2013-08-30 They stopped making those
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- Waker
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Re: 2013-08-30 They stopped making those
I can't say I'm surprised at the direction this comic took. While I did love the goofy smile she had in the last strip, her statement of "One Nintendo, please!" rather pointedly demonstrated her lack of recent game trends. But now her ignorance of the new systems lets the old Wii name jokes get dusted off.
Still though, I am wondering what games the clerk is gonna end up suggesting that she buy.
Still though, I am wondering what games the clerk is gonna end up suggesting that she buy.
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Good gracious, Sandra. Your knowledge is as keen as mine, but I'm an old man. Better get gaming, girl.
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Re: 2013-08-30 They stopped making those
I just hope she doesn't end up with a 2DS
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Ah so now she asks for a Super Nintendo...and thinks the Nintendo 64 is the newest Nintendo system. I actually kinda envy Sandra at this point.
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I take it he sells her one of those 8GB units that has been collecting dust in the store for months.
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Re: 2013-08-30 They stopped making those
Wow.
You know, I'm not a gamer at all but even I have a bit of knowledge what the newest console systems are...
Though Eisu seems to have missed making a "Oui You" joke here, as someone wrote in the last thread... ;)
You know, I'm not a gamer at all but even I have a bit of knowledge what the newest console systems are...
Though Eisu seems to have missed making a "Oui You" joke here, as someone wrote in the last thread... ;)
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Re: 2013-08-30 They stopped making those
Well, conversation takes place in French, so the joke is there, and that's why Sandra reacts with disbelief.
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I'm reminded of this strip. Though I had to have it explained to me at the time. Not a computer gamer.
Loved the bored and surly shop assistant, by the way. I would say something about French stereotypes, but let's face it, he could be a geek anywhere.
Loved the bored and surly shop assistant, by the way. I would say something about French stereotypes, but let's face it, he could be a geek anywhere.
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Re: 2013-08-30 They stopped making those
Bah, the Portal memes are still awesome.
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Re: 2013-08-30 They stopped making those
I have to wonder how old Sandra is, if the N64 is still "the new one" to her...?
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Re: 2013-08-30 They stopped making those
She was a cute pre-pubertal kid with braces, playing video games fourteen years ago. If she didn't notice that something stopped being made ... exactly that long ago, she must have drifted out of gaming not long after. Possibly, puberty hit, with its usual add-on payload.
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Wait a tic, she said she hasn't gamed since high school, but her points of reference are Super Nintendo and the N64?
How old is Sandra? I was lead to believe she was like 20 something, but her timeline is seriously throwing.
How old is Sandra? I was lead to believe she was like 20 something, but her timeline is seriously throwing.
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@MoonshadowDark: Depends on how early she got her first system. I got my first Gameboy back in 1992, 3 years after it's release. If Sandras parents also waited to spoil her daughter with this new contraptions chances are she got her first NES (Release date NA 1985) somewhere in 88-93 before it was discontinued.
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Re: 2013-08-30 They stopped making those
No! Sandra! Wait until the price drop in October! *mutters* There better be an ambassador program. *clears throat* Besides there are only like 3 games for it right now. *looks over to his own Wii U under pile of dust with a sigh* Just get yourself a 3DS.
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