This is kinda cool.

I use Red Box at my local WalMart, and WalMart is supposed to be bringing out Used Game Kiosks for Trade and Buying as well.

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Kiosk Chain Offering $2 Game Rentals

By Owen Good, 6:00 PM on Sun Aug 16 2009, 354 views (Edit, to draft, Slurp)

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RedBox, the DVD rental kiosk company largely doing business in western U.S. supermarkets and McDonald's locations, has begun offering $2-a-night game rentals at its locations, with Reno, Nevada as a test market.

The kiosks will cover the major consoles (PS3, PS2, Wii and 360) and the $2 per night doesn't blow the doors off Blockbuster's $9 for 5. But it does offer a different sales pitch - mainly, an impulse grab while you're out doing something else.

Unfortunately, selection seems to be an issue with just 13 360 titles offered. There are also no online reservations (naturally) so this is truly a grab-and-go model. But for those in RedBox's range, who use rentals as part of their playing habits and buying strategy, this extra convenience could prove useful.

RedBox Launches $2 Video Game Rentals [Zatz Not Funny, via Gizmodo]

It was only a matter of time until RedBox did this.

I thought it was $2 for 5 days.............

$2 a night sounds steep for extended time, but if you just want to get the gist of a game for 2 days, it is great.

$2.00 for one night is not that bad, considering Blockbuster charges $9 for 5 days.

Keep it for 2 days to see if your gonna buy it or not seems like a fair price.

I might try it out. Grab a game on a weekend and play 3-4 hrs to see if it's worth buying.

Cool, publishers must be jumping from joy. Actually there are quite many games you can even beat in one day and they won't offer anything but that one walkthrough.