I went to Gamestop during my lunch today. It's been a while since I've been there. I don't go often because I'm fairly certain that the people in that store hate me. I walk around, touch things, pick things up, ask questions... and purchase nothing. The last time I bought anything there was... wow. I don't know. I went in there looking for Tomb Raider: Underworld only to have them hand me an open box game that they were selling as a new. Full price despite the fact that it was covered in Gamestop stickers and had been opened? I don't think so. I went home and got it for 20% off on Steam.
Where was I? Oh yeah...
I stopped by Gamestop and saw the Ally & AJ guitar. It bothered me. Mostly because it is confirming to me on a deep level what I have known for a long time: the real money in gaming is 12 year old girls. So-called "hardcore" gamers like myself are on the path to being marginalized because the games we like take too much money to make and bring in too little whereas 12 year old girls buy Pink DS's and 400 billion copies of Barbie Horse Adventures, creating record profits. Our days are numbered friends. An army of pink has overrun us in our game-induced stupor. There is only one rational response:
And now for something literate:
Nikki has fired up the Riot Book Club on GoodReads. This is our chance to share together our literary pursuits and Nikki's chance to show you that, on a bad day, she can only read six books. Seriously, Nikki can read faster than anyone on earth. Join GoodReads and join our club! We'd love to see what you're reading!
No comments:
Post a Comment