[VonDondu]

1. Female

2. Fry's Electronics, Wal-Mart, Best Buy (in that order)

3. When buying games, I go to the store to purchase specific items.

4. I look at games on the store shelves sometimes, but I don't really "browse" for games because I don't buy any games that I didn't plan to buy.

5. No. (See above.)

6. Most of the time, I buy a game only after I have tried it (either on a friend's computer or by trying a shareware version) or after I have played a similar game that I enjoy. Some of my games were given to me by friends who wanted me to try them. I enjoyed about half of them enough to keep playing them. Wolfenstein 3D was one of the first games ever given to me. After discovering a game I like, I usually acquire the sequels and other titles by the same company. For example, I downloaded the shareware version of Doom because I liked Wolfenstein 3D, and then I bought the retail version. Baldur's Gate was given to me as a gift, and I liked it so much I eventually bought BG2, TOB, Icewind Dale, IWD2, and Planescape: Torment.