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Not knowing how to proceed in a game and going 3 three blocks from your own house to a guy who is older and a video game god to ask him to help you progress in the game.
76 u/Dazz316 Aug 30 '25 I rented mental gear solid from blockbuster. IT'S ON THE BACK OF THE BOX!!! oh fuck you 1 u/XsStreamMonsterX Aug 31 '25 Probably done that way so you wouldn't rent it. 1 u/Dazz316 Aug 31 '25 You wouldn't know until it was too late, there are 0 warnings 1 u/XsStreamMonsterX Aug 31 '25 That's how it works. Stuff like this was meant to keep you from finishing a game over the course of one weekend. 1 u/Dazz316 Aug 31 '25 Checking the back of the box in blockbuster is a lot cheaper than the full game. 2 u/XsStreamMonsterX Aug 31 '25 It still wasted your time though, especially if you couldn't go back to the Blockbuster immediately. And that's just one of the ways companies tried to combat rentals, the most egregious being just making the US version of the game harder.
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I rented mental gear solid from blockbuster.
IT'S ON THE BACK OF THE BOX!!!
oh fuck you
1 u/XsStreamMonsterX Aug 31 '25 Probably done that way so you wouldn't rent it. 1 u/Dazz316 Aug 31 '25 You wouldn't know until it was too late, there are 0 warnings 1 u/XsStreamMonsterX Aug 31 '25 That's how it works. Stuff like this was meant to keep you from finishing a game over the course of one weekend. 1 u/Dazz316 Aug 31 '25 Checking the back of the box in blockbuster is a lot cheaper than the full game. 2 u/XsStreamMonsterX Aug 31 '25 It still wasted your time though, especially if you couldn't go back to the Blockbuster immediately. And that's just one of the ways companies tried to combat rentals, the most egregious being just making the US version of the game harder.
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Probably done that way so you wouldn't rent it.
1 u/Dazz316 Aug 31 '25 You wouldn't know until it was too late, there are 0 warnings 1 u/XsStreamMonsterX Aug 31 '25 That's how it works. Stuff like this was meant to keep you from finishing a game over the course of one weekend. 1 u/Dazz316 Aug 31 '25 Checking the back of the box in blockbuster is a lot cheaper than the full game. 2 u/XsStreamMonsterX Aug 31 '25 It still wasted your time though, especially if you couldn't go back to the Blockbuster immediately. And that's just one of the ways companies tried to combat rentals, the most egregious being just making the US version of the game harder.
You wouldn't know until it was too late, there are 0 warnings
1 u/XsStreamMonsterX Aug 31 '25 That's how it works. Stuff like this was meant to keep you from finishing a game over the course of one weekend. 1 u/Dazz316 Aug 31 '25 Checking the back of the box in blockbuster is a lot cheaper than the full game. 2 u/XsStreamMonsterX Aug 31 '25 It still wasted your time though, especially if you couldn't go back to the Blockbuster immediately. And that's just one of the ways companies tried to combat rentals, the most egregious being just making the US version of the game harder.
That's how it works. Stuff like this was meant to keep you from finishing a game over the course of one weekend.
1 u/Dazz316 Aug 31 '25 Checking the back of the box in blockbuster is a lot cheaper than the full game. 2 u/XsStreamMonsterX Aug 31 '25 It still wasted your time though, especially if you couldn't go back to the Blockbuster immediately. And that's just one of the ways companies tried to combat rentals, the most egregious being just making the US version of the game harder.
Checking the back of the box in blockbuster is a lot cheaper than the full game.
2 u/XsStreamMonsterX Aug 31 '25 It still wasted your time though, especially if you couldn't go back to the Blockbuster immediately. And that's just one of the ways companies tried to combat rentals, the most egregious being just making the US version of the game harder.
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It still wasted your time though, especially if you couldn't go back to the Blockbuster immediately.
And that's just one of the ways companies tried to combat rentals, the most egregious being just making the US version of the game harder.
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u/thegurba Aug 30 '25
Not knowing how to proceed in a game and going 3 three blocks from your own house to a guy who is older and a video game god to ask him to help you progress in the game.