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[Tenguman]

As I entered Gamestop to trade in some games and pick up Pikmin 2, I noticed about 8 kids (12-15) hovered around the Donkey Konga game in the corner, all laughing, clapping, and pounding away at the bongos. I go up to the manager at the desk to trade in some games and with his face red and his left eye twitching he says ".....they've...been...playing that...for a week now......I can usually filter out game noise...but that....but that...i'm going to smash it...."

I quickly got my stuff and left. Lesson? Watch out parents, Donkey Konga will probably drive you insane.

 

[Wario64]

Donkey Konga murders kids, news at 11

 

[Dr.Guru of Peru]

haha.

 

[MrCheez]

Can't be any worse than when I worked in EB and we set up a playable EyeToy. >_<

 

[atomsk]

i havent been too annoyed yet at TRU, but mostly it's little kids pounding on the bongos without actually starting the demo, and their parents dragging them away shortly after. i guess i'm lucky...

in other Konga related news...

how come no one told me the BOBOBO theme song is in Konga vol 2? i woulda imported that shit much sooner had i known. (my copy finally arrived today. woo!)

edit: RE: eyetoy, we've got one of those set up too. gets alot more response than the bongos

 

[sc0la]

Yes. Yes it is.

 

[Semjaza Azazel]

The place is private property... can't they just ask these kids to leave after a period of time if they are obviously not going to buy anything?

 

[MrAngryFace]

A trick used at my old EB was to just go to the back room and flip the fuse that powered the kiosk. The kids would just sorta leave.

 

[Musashi Wins!]

Yea, local store here is turning it off early now.

 

[sprsk]

i havent had too much problems with ti, usually if a kid is being retarded i tell him the arcades upstairs.

 

[Justin]

I work at a GameStop and yes, it is the worst game ever made.

 

[MrCheez]

A trick used at my old EB was to just go to the back room and flip the fuse that powered the kiosk. The kids would just sorta leave.

We did that whenever our Manager wasn't around for EyeToy... but as soon as he came into the store he'd turn it back on. ;_; He had no soul.

 

[Mr_Furious]

Working retail sucks. Deal with it.

 

[Justin]

A trick used at my old EB was to just go to the back room and flip the fuse that powered the kiosk. The kids would just sorta leave.

In most places that should work, but in the mall I work at, even when we turn it of we get kids that sit there and pound on it non-stop.

 

[Alex]

Eyetoy? How big are the game stores where you guys live? The gamestop here is quite tiny, lots of stuff cramed into a small section.

The kiosk is totally shoved into the corner, they always put new games on it, but nothing more obtuse like Eyetoy, Konga, etc. Although they seem to move it around sometimes, makes no sense to me.

Like, they'll occasionally put it in the middle of the store, I guess you could put something like Eyetoy on it there, but you know some fat kid would try to play it, trip, and destroy a display case or something... Or maybe that's just what I want to happen?

 

[snapty00]

Most Wal-Mart stores I've been to have one or two Eye Toy kiosks that you can play.

 

[Minotauro]

When I started working at Software Etc., on my first day, I was forced to listen to that ridiculous theme song from that N64 game, Buck Bumble, all night. Has anyone else ever heard it? I swear, the thing was engraved in my consciousness for weeks afterward.

 

[Shiggy]

In Bremen (Germany) the consoles in shops have most times Disney games or they're off.

 

[BuddyC]

Donkey Kon-GA

 

[Prince of Space]

It got kinda annoying, so we switched it out for the MP2 demo instead.

 

[AniHawk]

Donkey Konga 2 needs to have Banana Phone in the US version.

 

[LakeEarth]

Donkey Konga 2 needs to have Banana Phone in the US version.

RING RING RING RING RING RING RING BANANA PHONE!!!

(EB and Gamestop employees drop dead)

 

[impirius]

Boopidoopidoop!
*clap clap*

Boopidoopidoop!
*clap clap*

 

[elitehebrew]

I love watching kids play Donkey Konga when i'm working b/c 99.9% don't have any musical rhythm and its quite entertaining to see them horribly screw it up.

 

[MetatronM]

It must piss people off, because I have never been in a game store (in the US) that had the Konga set-up turned on. It is ALWAYS turned off.

 

[DDayton]

Bah. Twitty game store employees... there is such a thing as volume control, after all.

 

[jooey]

Bah. Twitty game store employees... there is such a thing as volume control, after all.

I wouldn't think that helps too much when so many EBs and gamestops are the size of cubby holes.

 

[Sp3eD]

I have no problem with this at my TRU I work at. In fact most of the time I am teaching people how to play it.

720 coins on "All the small things" on the 2nd difficulty. Beat that!

 

[Sho Nuff]

STOP THESE EVIL GAMES

 

[Bog]

It's the clapping, man. The bongo part of it's fine. And no, I haven't worked retail in 8 years. I'm going by the 5 minutes I watched my friend play.

 

[Tenguman]

Bah. Twitty game store employees... there is such a thing as volume control, after all.

It's not the sound of the game, its the kid's bongo-pounding, hand-clapping, laughing, and yelling that's driven them mad.

 

[DDayton]

It's not the sound of the game, its the kid's bongo-pounding, hand-clapping, laughing, and yelling that's driven them mad.

Good heavens... people playing GAMES in a game store! Whatever will they think of next...

 

[DrForester]

It's driving employees crazy?


MISSION ACCOMPLISHED!

Bah. Twitty game store employees... there is such a thing as volume control, after all.

Yes, but the volume control on the displays is made to be difficult to get to.

 

[Senretsu]

yup, working retail sucks, I did it once, and it sucked. We didn't even have donkey konga back then and it still sucked.

all I can say is I'm never going back to work in retail.