Penny Arcade - Comic - Tartarus

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Penny Arcade - Comic - Tartarus

Videogaming-related online strip by Mike Krahulik and Jerry Holkins. Includes news and commentary.

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Subotai

PTDS...as in Post Toys-R-Us Stress Disorder....I think we all have suffered this.

Bropocalypse

Every time I think of you
The sweetest dream will do
I don't miss you, baby
and I do wanna miss a thing

MaximumSquid

My friend has some pretty good stories from when he worked at Toys R Us & they were always from the holiday season.

MichaelLC

Other than being excited to see Orko 'in person', my only other good story is almost being crushed by a NES when the kid stocking it on a ladder dropped it.

I remember trying to catch it and him yelling at me to watch out.

Grendus

I'm the same way about Walmart. I can't even go in there any more, their self checkout machines beep on a very specific frequency and I can feel my blood pressure rising when I hear it. And on top of that, fuck the Waltons.

zepherin

I wonder what footage they were checking out.

I worked at Media Play the year the PS2 came out. That was rough...I went to college after that.

Lucascraft

There was specifically a video that was passed around on Facebook and other social media this past weekend showing footage of a shopping trip in TRU.

Hevach

It's in the news page. It bears little resemblance to Gabe's flashback.

T-Danger

I'm not entirely sure what the fuss is about the video. It's fascinating to see what things looked like back then, but I was expecting something weird or dramatic to happen.

I must admit, seeing the wall of tickets to get video games from brought back memories.

Anon von Zilch

I, too, was expecting at least a punch to be thrown. But the whole time I was just vibing to all the cool shit I remember wanting when I was five.
Although I understand how someone like Gabe who served there would not be thrilled in equal measure.

Preacher

I still get nightmares about working in fastfood and I haven't done that in almost twenty years. I think when you do a job in your formative years it burns into you in a way.

EmperorSeth

That was a really good comic title.

kralizecc

I started to sweat, tense up, and prepare for violence when I saw the young lady unboxing a gameboy in the isle. I think... I think there's something wrong... inside.

bwanie

I too, know the viscious sting of the fel giraffe's lash, whilst climbing 4-th row shelves for babyborn baths.

Geoffrey was a cruel master.

zepherin

Preacher wrote: »

I still get nightmares about working in fastfood and I haven't done that in almost twenty years. I think when you do a job in your formative years it burns into you in a way.

Also I think we tend to carry more trauma than we realize and maybe we could all talk to a therapist about it to help unpack a lot of the shit we've been carrying around for a while.

sfsdfd

> This means that in the space of two days - or, two mowed lawns, roughly the same value - I could grab a new text adventure from Trillium, or Telarium I guess it was eventually.

A man of culture, I see. Props.

shadowysea07

I've only been inside a toys r us twice for birthday present shopping. smrpglotss and pokemon sapphire.