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« on: October 16, 2005, 01:17:19 AM »
Well, not so much "awesome" as just...there.
Now, everyone likes to do things. I like, when my time and homework allows, to go to the local mall, and visit an arcade named Cyberstation. It's not really big, but it has a decent selection. What all this babble is about is...What kind of games will you play at an arcade, game hall, or even the entrance to a bowling alley. Are you a racing fan? Must you visit the Air-hockey table? Do you lust for some alien-blasting fun?
I am personally a fan of the Time Crisis game line. My buddy and I can run through too much money, just trying to get a little farther. When we do Co-op, he always has the higher score…Which is odd, cause I don’t feel I do badly, but, alas, I need more practice.
Though the pedal pounding pleasure (w00t, another triple letter acronym) of Time Crisis is good, I have always loved pinball. I don’t know why I like it, I just do. Maybe it’s the simplicity of the whole thing. Or I could just like the flashing lights and DING sounds…
Thinking of the arcade, I am reminded of this Wednesday. I got out of school early, due to the PSAT that I took, and no homework left to do. With nothing to do, I went to the mall with a good friend, his girlfriend, and her friend. We wander around for a while, then we head into Cyberstation waste a little more time. My friend Steve and I play Time Crisis 3, of course, and the two girls play ski ball. They gather a good amount of tickets, and I’m out of singles, not willing to spend a fin on tokens, fairly quickly. We go to “cash in†the tickets, and there is no guy behind the counter. Granted, it was about 12:30, on a Wednesday. There was one other group of 3 people there. But I still expected SOMEONE to be working. I look towards the back, and the guy is on the computer, and from what Steve saw, coming back from one of the old Area 51 machines, was playing some card game. I scrounge another 50 cents for another couple rounds of ski ball, thinking he’d see the two girls standing at the counter. He didn’t. Finally, I say from the desk (about the middle of the arcade) “Please get off the computer and service us!†loud enough for him to realize I said something. He gets up, I start joking with the rest of them to get the cookies for their tickets, and he says when he gets near us “You can just ask for assistance.â€
“Alrighty-then, I‘ll do that the next time you aren‘t doing your job†and start to turn, and he stands, as if in a threatening way, a few inches in front of me. Not a huge guy myself, but about 6’1â€, I’m still looking down as he says “Or you could get out of my storeâ€
Now, this may be the sarcasm I got from my mother, but I resisted the urge to make a crack at the fact that he was already up and ready to help, but held it back, thinking, don’t push it. I took the warning and just said, “okay…†He repeats, “Please leave my store.†I leave the place, laughing to myself. I joked with Steve later how that was probably the most unexpected response. Now, I don’t expect any real response on the incident here, and I just needed to let all the people know of the situation so I may say this to anyone who works in an arcade “If you do not do your job, expect 15 year olds to make fun of you when you try to be tough.â€
Anyway…Just asking for people to give an idea of what they prefer to play in an arcade environment.
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