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¿Question #1491?
Blackwind: Do you constantly go down the game isle at Wal-Mart even though you know nothing good will be there?

Derang3d: No, but yes in equivalent stores.
BOBBYCAN: I always look. I do that at other stores too.
Hendal: when I am there, yep you know it, target is the king, books-a-million is also the bomb
EliasDKehr: Know, because that would require that I actually go to Wal-Mart.
kathleenryan: No. I'm never in Wal-Mart. It scares me.
TheNameWasTaken: I'm not from the U.S. and we don't have Wal-Marts here, but I do regularly check the game aisles at my local supermarkets, yes.
OmegaII: Ofcourse !
falafel007: Yes. And at target too.
Woelf: I like to look when at Target, but rarely does anything jump out.
intrepideddie: Every. Damn. Time.
DasViktor: Yes, occasionally. When I see the crap that they call games, I remember why board games lack popularity in the U.S,
Unknownfluke: I do but occassionally I do find decent games. My problem is walking down the isle and not being able to afford any of the games I see.
fliptrackr: heh... yes
The Message: ...no... ok, yes. Although, I did find a nice mancala set when my fiancee' was sick a few months ago and she likes that group of games... so there are good things. Plus Life = awesome. Note: Most of the previous answer is correct. You decide.
MIB 8686: Yes. There's always that remote chance that something good will be on clearance!
Der Ubermolch: Yes, though it's at Target, not at Wal-Mart.
jp21763: yes
Golux13: I avoid Wal-Mart like several plagues.
toku42: not constantly, but I've been known to check. Also, there used to be heroscape
GornTC: YES
muzfish4: No Wall-Mart here. Yet....
AdmDavis: Yes
MWAlbion: i live in hope...
gmcash: yes
Hector Vortac: I go for ice cream and socks, never considered they might have games.
Aardvarkius: Nope
Diamat: Ah, the Isle of Game. Is that like the Isle of Wight? I'll have to ask next time I'm in that AISLE.
kilroy_locke: Yes. It is a sickness, I know.
malloc: yes
DHEK: Not specifically at Wal-Mart, but I've done something similar several times before.
philoiz: Yes. And sometimes I even weep.
matthan: yes. Why do I do that?
Butterbane: sad but true
Eric Haas: Yes
mpw182: indeed
Ebon Wendigo: Sometimes
jellospike: there is a game aisle at wal-marde?
KentuckyKid: Yes. Why? I don't know.
dougpartridge: Not constantly, no. Actually, never.
Frankenfletch: yes always, (there are good things there, you just have to lower your nose to see it)
MisterCranky: No, and I go down a store's aisles, not its isles. I hate archipelagos.
ZiggyZambo: Yes
dmomo: Yeah. I check it out.
erikk: Never go into Wal-Mart!!! It's Evil with a capital E! I do that in Target, though.
kashmoney: yes
arkibet: nope
rawdawg: allways
doghouse724: No.
seretur: I don't have wal-mart in my country, but with equivalent shop, the response is Yes
MattDP: I won't shop at Wal-Mart. Wicked, wicked company!
Melantha: When I'm there, yes.
scriptorum: I don't enter Wal-Mart, if I can help it.
BeeCeeJay: Yep, and I've been pleasantly surprised once or twice doing so.
gameskeepllc: yes
brainrob: No
frank_cav: yes
Favre4MVP: Not constantly, but on rare occasion.
Loquutus: Never go there. Ever.
Stephen Glenn: Yep. I've currently got my eye on Yahtzee Texas Hold'em.
mrspank: No, but I do at Target with similar results.
Marlowe_PI: Heh. I live in Chicago. Check the papers for why this answer is "no." ;)
LemonyFresh: If I found myself there, I would do that.
Scott Tepper: I thought I was the only one who felt that way!
acetate3: I don't shop at Wal-Mart, but I do this at Target.
cerulean: It is the highlight of my visit.
mrbeankc: no
zackdale: yes (and all other stores, Target, Kmart, etc etc)
GrandpaDave: Yes
consolewa: Wal-Mart is evil incarnate.
texasjdl: Every time I'm in there.
Mikebegeta: yep
POvidiusNaso: ha! Yes.
Hawklord: *sigh*... yes
Gecko23: Yep.
Gamegrunt: Yes
davedanger: broke the habit yesterday
tipigi: Never been to a Wal-Mart but I'm sure I'd have to see what games they do have.
rdmasters: ...or Australian equivalent. Yes. Sad, really...
skrutsch: Yeah, I always go down the game aisle at every store I visit. (I rarely go to Wal-Mart.)
Lord_Prussian: Consistently, but not constantly
lambda: Yes
AWildEep: no I avoid it like the plague
Thlayli: Yep
familygaming: About once every month, and yes, it is becuase I am hoping I'll be surprised.
kimapesan: Guilty!
The Unbeliever: 42
yossarians: hey, I'm still looking for the romans for heroscape
goldenboat: Yes.
tbookman: Most every time. I keep hoping. Well they have Heroscape....
heli: at Target
melissa: yes. Or the equivalent.
Karlsen: No Wal-Mart's here, but at equivalent type stores here in Australia, yes I do practise that sort of futility
dietevil: no
snoozefest: y
n_and: Yeah, nobody knows...
Belash: yes
Quest22: I never set foot in a Wal-Mart
kennyb: there is always hope
ValJor: Never
gnomehome: Not Wal-Mart, but yes I allways check other stores.
gashlycrumb: Not at Wal-Mart, but at Toys-R-Us I will look.
Tim Synge: Ppresumably you'd have to switch between going down it and going up it, or else you'd never get out.
thoia: yes
djlg: No Walmart here, but "Yes" for the local equivalent.
dakarp: In fact, today I found the last booster I needed for my Heroscape set there.
2amp: yes
jpact: Yes.
apotheos: yes
Malacoda: hope springs eternal
batman: Yes, sometimes there is something worthwhile. Heroscape for instance.
Redneon: Yes
AlorielLelyn: Seldomly
ptper: avoid wal-mart like the plague... besides, i don't need any more walls
spengali: yes
puffinge: I don't like to go to Wal-Mart.
[Deleted user]: yes
chaddyboy_2000: Yes.
djflippy: Yes, when they broke street-date on Heroscape.
PghArch: I've only been to Wal-Mart three times. Two of those times I did go down the game aisle. Once, I bought Heroscape.
ynnen: Yup -- but every once in a while you'll come across something interesting like Heroscape or Attacktix
CortexBomb: I don't even drive within 50 metres of Wal-Mart if I can help it, let alone go in
louiseh: The UK equivalent (Woolworths), yes.
jttm: Sometimes
skelebone: I don't care to shop at Wal-Mart, since they are in direct competition with all of my preferred local businesses.
CDRodeffer: Yes
Spielfreak: COOL! I didn't know Wal-mart even had a small little island dedicated to games. But how do you get there; is there a boat or canoe, or must one swim?
Blackwind: yes