The main reason that I pay for the "pro" member status at GameStop is that it includes twelve issues of their gaming magazine Game Informer. Ever since Electronic Gaming Monthly disappeared, Game Informer has been my primary and most trusted source of video game information. For decades, I read its monthly issues from cover to cover.
Sometime last year, I stopped reading the entire magazine after it arrived in my PO box. The problem was that I had a backlog of great games to play (I still haven't touched Metal Gears 4 or 5, for example), and I just have not had the time. It's hard to get excited about upcoming games when I still have games I was excited about playing just collecting dust.
Today when I stopped by the Post Office, I realized that I missed getting the magazines even though I was not reading them as thoroughly as I had in the past. There's something about having something to look forward to in the mail that livens my day. I like the surprise of an issue arriving earlier than I expected. I also still like learning about video games and the people who create them.
Thus, I checked online today and discovered that I could renew online (which I assumed would be possible in our current situation). It was a little strange just clicking a button for something that had once required a trip to Anchorage. Who knows when I will set foot in one of their physical stores again--especially since that is not even an option right now? Still, I'm glad to have something to look forward to getting in the mail.