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5/30/2011 New Comic Thread, Monday

SabreMauSabreMau ネトゲしよう판다리아Registered User regular
edited June 2011 in Social Entropy++
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I saw one of these a few months ago. Back when I was looking for an early copy of MvC3. They didn't have it, but they were still open and in business.

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    Helpless RockHelpless Rock Registered User regular
    edited May 2011
    There is at least 3 still open in my town.

    One almost constantly looks busy. It's like every time I drive by I slip into a worm hole to the past and as soon as I pass it I'm back in normal time.

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    SabreMauSabreMau ネトゲしよう 판다리아Registered User regular
    edited May 2011
    If only GameFly offered streaming games.

    Or had a way to make that work.

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    Macro9Macro9 Registered User regular
    edited May 2011
    SabreMau wrote: »
    If only GameFly offered streaming games.

    Or had a way to make that work.

    I think gamefly has or is going to be buying Direct2Drive.

    Dunno how that's going to play out.

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    SabreMauSabreMau ネトゲしよう 판다리아Registered User regular
    edited May 2011
    Macro9 wrote: »
    SabreMau wrote: »
    If only GameFly offered streaming games.

    Or had a way to make that work.

    I think gamefly has or is going to be buying Direct2Drive.

    Dunno how that's going to play out.

    Yeah, but that's just PC.

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    Centipede DamascusCentipede Damascus Registered User regular
    edited May 2011
    I am sorry that our threads are rivals, Sabre

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    TonkkaTonkka Some one in the club tonight Has stolen my ideas.Registered User regular
    edited May 2011
    People can't help but go in to stores and buy stuff.

    Totally we-no that's pretty normal.

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    XehalusXehalus Registered User regular
    edited May 2011
    Sometimes I don't want to own a game. I just want to beat it in a week and give it back. I'm not interested in GameFly and Steam pretty much covers PC. So, hooray I still have a Blockbuster down the street. Netflix or Hulu will probably consume it soon, though. I assume this comic is more about movies.

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    SabreMauSabreMau ネトゲしよう 판다리아Registered User regular
    edited May 2011
    But them having games would be a decent enough response to "Whyyyyyyyyyyy". Or maybe it's because they have popcorn too.

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    XehalusXehalus Registered User regular
    edited May 2011
    I like how the thread with 8 posts beats the one with 40.

    SabreMau > Centipede Damascus, apparently

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    SabreMauSabreMau ネトゲしよう 판다리아Registered User regular
    edited May 2011
    I posted mine just a few seconds earlier. With a bit of delay after tabbing back and forth several times while making the post to make sure I didn't miss seeing an existing thread.
    Posts made today at 12:08 AM (in chronological order):

    #19401377 in D&D - Zombiemambo - Are we having [chat] yet?
    #19401378 in SE++ - Munkus Beaver - Knights of Arcadia Phalla: Endgame
    #19401379 in SE++ - SabreMau - 5/30/2011 New Comic Thread, Monday
    #19401380 in G&T - FyreWulff - ROCK BAND: The Pro Guitar Help Thread. Ozzy 8-pack (only 6 as singles)!
    #19401381 in D&D - Eat It. Eat it, You Nasty Pig. - Trailers: Now With Less Pink Breasts
    #19401382 in G&T - Dedwrekka - [Minecraft] Flying city in the sky
    #19401383 in SE++ - Isoldae - [Change Someone Else's Title] while you still can -- Doomsday Nears!
    #19401384 in SE++ - Centipede Damascus - New Comic Thread for 05/30/2011
    #19401385 in D&D - DasUberEdward - Are we having [chat] yet?

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    XehalusXehalus Registered User regular
    edited May 2011
    I like that rule.

    The quick and the dead... thread.

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    Goose!Goose! That's me, honey Show me the way home, honeyRegistered User regular
    edited May 2011
    My brother still uses Blockbuster to rent games, easier for them (my famly) then gamefly, which they never remembered to use properly.

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    2 Marcus 2 Ravens2 Marcus 2 Ravens CanadaRegistered User regular
    edited May 2011
    I have a blockbuster account which I use all the time. $40 a month and I can take two games out at a time for as long or as short as I want. I split that with my room mate so it's one a piece. I walk there and trade it in in about ten minutes.

    And since they're closing their stores all over the place, I buy so many clearance sale DVDs. So many.

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    JavenJaven Registered User regular
    edited May 2011
    Something happened to the last disc of FFXIII when I was on the last area and the disc wouldn't read anymore.

    So I went to blockbuster, rented a copy, and switched out the discs.

    Sometimes I feel bad, but how many people are going to rent and play the whole way through a 60 hour game from a blockbuster?

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    Goose!Goose! That's me, honey Show me the way home, honeyRegistered User regular
    edited May 2011
    Well, BB doesn't have limits on rentals for certain passes, so its feasible?

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    zen-zen- Registered User regular
    edited May 2011
    I work for blockbuster

    pity me

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    zen-zen- Registered User regular
    edited May 2011
    also the American branch has been bought so that might account for something

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    XehalusXehalus Registered User regular
    edited May 2011
    Blockbuster bought by satellite TV... D:

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    MichaelLCMichaelLC In what furnace was thy brain? ChicagoRegistered User regular
    edited May 2011
    Yeah, they apparently wanted their mail order service, not really the stores.

