>>> GOOD MORNING TO YOU, 6:42,
AND IT SEEMS OUR WHOLE COUNTRY
IS DIVIDED INTO ESSENTIAL AND
NON-ESSENTIAL, BUT EVEN
BUSINESSES FORCED TO CLOSE HAVE
BILLS TO PAY.
CARLOS IS LIVE AT MOON SHOT
GAMES UP IN NOBLESVILLE TO SHARE
HOW THEY ARE TRYING TO KEEP
HELPING CUSTOMERS, AND I LOVE
THE IDEA, CARLOS.
>> Reporter: IT'S A GREAT
IDEA.
HE'S NON-ESSENTIAL, BEN, BUT
LOCAL AND NATIONAL, IF YOU ARE A
NON-ESSENTIAL LOCAL BUSINESS,
YOU MIGHT BE IN TROUBLE.
WE'RE HERE AT MOON SHOT HERE IN
NOBLESVILLE, AND IT'S A GAMING
PLACE THAT HAD TENS OF THOUSANDS
OF GAMES INSIDE, AND NOW IT IS
EMPTY, AND THIS IS A LOT
DIFFERENT THAN THE WAY IT LOOKED
A FEW MONTHS AGO WHEN WE VISITED
WITH CHUCK LOFTON.
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>> JASON, FIRST OF ALL, I LOVE
YOUR STORE.
>> THANK YOU.
>> THERE'S SO MANY SQUARE FEET
HERE, THE BIGGEST GAME STORE
I'VE SEEN.
>> THAT'S CHUCK WITH THE OWNER,
JASON MANSHIP, MONTHS AGO WHEN
"SUNRISE" VISITED THE STORE,
WHEN IT WAS BOOMING, FULL OF
CUSTOMERS, AND TENS OF THOUSANDS
OF GAMES, BUT NOW?
THE SHELVES ARE EMPTY.
>> WE ARE IN THE PROCESS OF
MOVING ALL OF THESE GAMES TO MY
HOME.
I HAVE A BARN IN MY HOUSE, AND
WE'RE GOING TO TURN HOME INTO A
DELIVERY SYSTEM FOR THE GAME
STORE SINCE WE CAN'T BE OUT.
>> Reporter: HOW HAVE
CORONAVIRUS RESTRICTIONS
AFFECTED YOU?
>> TRYING TO SURVIVE RIGHT NOW.
WE'RE NOT AN ESSENTIAL SERVICE.
WE SELL BOARD GAMES, WE THINK WE
ARE IMPORTANT FOR MENTAL HEALTH
AT TIMES WHEN THE KIDS ARE HOME
AND EVERYBODY'S IN ONE
CONSTRAINED LOCATION, AND SO
BOARD GAMES HAVE BEEN AN ESCAPE
FOR THAT GIVING YOU A CHANCE TO
HANG OUT WITH FAMILY AND SPEND
TIME DOING THAT, AND SO WE ARE
TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WAYS TO GET
GAMES IN PEOPLE'S HANDS SO IF WE
CAN'T DELIVER, WE'LL WORK ON
OPTIONS WITH PARTNERS TO TACK ON
GROCERY DELIVERY OPTIONS TO GET
GAMES TO FOLKS, BUT RIGHT NOW,
WE ARE TAKING ORDERS ON THE
WEBSITE AND GETTING STUFF OUT
QUICKLY AS WE CAN.
>> Reporter: YOU WANT GAMES TO
BE DELIVER
BE DEL DER
BE DEL DELIVERED WITH GROCERIES?
>> WE ARE TRYING TO GET
GROCERIES DELIVERED AND HAVE THE
OPTION TO ADD GAMES TO THE
GROCERY ORDER TO HAVE A MEAL AT
HOME AND SOMETHING TO DO.
>> YOU HAVE A NEW ROOMMATE?
>> YES.
ONE OF THE STORE MANAGERS HERE
IS MOVING IN WITH MY WIFE AND
KIDS AND I FOR TWO WEEKS, AND
WE'RE GOING TO SET UP HOME BASE
THERE AND RUN THE BUSINESS FROM
THERE.
MY OTHER STORE MANAGER'S WORKING
FROM HIS HOUSE BUILDING THE
ONLINE CONTENT PLATFORM TO KEEP
THE COMMUNITY ENGAGED.
FOLKS ARE STRUGGLING WITH
ANXIETY, STRESS, AND DEPRESSION
IN THIS MOMENT SO WE HAVE ONLINE
TOOLS TO STAY ENGAGED AT HOME.
>> WHY DO YOU THINK PEOPLE NEED
GAMES?
>> FAMILIES HAVE KIDS HOME FOR
THE FIRST TIME IN A LONG TIME.
I HAVE A 4-YEAR-OLD AND
6-YEAR-OLD AT HOME, AND THEY
DON'T KNOW WHAT TO DO RIGHT NOW.
THEY LITERALLY DON'T KNOW WHAT
TO DO.
PEOPLE ARE SOLVING IT TOGETHER.
IF WE CAN PROVIDE COMFORT IN
THAT, THAT'S WHY WE ARE HERE.
>> AS YOU CAN SEE, SHELVES ARE
BARE HERE, BUT WE HAVE AN UPDATE
TO THE STORY SO THE GOOD NEWS,
WHAT IS HAPPENING IS JUST LATE
LAST NIGHT, JASON MANSHIP, FROM
MOON SHOP, STRUCK A DEAL WITH
NAMELESS CATERING, A GROCERY
DELIVERY SERVICE, AND STRUCK THE
DEAL SO THEY CAN DELIVER BOARD
GAMES WITH THE FOOD THAT THEY
ARE DELIVERING, WHICH IS A GREAT
THING, AND IT'S PRETTY INGENIOUS
AS FAR AS GETTING GAMES, WHICH
ARE NONESSENTIAL WITH THE FOOD
WHICH IS ESSENTIAL TO PEOPLE WHO
MIGHT NEED THEM, AND, BEN, I
KNOW YOU HAVE A YOUNG GIRL AT
HOME, HARPER, I BROUGHT BY
DAUGHTER SOME OF THE GAMES,
BOUGHT GAMES FROM JASON, AND HER
EYES LIT UP, LIKE, DADDY!
DADDY BROUGHT GAMES HOME!
THE PROBLEM IS NOW, EVERY TIME I
COME HOME, SHE WANTS MORE GAMES,
AND THAT'S THE THING WE ALL HAVE
TO DEAL WITH.
>> BUT YOU'RE THE HERO.
PERFECT TIME FOR GAME NIGHTS,
AND BACK IN MY DAY WITH ATARI,
WE PLAYED BOARD GAMES ALL
TOGETHER.
>> CHUTES AND LADDERS.
>> WHAT DO YOU THINK ABOUT THAT?
>> Reporter: I GREW UP ON
THAT.
COME ON, BRING IT BACK.