A heads-up to frequenters of the city’s Blockbuster locations: The stores are currently in the middle of a revolution—new rental DVDs now come with cover art. The stores are also in the process of switching rental inventory to reflect this system. This means that after training yourself not to bring the case with the cover art on it up to the cash, you now have to teach yourself some new check-out know-how. That sonic boom you just heard? That was your mind being blown by this paradigm shift
This article appears in Apr 24-30, 2008.