    We have a Blockbuster machine in a gas station here. A Redbox knock-off. All the stores I've seen are closed. Between them and Borders, lots of prime commercial space.

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    Raijin QuickfootRaijin Quickfoot I'm your Huckleberry YOU'RE NO DAISYRegistered User, ClubPA regular
    edited May 2011
    I miss having a blockbuster near me mainly because they have kickass sales on blu rays and games.

    Sometimes, I would rent a game from them. I live Gamefly but where I live now the turnaround is way too long for it to be cost effective.

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    AbracadanielAbracadaniel Registered User regular
    edited May 2011
    Javen wrote: »
    Something happened to the last disc of FFXIII when I was on the last area and the disc wouldn't read anymore.

    So I went to blockbuster, rented a copy, and switched out the discs.

    Sometimes I feel bad, but how many people are going to rent and play the whole way through a 60 hour game from a blockbuster?

    literally a war crime

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    KrunkMcGrunkKrunkMcGrunk Registered User regular
    edited May 2011
    Man, why they gotta be hatin on the 'bust

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    PeccaviPeccavi Registered User regular
    edited May 2011
    This is how I feel whenever I see a Little Caesars.

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    QuothQuoth the Raven Miami, FL FOR REALRegistered User regular
    edited May 2011
    little caesars pizza is pretty crappy

    so cheap, but crappy

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    DruhimDruhim Registered User, ClubPA regular
    edited May 2011
    Blockbuster is so 90s

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    SabreMauSabreMau ネトゲしよう 판다리아Registered User regular
    edited May 2011
    That Blockbuster has a lot of National Geographic DVDs on the topic of purple.

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    SquallSquall hap cloud Registered User regular
    edited May 2011
    Peccavi wrote: »
    This is how I feel whenever I see a Little Caesars.

    i too do not understand why you'd want to feed 3-4 people on five dollars

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    QuothQuoth the Raven Miami, FL FOR REALRegistered User regular
    edited May 2011
    Squall wrote: »
    Peccavi wrote: »
    This is how I feel whenever I see a Little Caesars.

    i too do not understand why you'd want to give 3-4 people monstrous diarrhea for five dollars

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    SquallSquall hap cloud Registered User regular
    edited May 2011
    get yo butt checked quoth

    re: blockbuster: I thought they had gone completely bankrupt? All the ones around here are gone

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    HarrierHarrier The Star Spangled Man Registered User regular
    edited May 2011
    We had Blockbusters and Hollywood Video in my city, and both have closed. Now only Hasting's stands.

    It annoys me, quite frankly, because I have a natural aversion to subscription-based services. What if I don't watch movies or play video games for a month? That's $8.00 hemorrhaged to no effect!

    This is why I like the iTunes store so much. I don't have to subscribe to anything. I just pay for what I want when I want it!

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    RehabRehab Registered User regular
    edited May 2011
    Squall wrote: »
    Peccavi wrote: »
    This is how I feel whenever I see a Little Caesars.

    i too do not understand why you'd want to feed 3-4 people on five dollars

    Or deprive yourself of Crazy Bread.

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    AMP'dAMP'd Registered User regular
    edited May 2011
    we still totally have a blockbuster

    I was surprised, too!

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    FactorySquirrelFactorySquirrel Marceline's Henchman Land of OooRegistered User regular
    edited May 2011
    I think I've been to Blockbuster like three times in my entire life.

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    EndEnd Registered User regular
    edited May 2011
    Squall wrote: »
    get yo butt checked quoth

    re: blockbuster: I thought they had gone completely bankrupt? All the ones around here are gone

    they were going bankrupt (again) but then Dish bought them

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    MacGuffinMacGuffin Registered User regular
    edited May 2011
    You know what suck?
    Not beeing able to use Netflix or Hulu because you're in europe.
    That's right, we still have to rent our movies over here.

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    FandeathisFandeathis Registered User regular
    edited May 2011
    Peccavi wrote: »
    This is how I feel whenever I see a Little Caesars.

    When I was living on my own in an $800 a month studio (gotta love the LA area!), being able to eat one large $5 pizza as my food for the whole day was a godsend.

    To be fair I ballooned up to 220 lbs back then, and am thankfully back to 180 now that I can afford a good diet.

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    Sir PlatypusSir Platypus Registered User regular
    edited May 2011
    Well Europe is full of wizards, so you just magic your media to you anyway.

    I always feel sad when I think of the death of rental stores. It's weird that one day I'll say Blockbuster and some damn young'n will ask me what it was. Then I shall tell them a tale as if I were a mysterious cowboy.

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    Sir PlatypusSir Platypus Registered User regular
    edited May 2011
    Christ, don't buy Little Caesar's for just yourself.

    How could you live with that?

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    Mr. GMr. G Registered User regular
    edited May 2011
    Leftover Little Caesar's was my breakfast this morning

    i regret nothing

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    Sir PlatypusSir Platypus Registered User regular
    edited May 2011
    One time I decided to buy one for myself.

    Ate about half at once, and threw the rest away in shame.

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