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Life Behind The Counter
MTV Games has a run-down on a blog that relates what it is like behind a videogame store counter. The blog, DayintheLifeofVideogames relates the best and worst moments from their unique perspective on the games industry. From the article: "So pity the game store employee anxious to sell apples to people shopping for oranges. 'I die a little bit inside each time,' Post said. 'I think people are afraid to take a chance.' He gets just that close to getting people to buy the good stuff, but he said that if people haven't seen a TV commercial for a game, it's very hard to sell them on it. And cheer Post and Whitman for their acts of retail kindness, like warning customers buying EA's recent 'NFL Head Coach' that it doesn't actually let people play football. 'I warned two people, and both of them said, 'I'm glad you told me. I don't want it now,' ' Post said. 'You want to make the sale, but you don't want the guy to go home and say, 'That guy doesn't even know what he's talking about.'" It would be against the scriptures not to mention the most holy of holy books at this juncture. Yay, though I walk through the shadow of the non-believers, always do I keep the Acts of Gord in my mind.
It seems every few months, something new comes out that becomes an Internet cornerstone.
The first I remember was BOFH.
Acts of Gord was okay.
Then there was Tucker Max. God how funny.
From TM, I found the Tard Blog. It was the first blog that made me want to go to confession after.
I'd also like to throw out a shout to True Porn Clerk Stories. Now that's some sad shit.
I'd rather you do it wrong, than for me to have to do it at all.
I don't get some people. Do they just randomly moderate posts troll? Do they hate moderating that much? I wouldn't have said that it was really that onerous a responsibility.
that's all