So I didn't reserve a copy of GTA:IV... I kind of forgot all about it and then found myself low on money. So then game day came and I finally saw the in game footage... I broke my piggy bank and sold my body to science (something about testing the short term affects of swimming nuclear waste...) After putting my body on the line, I took all my pennies (yes, they paid me in pennies) and set out on to see just how hard it would be to find the game with out a reserve.Here is my journey:
GameStop : Brewster (sold out) The girl gave me a sympathetic smile, but here eyes hinted at my stupidity. A grown man argued with another
associate about his reserve not being on file.
Danbury Fair Mall : There are 2 GameStops, a FYE, Saturday Matinee and another FYE in the parking lot. I was able to find a deluxe edition in FYE but refused it. I'm on a budget here!
As I was searching the newly renovated mall (probably old news, but I'm no mall rat.) I almost felt like a crack head looking for a fix. I set myself up for repeated situations where I fully expected to get shot down. I became more interested in peoples reactions to me asking for the game and the questions I'd follow with... such as "Why didn't you order extra?" "Where can I find it?" "How come there are like 100 unopened copies behind you?" The most friendly people at gamestop engaged me in conversation and basically said that it would be useless to try any gamestop. Gamestop ONLY sells video games and they didn't prepare for the launch? Is there sales manager a fucking retard? (I visited three individual stores and got the same reaction basically)
My next plan was Best Buy, Circuit City, then swing back to Walmart before throwing in the towel. Best Buy had it... and I had a less then enthused employee sell me my copy. He didn't care about my epic journey. He was probably more concerned with my sweaty hands and jolty eyes.
On the way back I felt like Indiana Jones. My holy grail was next to me, but I was unable to enjoy it until I got back home. What would Indy have done with the grail anyways?
During my travels I thought about making this a story about our shitty economy. I don't have the figures but it was estimated to make over $400 million on yesterday alone. This game requires a system that costs at least $450... I kind of void my own point when put into the statistics. I wonder if I have enough in my bank account for a coffee tomorrow... hmm, guess I'll just go back to cruising around breaking the law in my own little virtual world. I wonder if Harison Ford is playing right now...
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we tried gamestop unsuccessfully. but that's it. not so epic. they said they release their reserves today though because they only hold them for two days. when we went in yesterday evening, they had a whole wall behind the register full of the games. all reserves.
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