on one too many occasions, i see people getting games, consoles and controls horribly mixed up.
now, before i say anything else, i'm not saying that i'm a pro nintendo-fanboy, or an xbox hater so please don't turn this into a console flamming-fest :P
more than a few times, i've been in electronic boutique, or some other gaming shop, when i've seen parents saying to their children,
'oh this game looks nice. how about we get this?'
which would prompt a reply of:
'but mum/mom, i have a gamecube, halo 2 is for xbox!'
but on one rare occasion this is what happened:
i was collecting my pre-ordered nintendo ds, when a boy
(about 7-8 years old) and his mother came in to get a game for their playstation 2.
as the boy was so young, his mother was searching through the never-ending rows of mario games, when finally she modestly chose
super mario sunshine for her son. the converstaion happened as follows:
'james how about this one?'
'nah, mum/mom, i have a playstation 2, that game won't work on it.'
'it's on a disk, of course it will work!'
'no it won't! anyway, mario's gay. i want jak 3!'
'now james... we talked about this before. it's too violent!'
so then the poor lad's mother proceeds to buy super mario sunshine and leaves with her protesting son.
seeing that i pre-ordered my nintendo ds, i had ensured one for a quick, easy pick up. after searching through target
(around 20 minutes) for a specific ds game (project rub), i returned back to EB to check if they had a last copy and instead of looking for my ds game, i was entertained for half an hour by an angry
emo-boy and an angry father cursing eachother off on about who would buy the last nintendo ds that wasn't preordered. once they were told to leave, i returned to looking for my gaming gem, project rub, but when of all things that could happen, the console-impaired mother (looking very angry, i might add) and her young son returned!
hanging around for more free EB entertainment, i watched in glee as the mother tried to return her copy of super mario sunshine, but was refused by the manager of EB, because of 'piracy risks'! why he said that, i do not know (gamecube disks are really small), but as the mother dragged her son out of the store, i saw something that made me laugh... he had a triumphant smile on his face.
i've seen thing like this alot, but what are some stupid things that YOU'VE people say or do when looking for console games or such? beside that story, my friend, who's father owns a gaming shop, claims that he has halo for his nintendo ds and my mother buying me an xbox control for my gamecube, because it had
'prettier buttons'
let everyone hear (or read :p) your amazing stories of console stupidity!
now, before i say anything else, i'm not saying that i'm a pro nintendo-fanboy, or an xbox hater so please don't turn this into a console flamming-fest :P
more than a few times, i've been in electronic boutique, or some other gaming shop, when i've seen parents saying to their children,
'oh this game looks nice. how about we get this?'
which would prompt a reply of:
'but mum/mom, i have a gamecube, halo 2 is for xbox!'
but on one rare occasion this is what happened:
i was collecting my pre-ordered nintendo ds, when a boy
(about 7-8 years old) and his mother came in to get a game for their playstation 2.
as the boy was so young, his mother was searching through the never-ending rows of mario games, when finally she modestly chose
super mario sunshine for her son. the converstaion happened as follows:
'james how about this one?'
'nah, mum/mom, i have a playstation 2, that game won't work on it.'
'it's on a disk, of course it will work!'
'no it won't! anyway, mario's gay. i want jak 3!'
'now james... we talked about this before. it's too violent!'
so then the poor lad's mother proceeds to buy super mario sunshine and leaves with her protesting son.
seeing that i pre-ordered my nintendo ds, i had ensured one for a quick, easy pick up. after searching through target
(around 20 minutes) for a specific ds game (project rub), i returned back to EB to check if they had a last copy and instead of looking for my ds game, i was entertained for half an hour by an angry
emo-boy and an angry father cursing eachother off on about who would buy the last nintendo ds that wasn't preordered. once they were told to leave, i returned to looking for my gaming gem, project rub, but when of all things that could happen, the console-impaired mother (looking very angry, i might add) and her young son returned!
hanging around for more free EB entertainment, i watched in glee as the mother tried to return her copy of super mario sunshine, but was refused by the manager of EB, because of 'piracy risks'! why he said that, i do not know (gamecube disks are really small), but as the mother dragged her son out of the store, i saw something that made me laugh... he had a triumphant smile on his face.
i've seen thing like this alot, but what are some stupid things that YOU'VE people say or do when looking for console games or such? beside that story, my friend, who's father owns a gaming shop, claims that he has halo for his nintendo ds and my mother buying me an xbox control for my gamecube, because it had
'prettier buttons'
let everyone hear (or read :p) your amazing stories of console stupidity!