Have him preorder Mass Effect 2.
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Have him preorder Mass Effect 2.
Wait what year and month is it?
We should probably get his grandson's age, because there's a lot of difference between Mass Effect and Mario Cart.
GH just add this to Subo's orders please:
Also ask how old his grandson is
Sure, add that.
"Yeah, I know a bit about video games," you say. "Why are you looking for them again?"
The old man regards you oddly for a second. "Hmm, they probably shouldn't have set the setting so high on that helmet. Like I said before, I need a present for my grandson. He'll be 14."
Ask if he knows what console his nephew has
"I can't quite remember the exact name," he says. "X-Cube 360, I think. I can keep up with most technology, but video games were never my strong suit."
Ask him if there is any specific game or genre his grandson mentioned.
"No, unfortunately. His parents haven't been the most helpful people in the world."
Ask him if he can remember seeing his grandson playing a game, and what was in it. Also what does his grandson like to do other than playing games.
If the answer to number 2 is stay indoors, then Dragon Age. If #2 is play football, then whatever CoD game just came out.
"I don't see him too often, so I can't tell you what he likes to play. I think he's still playing baseball beyond Little League, though."
Maybe this: "You could always get him a gift card if you really don't know."
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Originally Posted by Double A
But that seems inconsiderate. But since the old guy doesn't know what he likes, meh.
If he has a 360, he'd probably have whatever we suggest already http://www.twcenter.net/forums/image...mot_vhappy.gif
Gently suggest that he get a gift card. If he gets offended, placate him.
With a blow to the head?
Well, either way, we still have to find him a video game store first.
I say we accompany him there, either way.Quote:
Originally Posted by Chaotix
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You gently suggest that he gets his grandson a gift card. Hayes sighes for a minute, and then reluctantly agrees. "As much as I hate it, I guess the world's just passing me by. Best of luck to you, son." He begins to walk off.
Should we stop him and explain our situation?
:wall:
I knew that was a bad move when I saw it.
Stop Hayes before he goes any further, and explain that you could still probably help him find both a store and a good game for his grandson. Mention that the gift card was only an idea as a last resort, if he couldn't find anything else.
Then suggest that the most likely place to find a video game store is a mall, and ask if he knows the location of any such place.
BTW, I'm thinking we should get this kid Fallout 3. If he's any sort of a casual video game player, he will already have the last three Call of Duties and the last two Halos, because that is what the mainstream young teens all buy (I know this because I have a younger brother :laugh4:). In that case, he will already have Madden 2006-2010 for his "XCube" as well.
Fallout is not multiplayer enough to be a casual game, but it's still got that FPS appeal to it, and the kid will probably play it for at least a few weeks before switching back to COD again, which is about the most you could expect.
An alternative might be Gears of War or its sequel, but there is a greater chance he has those already. Also, it's super-gory, as is Fallout. Let's remember to ask Hayes whether or not the kid's mommy has any qualms about excessive violence.
Suggest Viva Pinata. :clown:
OMG Lets buy Sims 3!!
Victoria 2. A challenge will be good for him.
Games that exist might be good.
Wow, if this guy knew how much thought we'd put into this he might appreciate it. Instead all he has heard are incessant repetitive questions which emphasise how little he knows about his grandson, topped off with the suggestion of a gift card.
If this guy realised how much thought we'd put into this, he'd probably run away as fast as his elderly legs could carry him. Our attitude towards this quite ordinary old man is beginning to slip from politely sociable to creepily over-friendly. The next step is rejection-anxiety, followed by a swift descent into anger and then brutal violence.Quote:
Originally Posted by Myrddraal
Any chance we could at least try to act like a sane person?
Sanity is for losers
Witty.Quote:
Originally Posted by Subotan
Sarcastic.Quote:
Originally Posted by Winston Hughes
Seriously, though, what exactly is to be gained by hassling this old geezer? Unless we're going to rob him of his $50 (which hardly seems worth the risk of getting busted), I don't see what he could have to offer us. I'd guess that, in the best-case scenario, he might offer us a meal, and possibly even let us sleep on his couch. But if he's got any sense about him, he'll get away from us asap.
It strikes me that there are three things we need to do: (i) look after our immediate interests by getting some supplies, (ii) look at ways to make more money, and (iii) try to figure out what happened to us. Right now, I reckon we should cut out the grandpa-bothering, and go spend some of our hard-earned cash on food and other useful items.
You stop Hayes and ask him that if he really wants your help, you have it. After a moment of pondering, he agrees.
"Now," you say, "I don't know this area too well, so I'm going to need your help a little bit. Most likely there is a video game store in a mall around here. If you know where one is, I'll be glad to tag along and help you out."
"My car's parked just a little ways away from here," Hayes says. "You sure about this?"
Yep
I was making the point that playing this nice and conventionally, so it's like the Sims in italics is boring.Quote:
Originally Posted by Winston Hughes
We've got nothing to lose. And grandpa hassling/helping is fun.Quote:
Originally Posted by Winston Hughes
I did suggest that earlier, but nobody listened.Quote:
Originally Posted by Winston Hughes
I agree. It's just that spending days (RL time) helping some old bloke buy a video game for his nephew strikes me as both boring and unlikely to get us anywhere very helpful. But, hey, maybe I'm wrong about the latter part. In any case, it seems our bizarre interest in helping him buy this game has failed to give him any doubts about our motives or sanity.Quote:
Originally Posted by Subotan
Of course, it's always possible that this is just a ruse on his part, and gramps is actually planning on luring us back to his place so he can eat us for his dinner...
