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EXHIBIT 23.1
CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT AUDITORS
The Board of Directors
Electronics Boutique Holdings Corp.
We consent to the incorporation by reference in this registration statement
on Form S-8 of Electronics Boutique Holdings Corp. and subsidiaries of our
report dated March 8, 2000, with respect to the consolidated balance sheets
of Electronics Boutique Holdings Corp. and subsidiaries as of January 30,
1999 and January 29, 2000, and the related consolidated statements of income,
stockholders' equity and cash flows for each of the years in the three-year
period ended January 29, 2000, which report appears in the January 29, 2000
annual report on Form 10-K of Electronics Boutique Holdings Corp. and
subsidiaries.
/s/ KPMG LLP
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
October 10, 2000
