im purchasing and should not be paying the same price of a system in good working order without repairs. Me being me I let that go but over this past weekend I also went back and bought 2 games from this store only to discover that one case was missing the disc. I understand that mistakes can happen, but undisclosed repairs and selling an empty game case shows a serious lack of quality control and lack or care to your customer. Customers should be able to trust that used systems and games have been properly inspected, that repairs are disclosed, and that games actually include the disc. With my experiences in mind I would not recommend this store unless you want to take the risk or they improve their inspection process and disclosing repairs on theirs systems. I will say the employee that was working when I came to replace the missing disc did his best to mend the situation of the missing disc but I'm highly disappointed with the quality of systems and games ive purchased from this store be weary of what you purchase from these guys

GET BETTER CUSTOMER SERVERS. why was we rushed for? I asked if they had more of this certain item…read moreand the lady was "no thats all we have ,ready to check out" and she walks from the front of the store where she pulls the trigger down to close and lock and walks to the check out to where i check out and leave.

Somehow I thought this store was long gone from Fox Valley, so it was a fun surprise to find it…read moreagain...and jammed with all kinds of fun stuff! Lots of Sailor Moon and other anime figurines, plushies and more, Pusheen, Sanrio (everything from Hello Kitty to Gudetama...but where is Aggretsuko!?), J-Pop, and so on. If you like cuteness of the Japanese variety this is a great place to start!

I've been coming here since 2018/2019. The owner is a great guy who will always take the time to…read moretalk to every customer who comes in. They have great board games, magic the gathering, and Pokémon product all for a great price. I would highly recommend coming here and checking out the store. There's a second store in DeKalb IL as well.

charges scalper prices despite being retail store. I'd rather pay a scalper for their prices cause…read moreat least they took effort to go to store and get their inventory, a retail store charging scalper prices for good delivered right to their back door is disgusting and completely anti-consumer.

We used Chicago game and go for my son's 6th birthday party. They were responsive by phone and very…read moreprofessional. The truck was clean and my son and our guests had a great time. I will book them again

I am posting this as a caution before you book online. Make sure you call first. We were looking…read morefor my son's birthday in February and their calendar showed all open weekends in Jan and Feb. I called to ask about games because the games listed on their website are all old and she told me they are closed until March. No information is posted at all on the website and they would have processed my payment.