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minus-squaremassacre@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·16 days agoInsert Obiwan Meme: Babbage’s… now there is a name I haven’t heard in a loong time.
minus-squaresad_detective_man@sopuli.xyzOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·16 days agoIs it real? Somebody else mentioned it too and I’ve never heard of it
minus-squaremassacre@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·16 days agoIt was a toy/gaming/computing place. Reminds me of “EB Games”, “Kay Bee” and “Waldenbooks” era of US Malls. It definitely existed and you know it now as Gamestop: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GameStop#Babbage’s_(1984–1994)
minus-squaresad_detective_man@sopuli.xyzOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·16 days agoWild, okay they were almost bought by Electronics Boutique though. Way better name though. Babbaj. Bubbuhge. Babababa. Neat.
Insert Obiwan Meme: Babbage’s… now there is a name I haven’t heard in a loong time.
Is it real? Somebody else mentioned it too and I’ve never heard of it
It was a toy/gaming/computing place. Reminds me of “EB Games”, “Kay Bee” and “Waldenbooks” era of US Malls. It definitely existed and you know it now as Gamestop: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GameStop#Babbage’s_(1984–1994)
Wild, okay they were almost bought by Electronics Boutique though. Way better name though.
Babbaj. Bubbuhge. Babababa. Neat.