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Any fellow olds remember the hotlines for video games?
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I bought strategy guides instead. I still have a few of them!
I had guides too, well a few, depending on if my parents wanted to buy it. The best guides I had were for FFVII the unofficial guide with the anime artwork and poster and the Shenmue guide.
Please tell me it has like five adjectives that start with "un-", including unauthorized and unofficial, surrounded by a stylized explosion on the cover.
It kicked so much ass
Can confirm, official guide not only has spoilers but whole ass screenshots.
That's why you get the guide written by real gamers!
Olds know you had to prioritize dial up time for playing games rather than reading about them. Reading strategy guides written before the game was released by people who never had the opportunity to actually play it online before writing while my parents are on the phone and trying to sneak forums in during computer class to try to catch up on the meta.
We still buy them! My family has a lot of fun going through the art and maps and lore.
Do they still make them? Or are you buying the old ones for funsies?
They still make them! The Zelda ones are our favorite.
The official Elden ring strategy guide has a higher good reads score than Ulysses by James Joyce.
4.74/5 lol. I'm sure it's gorgeous for a video game guide.