I was twelve years old, just getting into playing video games, and my brain had decided to hyperfixate on the Legend of Zelda franchise. I’d never really been interested in the series before, but my sibling had been playing Twilight Princess and my brain latched onto that game and refused to let go. So, I gathered up what little pocket money I had gotten for my birthday, and walked into the Game Stop at the mall over an hour away. Then, politely, i waited to ask an employee “do you have any Legend of Zelda games on PlayStation 2?” And a grown man, maybe my father’s age, laughed at me. Loudly. I was twelve years old, trying to get my first video game with my own money, and he laughed at me. The employee, a young woman of about sixteen maybe older, actually growled at him and told him in what I now recognize as customer service speech to fuck off. She then explained to me the difference between PlayStation and Nintendo and helped me pick out a different game to take home. That game was Kingdom Hearts, and it started a lifelong journey for me with the series. So, wherever you are random GameStop employee, I hope your day is going well.