Feature Set:  

Get Your Gamez includes a few atypical features including parental controls, advanced mailing updates and gift vouchers. The parental control feature is established when you sign up for the service. While you are registering, you select which ESRB ratings are accessible. For example, if you choose to restrict mature (M) games, games with that rating will not even be displayed in a search.

Perhaps one of our favorite features (one we wish all similar services would include) is the ability to inform Get Your Gamez, through your account, when a game has been mailed back. They will then send you the next game on your list before your previous game is officially received. However, to deter abuse, this option is only available to users after they’ve been members for more than a month. Get Your Gamez also has gift vouchers and coupons where you can place free rentals and such on other people’s accounts.

Get Your Gamez includes all the typical features associated with online game renting including free shipping and no due dates or late fees. There are no required contracts and if you like a game, you can purchase it at a used price. If you purchase a game, Get Your Gamez will ship you the original box and manual. 

Game pages include a short description of the game, user reviews, availability, ESRB rating and the date the game was added to Get Your Gamez catalog.

Video Game Selection:  

With about 2400 games on seven platforms, Get Your Gamez game selection is smaller compared to the #1 service, GameFly. However, they include a fair selection on all the new consoles including Wii, Xbox 360 and PS3. The only portable console Get Your Gamez supports is PSP; we would have liked to see support for Nintendo DS and GameBoy Advance.

Search Capabilities:  

You can search by console or genre and Get Your Gamez Top 10 Rentals, but that is the extent of Get Your Gamez “drill down” search. However, we were able to search by title using the quick search keyword box. We would like to see an option for brand new releases, coming soon and ESRB ratings.

Video Game Arrival Time:  

Get Your Gamez is located in Arizona and currently only has one distribution center; therefore, your arrival time depends on your proximity to Arizona. It’s likely it will take games longer to deliver to the east coast. Typical arrival time is between 2 and 4 days. Using the advanced mailing notification helps cut arrival time significantly.

Available Plans:  

Get Your Gamez is priced competitively, but only offers two plan options.

• 1 Game at a time- $14.99
• 2 Games at a time- $19.99

When you sign up, your first month is half price and if you decide to cancel, you have seven days to have all games returned and received at the distribution center; otherwise, you will be charged the price of the games.

Get Your Gamez is a promising online game rental service that with a little TLC, could be a real contender. We like the features they have included with their service and in the future, we hope to see them expand their inventory, pricing options and warehouse locations.

To read about our top three online video game rental services see, GameFly, Gamerang and GottaPlay.