With so many Gamestops having dropped off, as well as malls themselves dying off, it's safe to say that the world we grew up in and prepared for no longer exists. It all happened so fast...
>>84283932check bro out with his qt azn girl gamer gf
>>84283940Vidya games and such are mainstream now, yet not a SINGLE 'gamer girl' wants to so much as look at me. Azn or otherwise. I want my Ramona Flowers.
ermahgerd no gamestop and no malls how will i survive
>>84283962Painfully, with a melancholic sense of disquiet and longing for a past that no longer exists. An...insatiable nostalgia.
i think its based that malls are dying. youth hang out spots shouldnt be public, so boomers cant encroach on them. gen alpha and gen z went underground where no boomers can follow and try to snipe on them.
>>84283932I miss video game magazines
>>84284026I miss the smells and demo discs...>not a magazine, but I know.
>>84284035I loved the 1 or 2 page ads
>>84283932Imagine the smelIz
>>84283932I felt that way back when Toys "R" Us went under, that was honestly where I got my toys and games for most of my life.
>>84283932I only recently found out how to enjoy going to the mall. It's actually not that bad and somewhat enjoyable if you are wearing sunglasses, a hat, and noise cancelling headphones. Grab an energy drink to if you can. The downside is you obviously look like you're shoplifting but if it's a "please be patient with me I have autism" hat maybe people will not think that>>84283978It kind is nostalgic. I'll never forget going to one back in '09 and trying to trade in a physical copy of Battletoads. The cashier who was working that day had to actually be physically held back he was so upset. Mind you this was pretty close to when /b/ was doing prank call raids where we would tie up the lines around Christmas wasting time and asking for Battletoads over the phone. *sighs nostalgically*
