I miss the feeling of walking those aisles; the limitless possibility of what obscure film could be waiting for me to discover. It was even better at small chains, as Blockbuster had a pretty standard metric of what they would carry no matter where you were, but those small mom & pops could come through with straight TREASURE.
When I was 8 my dad put a chip in my ps1 so I could played burned games. He brought me to blockbuster after that so we could burn a game.
I finally found one and ran over to him. I said “dad this looks like a good one to burn!” And an employee turned and looked at us.
My dad said “shh! It’s illegal” and I projected my voice towards the worker and said “just kidding!”
Then the worker came over and said “don’t worry, I do it too” and he helped me pick out a better game. I still have that Jackie Chan Stuntmaster from the first burn, instead of some random downhill snowboarding game. Man it was a fun game.
hitbycars on June 11st, 2018 at 18:38 UTC »
I miss the feeling of walking those aisles; the limitless possibility of what obscure film could be waiting for me to discover. It was even better at small chains, as Blockbuster had a pretty standard metric of what they would carry no matter where you were, but those small mom & pops could come through with straight TREASURE.
TheDollarstoreDoctor on June 11st, 2018 at 18:49 UTC »
I’m 19 and have a blockbuster card, this guys telling me I can use that as a fake ID lol ok
PositiveSupercoil on June 11st, 2018 at 22:29 UTC »
When I was 8 my dad put a chip in my ps1 so I could played burned games. He brought me to blockbuster after that so we could burn a game.
I finally found one and ran over to him. I said “dad this looks like a good one to burn!” And an employee turned and looked at us.
My dad said “shh! It’s illegal” and I projected my voice towards the worker and said “just kidding!”
Then the worker came over and said “don’t worry, I do it too” and he helped me pick out a better game. I still have that Jackie Chan Stuntmaster from the first burn, instead of some random downhill snowboarding game. Man it was a fun game.