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Now I can understand where Chris/Christine is coming from. Reading all those Nintendo Powers growing up. The way they are written. Like they are describing an alternate reality where you are in some sort of secret club. You are tangentially part of the industry. Involved in the process. And everyone is your friend. That game counselor in that ad. That person who answers the letters column. You even have "insider information." You might believe you've been being to trade shows showing off the latest games that won't come out for another six months, when you've done no such thing. Or you're like Captain N, entering the game worlds every time you turn on the game. Or if anything, you belong to some sub-culture of Nintendo players who are all slightly more special than the average citizen for their video game awarness. You're involved in this story. It's like a movie, where everyone knows your name. And for a brief moment, you can believe you are significant.

>> No.6970589

You're very obsessed with Nintendo.

>> No.6970605

Reminds me of a post on /pol/ where some anon was talking about how the magnets in earbuds were probably causing kids to turn gay, until people pointed out that the fucking Sony Walkman had in-ear headphones.

>> No.6970619

>>6970605
I wore airpods once and started sucking cock the next day. Coincidence? No. Because I usually only suck dick while browsing 4chan

>> No.6971482

>>6970584
Take your pills, schizo.

>> No.6972059
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6972059

i got Nintendo Power as a child. it was full of fluff, junk, and even had wrong and confusing info. sometimes the editors would get pissy in the letter section.

i thought it was cool when i was 6, but wow it was full of filler and bullshit looking back.

well that's obvious.

someone else got Game Informer, and it was the same thing with a different coat of paint.

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>> No.6972074

>>6970584
You don't know how hard it was to get information before the world wide web. You either forgot how shitty it was, or weren't born yet.

>> No.6972085

>>6972074
information on how to get mew in 1999 through "glitches", or how to play as ganondorf in ocarina of time, or unlock sonic in super smash bros original.

>> No.6972086

op did you just discover print media? They got these things called magazine and comic books, whoa. Been out For decades

>> No.6972096

>>6972085
> unlock sonic in super smash bros
i spent many hours getting 20 kills or whatever it was in Cruel Melee. Fucking game informer. you can actually play as master hand though with a glitch

>> No.6972105

>>6970605
and when was the aids epidemic again?

>> No.6972106

>>6972074
I just read all the mags for free at the supermarket while mom did groceries

>> No.6973478

>>6970584
are you a zoomer or something? kid, you have a lot of catching up to do. those magazines were excellent. very much like you've described. quite a few mags were like that.

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>>6970584
It was just marketing bro relax

>> No.6973526

>>6970584
Welcome to understanding the draw to certain hobbies. LMAO

>> No.6973530

>>6970584
I dunno man, I think you might just be an idiot

>> No.6973570

>>6970584
Every magazine has sounded like that, for the past century. Advertising uses that technique a lot, to make you feel like you're "in" on something. What you've demonstrated is that the only thing you've read is Nintendo Power, so you think you've arrived at some conclusion unique to Nintendo Power. You need to read more, you lunatic.

>> No.6973607

>>6972105
AIDS? It used to be called GRID and for good reason.

>> No.6973610

>>6972059
Game Informer was always the Poor Kid's gaming magazine. I have a Game Informer #1. It's nothing but a pack in catalog advertisement that a Cashier would slide into your bag with out even asking.

>> No.6973631

>>6972059
I’ve been looking through a lot of old gaming magazines lately and the editors getting pissy in the letters section is surprisingly universal.

>> No.6973714

>>6970584
Nintendo Power didn't create Chris-chan but they certainly did enable him by publishing his autism at least twice. There was a letter where he talked about a dating sim helping him with relationships and they said his Animal Crossing video he mailed them was "amazing". The video is full of Love Quest spergyness and he sings "So Need a Cute Girl" (tell me why I'M STUCK AS A VIRGIN WITH RAGE) in the first few minutes.

>> No.6973721

>>6970584
i've been here for 3 years and this takes the award for the dumbest post i've ever seen. congrats anon you've made the newest copypasta

>> No.6973857

>>6970584
>i recently gained the self-awareness to realize that i did all of these things
>this left me feeling stupid and embarrassed though so i have to project it onto others
lol