Gears of War: Release Day

Gears of War, the game that built an incredible amount of hype over the last few months. Enough so that I got swept into the frenzy. With growing anticipation, I awaited the release date. I didn't pre-order anything, I mean it's a game right? Who would need to pre-order a game?! Consoles I understand, but games...no way! Well yesterday I found out that the only way you can get the game on the 7th around here was if you pre-ordered....doH! I drove around to and checked out some of the major retailers and they weren't selling it till the 8th or so. I could wait till then...or could I?

After getting home from work, I did a bit of homework but the thought of owning Gears of War on release day kept intruding my thoughts. Smashing my any thoughts of homework the same way a train would t-bone a car. I picked up the phone and decided to give a few GameStops a call and see if they had any in. Surely if they did, they would probably be selling it only to pre-ordered copies so my homework was safe...for now. Well, they told me that they would have a few extra copies in and if I wanted one I'd have to come down and pay for it before truck gets there.  So off I went and much to my surprise there was a line forming at the store. I rushed in and asked if I paid for it then, would I get a copy. They told me I would, so I happily paid for the game and took my happy, grinning ass to the back of the line, homework a distant thought...

I waited in line till about 8 o'clock and got myself a copy of Gears of War. Turns out I made it just in time as they ran out of copies a few people behind me. Rushed home and played about an hour or so of gaming goodness.

Long story short - I got Gears of War yesterday (and yes, I did finish up my homework)!