Trading games the easy way
Fortunately, Gottaplay Interactive has the solution. On their newly relaunched website, gottaplay.com, members can rent, buy and trade games without having to go anywhere…other than their mailboxes, that is. (There’s also a side option where you can “communicate, share and generate videogame oriented content,” whatever you take that to mean – they’re saying it’s a social/information network for gamers.) Much like Netflix, they operate on a “we’ll send you a game, you send it back, we send you another game” basis. Rental plans start at $12.95 a month, for a one at a time rental (the $1 thing only applies to the first 10 days of the trial period). Trading plans start at $4.99 a month, giving you up to 2 trades a month. Either way, they send you pre-paid envelopes and there’s no late fees.
The downside to the trading thing is that you can only trade your games for other games that have the same market value – so, “Bratz: Forever Diamonds” isn’t going to score you a copy of “God of War II.” You won’t be able to save points to get a PS3 or anything either. But it sure beats having to stand on line at GameStop, getting glares from all the nerds who are desperate to buy the latest “Ghost Recon” or making fun of you for owning a game called “Chili Con Carnage,” no matter how much fun it may be.

