Starting A Games Mag
27 February 1999
Mama, weer all krazeeee now - and I mean that most sincerely, folks! Hello, I'm Phoning Honey the elliptical green guy who knows just what it is that you want: prank phonecalls and scam-ups.
As I am often to be found doing, this week I rang a couple of shops to see if they were receptive to my wild lines. And you know what? At least one of them was! Oh, baby - if you don't get a laugh out of this, you're dead from the tongue up! Names have been changed.
"SUPER COMPUTERS", SOUTH EAST
SC: Good afternoon, Super Computers.
US: Ah, hello. I understand you supply IT equipment to small businesses.
SC: That is correct. What do you need?
US: Well, I work for a magazine publisher, SFC Media - we publish Scalextric Magazine and Kent Monthly - and we're trying to set up a computer games magazine.
SC: And you need a gaming set-up.
US: Yes, we want something that'll play the latest games. Something meaty.
SC: We've done this before for a couple of personal clients, so it shouldn't be a problem. If you tell me specifically what you're after I can put together a pricing.
US: Can you?
SC: Yes I can.
US: Can you really do that?
SC: Mm-hmm.
US: Well, what we really need is something that's loud. Big kickin' sub-woofers. Surround sound. DVD.
SC: That shouldn't be a problem.
US: And we want it to look really good. So that the images in the games - they're called "graphics" - are crisp and dry.
SC: No problem. It'll all add to the overall price, of course.
US: So how much is all this going to cost me - us?
SC: We could certainly put something together for around one and a half thousand. But obviously it works on a sliding scale.
US: One and a half thousand what?
SC: ...Pounds.
US: What's a sliding scale? Is it like a computer table?
SC: No, no. It's just a term I used. Meaning that the price could increase.
US: What if it does increase?
SC: Er, well, if the price increases, you have to pay extra.
US: I don't like the sound of that.
SC: No, it's only if you want to add more memory to the system, stuff like that.
US: Stuff like what?
SC: Memory and things.
US: So it'll be able to remember stuff?
SC: Heh... no. Not like that. Memory is the term for how powerful a computer is.
US: Oh, right. So, if, like, it has a short-term memory it isn't very powerful.
SC: Um, something like that. So, shall I knock out some pricings?
US: Will they be done on a sliding scale?
SC: If you want me to.
US: Goodbye!
PHONECALL ENDS
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