There are still video rental places around, but their days are numbered. You can tell because the king of them all has fallen. Blockbuster. Blockbuster was the king of video stores. Not even Hollywood Video could compete, and that place had Hollywood in the name. If you went to a Blockbuster on a Friday, it meant you were about to have a great weekend. Movies and video games all day and night.
I went to Blockbuster until the bitter end. In my early twenties I would get high and then walk around the air conditioned aisles of Blockbuster. I loved looking at all the covers and making fun of them. I dreamed of one day having one of my movies on their shelves. That dream is dead now. Not because Blockbuster is gone, but because I'm a giant failure.