Comments on: Kids + Robots = Cute. A Kitten + Devo = Even Cuter! https://fort90.com/kids-robots-cute-a-kitten-devo-even-cuter/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=kids-robots-cute-a-kitten-devo-even-cuter The homebase of Matthew Hawkins Mon, 27 Apr 2026 00:41:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 By: Westacular https://fort90.com/kids-robots-cute-a-kitten-devo-even-cuter/#comment-6946 Westacular Thu, 20 Oct 2005 03:44:24 +0000 http://www.fort90.com/journal/?p=279#comment-6946 Of course (if one lacks point-blank instructions) buying video games for others is difficult. Given how things are packaged and marketed and the general cluelessness of the kids hired to sell them ... Really, it's hard to imagine how to make something <i>harder</i> for gift buyers. If someone wanted to make a comparison to, say, buying DVDs: well, imagine it's like buying a DVD. Only you haven't seen any of the movies -- in fact, you haven't even <i>heard</i> of most of them. Most of them are bad. The clerk lies. Different brands only work with their own respective players, even though the packages almost look the same. Select the wrong one, and it will <i>never</i> be used. <i>And they all cost $60, non-returnable</i>. That video is <b>gold</b>, I'm gonna send that around. Of course (if one lacks point-blank instructions) buying video games for others is difficult. Given how things are packaged and marketed and the general cluelessness of the kids hired to sell them … Really, it’s hard to imagine how to make something harder for gift buyers.

If someone wanted to make a comparison to, say, buying DVDs: well, imagine it’s like buying a DVD. Only you haven’t seen any of the movies — in fact, you haven’t even heard of most of them. Most of them are bad. The clerk lies. Different brands only work with their own respective players, even though the packages almost look the same. Select the wrong one, and it will never be used. And they all cost $60, non-returnable.

That video is gold, I’m gonna send that around.

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