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Fun fact, when I was like... 12, I made a presentation to my parents based off the Demo of this game as to why they should buy it. I sold them on it when one slide was just a photo of a single perfectly rendered missile being fired, traveling across space.

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Okay, I actually found the presentation, if you want a laugh (/ be impressed at game that's >20 years old), here you go https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/e/2PACX-1vR18QhznFBRK....

This is absolutely adorable. Thank you for sharing!

Thanks, this made my day! No wonder your pitch was a success.

Don’t tell my kids (hi kids, if you’re reading this!) but the first thing they ask for with a freaking presentation they’re probably getting.

Ah, was thinking the same thing

My son sends me an annual presentation with his wishes for Christmas presents…still works after many presentations, probably would work without presentations too.

This is so great!

You even had call to action links on your “where to buy?” slide.

I enjoyed the “Special thanks to dad for paying the electricity bill and Internet bill for this project” XD

Thanks for sharing this amazing bit. I love the "our team has found out..." At the end.

Like....who is the 12 year olds team?

Tom, Tom, Tom and Tom. It's right there in the credits!

Great pitch! I now want to play homeworld 2! It was only a tenner in Tesco? Why so cheap?

This is bloody brilliant!

Hahaha amazing! This is better than the some of the presentations our junior hires do at work.

2 weeks later, a presentation why you need a new hardware to run your Homeworld 2 smoothly on.

As someone who love the homeworld games as a kid, I can totally understand the type of kid who likes those games is absolutely the type that would make a presentation like this. The conclusion is fantastic, 12yo you had a great sense of humor!

Dude, I'll buy you a copy right now

This is actually amazing, thanks for finding this and sharing it!

Great presentation. I like that both buy links actually link to Tesco. The illusion of choice!

Adorably nerdy. Was it a powerpoint on the livingroom TV?

Please tell me that next you've written an Excel file with macros etc. to explain why you should be allowed to play EvE Online at 3 in the morning?

I guess I'm that predictable. Here I was in 2014 running what I now believe would be called a price fix on Eve (https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=10154142396180554&set=a...).

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