And then I poked my head into the Electronics Boutique in North County Fair this afternoon. I was operating under the mistaken assumption that they and Babbage's were now owned by the same critters. (Turns out I'm wrong, that's Software, Etc that now shares a parent with Babbage's.) After being snorted at, I found I'm still stuck with a bad CD 2 in the EverCrack Trilogy set Kumar bought me for Christmas.
So I'm probably stuck looking for a warezed ISO of that CD. Software piracy has its legitimate uses...
On a more upbeat note, I notice the PC game industry has adopted a new standard retail box. It's about half the volume as the ones they've been using for years, and long overdue. I'm sure there's a lot of stores that are much happier as a result, they'll get much better use of shelf space.