>Be me working at gamestop
>parent asks for a game called "cod"
>tell her there is no game called "cod" but her son probably meant "Rapala pro bass fishing" 
there are lots of fish in that game and the closest we have
>have ton of copies in the back
>we have a deal on, if you buy 2 copies you get 1 free
>she buys three brand new copies of this game
>she comes back after christmas
>all three copies have been opened
>no refund because you opened them 
>a kid out there received 3 copies of a fucking fishing game for Christmas
  • Samdell@lemmy.eco.brEnglish
    371·
    1 day ago

    We’ve been there. I asked for Shadow Warrior as a kid and got Shadow Man. Couldn’t even run the game so all I got was actually a neat box and manual.

    I shouldn’t have gotten either game, TBF, but parents didn’t care.

    • MummysLittleBloodSlut@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish
      123·
      1 day ago

      I don’t like old video games, but my partner does, and that’s why I know that Altered Beast is about an undead that turns into a werewolf. That’s love. Putting up with your family’s weird obsessions because you love to hear them care about something.

      I think parents who won’t listen to their kids about their interests, even when it’s a financial decision, don’t love their kids enough.

      • Samdell@lemmy.eco.brEnglish
        21·
        22 hours ago

        I learned that years later. Though I never bothered to play Shadow Warrior, only the remake/reboot.