"We have all the top games,

the stuff that people really want to play," said Justice, who estimates

he has over 100 games at XPlayground. The most popular games being played

at XPlayground currently are "Halo," which has its own night

(Wednesday); "Madden 2004," which will have tournaments starting

early next year; and "Soul Caliber II."

As Justice sees interest in

other games rise, he plans on picking them up. He also has plans in the

future to add old game systems such as the Atari 2600, Nintendo and the

Sega Genesis. This will please some of his clientele who grew up on these

game systems, but will also serve as a history lesson for his younger

customers. While the majority of his customers are in high school, he

has seen the younger kids start to frequent the business as well.

"I really wanted to open

a place like this in Peachtree City because I remember growing up here

and spending time with my friends at the arcades. There is nothing like

that around anymore," said Justice. "Peachtree City is also

a great place because kids can ride their bikes or golf carts here. It

gives kids some place to go and something to do."

Justice has lots of great ideas

for how XPlayground will grow in the new year. He would like to be open

more hours, offer DDR Aerobics and host more parties. While XPlayground

has seen a moderate amount of success, Justice has had to deal with having

no standard operating procedures or guidelines to follow.

He has done a good job of making

sensible rules to follow. For instance, he does not allow the use of outside

memory cards, which prevents cheating on games. He has parents sign a

parental form for players ages 16 and younger, and doesn't allow

smoking, drinking, cursing, fighting or drugs.

The rate to play is either

$2 per 15 minutes or $8 an hour, but Justice also offers memberships and

VIP memberships.

A membership costs $10 a month

or $75 a year, which then makes the hourly rate $6 an hour. Membership

includes free play on showcase games, admission to members-only parties

and members-only tournaments, the ability to rent a memory card for $2

a month and/or a headset, for certain games, for $2 a day.

A VIP membership costs $25

a month and lowers the rate to $5 an hour. VIP membership gives free play

on the Street Fighter arcade game, front-of-the-line privileges, free

promo items when available, member rates for one friend of the member,

free play on showcase games, invites to the special events, use of a memory

card and use of a headset.

"This place is set up

how I would like it," said Justice, speaking as a gamer. It appears

that many others find it is set up how they would like it as well.

For more information, phone

770-631-4003 or visit www.xplayground.biz.

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