Once upon a time when there was no internet. And. You couldn’t go to gamefaqs and stuff. You had to rely on Nintendo power. And. EGM. So like if you wanted a code you could casually walk in to the bookstore. Or. Wherever in a convenient store. Or. Supermarket. Then. Go to the magazine section. And. Start reading the info. If you had a good memory you could remember codes. Usually there was mnemonic device for the codes. Like. DULLARD. For. Mortal Kombat for Sega Genesis. So. You’d be all like. DULLARD. DULLARD. DULLARD. Then. You’d remember it. Down. Up. Left. Left. A. Right. Down. But. If it was a crazy code. You could have written it down. But. They get all weird about it. Because. They count it as stealing. But. There are probably ways to get that information out. Like. You’re probably thinking. I’m reading this. Why don’t I look it up on the internet? Because. What if it wasn’t a code? What if it was like a manual for fixing a station wagon?

If you had a bunch of people with you. You could remember segments of the info.

Or.

If you had a cell phone. You could call your friend up. And. He could write it down. But. You might have to be casual about it. According to Dayve. You could go. Hey what’s going DOWN. I looked UP your phone number before I LEFT. I LEFT A lot of stuff RIGHT by your dresser. RIGHT. That way you’re not just saying it out loud. But. Of course you’d be talking about fixing a millennium falcon.

Or.

You could casually read the article out loud over the phone.

Or.

Make a memo. On your phone.

Or.

With camera phones. You could probably do it too.

There are other ways. But. Now that I think about. You could probably check out the book if it’s that easily accessible. Oh wait. Unless its one of those crazy reference section books.