Then we get $50 and can write a book about it :beam:
Calvin Hobbes: My Story.
I'd buy it.
You have to write it first.
With $50 I'm sure we could get a half decent ghost writer for Calvin, especially considering that his life amounts to not 30 pages on an internet forum.
You get in Hayes's car and the two of you drive off to the nearest mall. As you enter the parking lot, you notice a large sign that says "Welcome to Metrocenter". After parking, you exit the car, enter the mall, and look at the site map provided. There's a Gamestop on the first level, a few doors down from the Old Navy.
Would you like to accompany Robert to the store, or explore a bit on your own?
Accompany Robert to the store
We can explore later.
I wonder what would happen if we yelled out "AMERICA SUCKS!"
We'd get shot.
We'll get some more laddies following the old man.
Hungry for blood.
laddies = young scottish boys? :anxious:Quote:
Originally Posted by Beefy187
You decide to accompany Robert to Gamestop, paying attention to the stores you pass on the way there. These include several smaller clothing stores, an Old Navy, a Macy's, a candle shop, a boardgame store, an airbrush store for your shirts, not to mention the countless locations in parts of the mall you haven't visited yet.
The two of you enter the Gamestop, where all of the salespeople/cashiers are busy.
Uh yeah I dont want to be ignorant but what are those shops?
Old Navy - sells a lot of blue jeans and other clothes
Macy's - women's clothes store. There may be men's clothing, but no men have actually been in there to look
Gamestop - formerly known as EB Games.
I have to be honest, I heard of a Robert Hayes before...
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Originally Posted by Double A
Actually, they're two different stores. EB and Gamestop were around at the same time, but eventually Gamestop wound up buying EB entirely, hence the name-change in the EB stores.Quote:
Originally Posted by Double A
As for Robert Hayes, Beskar, you may or may not be thinking about the US president Rutherford Hayes. Then again, "Hayes" is not particularly uncommon.
Walk over to the FPS Section (If we assume this is some mythical paradise Gamestop where games are arranged by genre rather than platform) and observe the slection of titles
This is not some mythical paradise Gamestop where games are arranged by genre rather than platform.
Oh.
Go to xbox360 section.
You arrive at the XBox 360 section. Awaiting you there is the usual assortment of games: Madden 10, Modern Warfare 2, Halo 3, etc.
Crap, kid may have, kid already has, etc.
Alright, my vote goes to Mass Effect 2.
We can always get him a total war game. I think thats the spirit of this forum.
But otherwise, Mass effect should be good
Mass Effect :yes:
But which rating has Mass Effect 2? If I remember correctly the kid is only 15, so if it is PG-16 we might get into problems with the grandpa. :shrug:
I suggest to ask if he is into a certain type of sports and maybe get him the newest version of this sports simulation. :shrug:
This is retarded. I got an idea. How about we ditch the grandpa, and listen to the music we have on the MP3 we encountered in the beginning to look for clues or hidden meaning that have something to do with our life? Sounds much better than running around helping an old person.
Yes, you are right, but the problem is, that we got to the mall we are at with the car of the grandpa. So we have little to no clue how to get where we started out or anywhere else. :shrug:
I think we should help him and then ask him to drive us back into the city, or tell us how we got there and explore the mall for a bit.
We got a free ride to the mall, didn't we?
Now we at least know where it is, and we won't have to go around asking random people going "Can you tell me where the mall is?" before someone calls the cops.
And we've almost got the "assisting the elderly" badge, don't ruin it! We have to get enough so we don't look bad when the soapbox derby comes around!
Ask Hayes whether his grandson's mother has any qualms about excessive violence in the video games her son plays.
The last thing we want to do is get this old coot's daughter/in-law pissed at him.
Mass Effects's violence is hardly excessive. It's the possibility of extra-terrestrial sexual intercourse that would freak out gramps.
"I don't think she wants anything ridiculously violent, but aside from that there shouldn't be a problem."
Mass Effect then
Ok, let's suggest something and be done with it!
For everyone's convenience, I've posted a summary and reference thread, with the aim of it being updated monthly. Ideally you'll go there if you need to remember something about a particular encounter, or if you just want to reflect on where you've been.
Still waiting on orders btw. :yes:
Search for the games "Mass Effect 2" and "Fallout 3".
Both games are in stock. Mass Effect 2 is $50, Fallout 3 is $40.
Oh Fallout 3... he could use the extra 10 bucks for DLC.
Or he could give us some food.
We should go skip surfing with the old man, he's poor too right? ~D
Fallout 3?
Sounds good to me
Suggest Fallout 3 to man then talk about soundtrack of game ask old man if he is a fan of Roy Brown.
Um isn't fallout 3 an 18+?
It's a lot more violent than ME2.
But tell him to get ME2 if he wants to get the less violent game
None of that's going to work. Before you actually buy anything, make sure you read out the ESRB rating to him. That way he can decide for himself whether the game is too violent/smexy or not.
I'm not going to be around to post that when GH does the write-up.
Then do an add-on order. I don't mind what gets said.
Hayes's face lights up at the mention of Roy Brown. "Now there's a name I haven't heard in years," he says excitedly. "Are you saying that they put his music in the game? Sold!" He takes the game and walks up to the counter where there is one person ahead of him.
Who's Roy Brown?
The only composer I'm familiar with is Jeff van Dyke.
Roy Brown is a blues muso. Google is your friend.
Wait for him to buy the game.
Awesome!
Perhaps we just set up a good device to help bond grandfather and grandson, through the power of video game music.
That'd be pretty cool if we managed to do that :D