the waiting game (ssbb edition)

so it's been said before, but is worth noting again that i'm not that excited for super smash bros. brawl.

that is, at least i wasn't.

this weekend i absorbed some of the fever-and stupidity-of the smash bros. fanatics when i visited a larger mall eb games on sunday.

yes, i realize that i was remiss to forget nintendo's decision to release a game on a freakin' sunday, but i nevertheless managed to block out all the nerdling-more than me even-conversations concerning whether stores were sued if they broke street dates and whether or not eb had any copies that weren't already pre-ordered/spoken for.

through that haze of ugliness i did pick up a little excitement-seeing the wall of copies behind the cash at the big mall eb-and now am eagerly anticipating my review copy and starting to worry that the pr firm weren't lying that there is a 'waiting list' and that some folks will have to wait for copies to filter back before getting their hands on one.

i know it's all just anticipation osmosis, but it's fun to be part of it sometimes, isn't it?

i was also contacted by capcom this morning with a new one, an xbox live game review for their new ip, rocketmen.

weird. i've never dealt with review codes or live games before so it'll be interesting if they ever send it to me.

other than that it's just the norm, pumping out a few more past-due reviews (lost odyssey full review and tony hawk: proving grounds should be up this week) and gliding effortlessly through my recently acquired copy of assassin's creed.

stalking the shadows (god that sounds lame),

JD

p.s. just ran into the runner/courier guy for the pr firm that handles nintendo's stuff as i was handing back a very late held copy of the wii fire emblem game and he had nothing to hand me. not a good sign. not a good sign at all.