Bill

Jaffe should get together with Denis Dyack and have a HUGE WHIMPER FEST!
Look gents, if you can't stand being public figures then crawl back into your caves and develop in anonymity! If you wanna be big boy famous game makers then borrow a page out of Cliff Blizinski's book. One other piece of advice...don't shovel half finished broken versions of your games on the gaming press and expect them to swoon.

And people complain about the Microsoft certification process. Perhaps they certify to avoid disasters like this one.

In your summary you say, "...but otherwise it went smooth enough."
"Went" is a verb, so you need the adverb "smoothly" not the adjective "smooth".

Lincoln, Nebraska - USA

I had the Collector's Edition preordered and GameStop didn't get it in saying maybe it'll be there the morning of the 9th. Well as luck would have it, I got the LAST copy at Walmart tonight and had the pleasure of walking into the nearby GameStop and cancelling my order.

Here's the thing. If they're going to accept preorders like this, they should have an obligation to be amoung the first to get the game. They should pay for better shipping and make sure the game arrives promptly. You know there's a problem when the Walmarts and Sears of the world are getting the must have game in before you.

I don't know if my 2006 jet black Civic EX Coupe is cool or not, but it sure does get a ton of compliments from strangers. Caught a guy gawking at it tonight in the Applebees parking lot. The dash looks like the freaking space shuttle!
I'm serious, check out this sweet pic I took:
http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/1365/1074/1600/DSC02801.jpg
And the 350 watt subwolfer stereo with aux jack for ipod and built-in XM and mp3 disc capability. Coolest car on the planet for 18,000 K!!!