'Happy Ending' to Penny Arcade DS Debacle
Jan. 12This is really a few days old by now, but since I reported on the initial screw-up that left Gabe and Tycho feeling like jerks, I should follow-up with how the situationended.
We were able to fish the signed DS out of the UPS bin in advance of the pickup, so that tender collectible will go up in an eBay auction on Wednesday - acting as a coda to this year's Child's Play. It's been replaced by a common, absolutely ordinary Nintendo DS, which isn't as cool, but what do you do? ...
If someone involved in the promotion of a game sends me a DS that may be used either as a personal gift or as a donation to charity - as was the case here, according to the letter - does the latter negate the former? ...
There are people in the games industry whose job it is, literally, to befriend you - and you must constantly correct for it. I don't apologize for this process.
He's quite right. I am a journalist of essentially no standing, but I still get free games showing up at my house with alarming regularly, and left the last E3 with some ridiculous swag.
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