Secondly you may want to know what game you are looking for. Each gaming place has a different amount and variety of games at each store. Just look up the game you want to buy, if you don't know yet, and find the store you are choosing as a possible candidate for your trip. You can look online to check the location of your local game stores around town. Looking online can help you in many ways other than just knowing the location. It gives you the phone number, in most cases, that allows you to call an employee at the store who can help you give you all the details about whether your game is in stock or not and how many are available.
Lastly you must commit yourself to going to get the game.Most stores that sell video games have this option called pre-ordering before the game release in 2014. This allows you to buy the game beforehand and reserve it just in case there is an influx of people who want to buy the game. This allows you to save the game for yourself if there is a lot of people wanting to buy the game. Along with this sometimes there are little perks you can gain with preordering a game such as a poster, extra video game art, free booklets about the game, free figurines, etc. all of the promotional items depends on the deal going on. some stores can only save a game for a set period of time they usually let you hold it for 3 days. After the 3 day period others who want the game and have the money then and there can buy your game. So you might not want to hold off on buying the game for too long if you pre-ordered it so go forth and find the game you are looking for.