[ale] OT: Online game rentals

[KingBahamut]

Docx....thats why I hold regular Ubuntu meeting groups at my house, usually
turns into a gaming session by the end of the night. I cant bring myself to
play console games.

On 5/24/06, docx at io.com <docx at io.com> wrote:
>
>
> On Wed, May 24, 2006 7:15 pm, William Witt said:
> > blockbuster.com does game rentals.
> >
> > Will
> >
> > Christopher Fowler wrote:
>
> [a lot of stuff that I deleted, but which does included this following
> bit]
>
> >> The last thing I want to do is move back to BlockBuster because their
> >> selection sucks and rarely do they have what I want in.  I liked
> GameFly
> >> because I could purchase games from them if I wanted to keep them and
> >> the price was better than buying a used game at any game store.
>
> Is now when I say RTFE-mail?  ;-)
>
> Yeah, there's an ambiguity between whether he was talking about the bricks
> and
> mortal Blockbusters or the online Blockbuster service, but I never let
> that
> stop me tweak folks a bit (all in good fun).
>
> >> A reference to a good service that offers a good selection would be
> much
> >> appreciated.
>
> I don't do online games.  I tend to borrow from friends who are crazier
> into
> gaming than I am or swing by their house and play for a bit.
>
> Depending on the game, it might be worth your while to swing by a LAN
> center
> or a game store which lets you pay to play games for a period of time and
> see
> if they have whatever new game you're looking at.  It might be worth it to
> plunk down some cash to play the game on their computer for 30-60 minutes
> to
> find out if you like it.  Just a thought.
>
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