Forum Overview :: Gamerasutra :: EB and Software Etc. in the mall, Babbages attached to the B&N

[quote name="across the street"]The kids working at Software Etc in '97 were my age or younger--early 20s. One had extensive ink and made questionable facial hair decisions. He was the go-to for anything related to adventure/horror/rpg/strategy. The other kid was...average. Average height, average build, average personality, average face. But he was autistically encyclopedic about sports and racing games. The manager was the old man with a tie and square-rim glasses. Ancient, wizened. Probably 28-32. He saw me looking at the shoebox sized packaging for Fallout. Asked me if I'd played Wasteland. I bought EVERYTHING from that store except: Pre-ordered my Dreamcast at the B&N/Babbages because of whatever bundle they were offering. I think it included Shenmue. Which, at the time, made you feel the way Dragon Slayer made you feel back when Dragon Slayer made you feel like you had just stepped bodily into the goddamn AD&motherfuckingD cartoon, ready to fire that laser bow and hilariously miscast some spells. I also first saw the Tribes 2 and Homeworld demoed there since I couldn't leave the bookstore without stopping by the software store for just a sec. [/quote]