Life of a Transistor
I hate trying to get things online when there’s rush and a time limit. Who wants to click refresh and have tons of windows open? I can’t alt-tab like I used to. So I wandered over to the local GameStop the day preorders opened, with my mind fully made up that if the line was too long I’d just go home. But it was raining that day, and only about 30 or so people were in line. I got the last Mario Kart bundle the store had.
Fast forward to release day. Zoe and I watched Terminator 2 while waiting for midnight to get closer. I was hoping to get there sooner so she could experience the crowd fun of being around other gamers at a midnight launch. But as it worked out we got there about five minutes before everyone started going in. I gotta hand it to the GameStop employees. They know how to get people in and out.
What was the last console you just plugged in and turned on and a game started immediately? I bet it was the N64 or PS1, because I think even the PS2 had a setup sequence with the clock and resolution and everything. Unless you were one of the cool kids that bought Saturn.
I kinda miss that.
Life of a Transistor
I hate trying to get things online when there’s rush and a time limit. Who wants to click refresh and have tons of windows open? I can’t alt-tab like I used to. So I wandered over to the local GameStop the day preorders opened, with my mind fully made up that if the line was too long I’d just go home. But it was raining that day, and only about 30 or so people were in line. I got the last Mario Kart bundle the store had.
Fast forward to release day. Zoe and I watched Terminator 2 while waiting for midnight to get closer. I was hoping to get there sooner so she could experience the crowd fun of being around other gamers at a midnight launch. But as it worked out we got there about five minutes before everyone started going in. I gotta hand it to the GameStop employees. They know how to get people in and out.
What was the last console you just plugged in and turned on and a game started immediately? I bet it was the N64 or PS1, because I think even the PS2 had a setup sequence with the clock and resolution and everything. Unless you were one of the cool kids that bought Saturn.
I kinda miss that.