Marty: The future, it's where you're going? Doc: That's right, twenty five years into the future. I've always dreamed on seeing the future, looking beyond my years, seeing the progress of mankind. I'll also be able to see who wins the next twenty-five world series.
I know we've gone a long way from this subject, like 6 pages ago, but I think instead of Fry, the little dude in the comic looks more like Jim (as seen in Armadeaddon: Epilogue http://www.penny-arcade.com/comic/2006/08/27).
I most certainly agree with everything Gabe said, games to me are personal and you can strike up excellent conversations just by going through people's game archives, or picking out something you never thought you'd like. Video games are an enjoyable past time and important part of life to me, like football to the couch jockey. I have history with it, and it will continue to be part of my life till I become withered and haggard in the nursing home and face off against "Diapers Mcgee" in Sega Genesis tournaments (if it even still works by then).
Banking that, I have yet to return or trade in a game. Hell, my first copy of Darkstalkers that I got back in 96 was scratched to all hell, and I was even to lazy and uncaring to bring it back to the rental place I got it from (it was the only copy left anyway, and was only like 12 bucks).
Minus the anecdote, I figure the economics and business behind it is probably more complex than "buying used games hurts developers". If the gaming "industry" can't handle or even dislikes the idea of used products being sold, then they should close up. Every industry has used products, and the purchasing of therein.
While the maximizing of the digital medium is on the rise, there is going to be (for some years to come) joe schmo who "hates the internets" and "can't even stand using that electronic mail". Granted, these people are disappearing, but they're still there and still saturate the market.
You're also going to have those families that will want the experience of going to the local rental shop, as opposed to "just sitting and staring at a tube, clicking away at buy buttons". As long as these pre-digital people exist, the digital market will have a tough time being dominant.
It will be an eventuality, one that i'm only slightly looking forward to.
God I was working at Rogers when the attacks happened and for the following TWO GODDAMN YEARS when people rented a new release and a 7-day movie and it came to $9.11 people would be like "OH MAN THAT IS CREEPY LIKE THE DATE THAT THING HAPPENED WOW THAT NUMBER COMES UP ALL THE TIME LIKE WHEN WE TALK ABOUT 9/11 AND WHEN I CALL THE HOSPITAL BECAUSE I NEED MEDICINE TO KEEP ME FROM BEING A STUPID DICKBAG ALL THE TIME."
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Doc: That's right, twenty five years into the future. I've always dreamed on seeing the future, looking beyond my years, seeing the progress of mankind. I'll also be able to see who wins the next twenty-five world series.
Just wanted to say that.
EDIT: I know it's not really Jim, I just thought it was interesting how similar they look.
I most certainly agree with everything Gabe said, games to me are personal and you can strike up excellent conversations just by going through people's game archives, or picking out something you never thought you'd like. Video games are an enjoyable past time and important part of life to me, like football to the couch jockey. I have history with it, and it will continue to be part of my life till I become withered and haggard in the nursing home and face off against "Diapers Mcgee" in Sega Genesis tournaments (if it even still works by then).
Banking that, I have yet to return or trade in a game. Hell, my first copy of Darkstalkers that I got back in 96 was scratched to all hell, and I was even to lazy and uncaring to bring it back to the rental place I got it from (it was the only copy left anyway, and was only like 12 bucks).
Minus the anecdote, I figure the economics and business behind it is probably more complex than "buying used games hurts developers". If the gaming "industry" can't handle or even dislikes the idea of used products being sold, then they should close up. Every industry has used products, and the purchasing of therein.
While the maximizing of the digital medium is on the rise, there is going to be (for some years to come) joe schmo who "hates the internets" and "can't even stand using that electronic mail". Granted, these people are disappearing, but they're still there and still saturate the market.
You're also going to have those families that will want the experience of going to the local rental shop, as opposed to "just sitting and staring at a tube, clicking away at buy buttons". As long as these pre-digital people exist, the digital market will have a tough time being dominant.
It will be an eventuality, one that i'm only slightly looking forward to.
Haha, is anyone even gonna read that?
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Ran my birthday is in 18 days.
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but seriously, it is the anniversary of my birth.
And Hitler's birth.
And Columbine.
It seriously is all of those things.
There is so much going on I am sure everyone could figure out a reason they shouldn't work.
connie chung.
eh, that's kinda boring.
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September 11th.
But she's rich, so she just rents a beach house in Yachats, Oregon each year, and abducts a dozen or so of her friends for a media-free party week.
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