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RETAIL ADVISORY BOARD
SKY HIGH... GAME Lichfield store manager Zara Clohessy and her staff are becoming Off The Record regulars these days. If they’re not dressing up as superheros (below) to promote games, they’re doing very brave things for charity: This time, Zarah and employees Matt Scandrett and Dan Harris jumped 13,000ft out of a plane to raise £1,400 for Childrens Hospices. They’re quite clearly mad. But in a good way.
MCV takes soundings from its Retail Advisory Board on the biggest issues of the day. The current members are... LISA MORGAN, GAME
DUNCAN CROSS, ASDA
MARTYN GIBBS, GAMESTATION
DON MCCABE, CHIPS
TIM ELLIS, HMV
KEITH SHARPE, PLAY.COM
CAROLINE AUSTEN, THE HUT
JON BIGGS, MORRISONS
AZEEM SADIQ, COMET
GRAHAM CHAMBERS, AMAZON
PETER WILLIS, DSGI
IGOR CIPOLLETTA, SHOPTO
ANTHONY STOCKER, ARGOS
STEPHEN STALEY, GAMESEEK
A MARVEL-OUS JOURNEY... London became a little safer last week, thanks to the arrival of the Marvel Ultimate Alliance to the Big Smoke – to celebrate the release of Activision’s game. Of course, these are just normal guys dressed up. The only real hero here is the boy in blue – keeping the Capital’s streets safe, day-in-day-out. Ah, sod it, even he’s pretending they’re real. Let’s go crazy! Watch out Tube-based evil doers! The most uncomfortable crime team in history is on to you!
JOANNA HUNT, TESCO
GURDEEP HUNJAN, SAINSBURY’S