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I demand that Poo be put into this game.

Here's my story to share:

I got up at 9am. Well, I thought it was 9am, but it was really 8am. Crazy day light savings time.

I heard on Joystiq that Toys R Us were doing the preorder thing for PS3s and Wii's. I didn't have anything to do (until football started) and decided to drive down to the one by my house (Annapolis, MD).

When I got there: A pretty modest line. I would say about between 15-20 people there. I chatted with someone and found out the situation: the Toys R Us had 8 PS3s and 20 Wii's. Not bad. However, like many others have been saying, TMX Elmo was being released and most of the people were in line for that.

I was hoping to get both the PS3 and Wii, but the 8 PS3s were already accounted for. I saw that a group a college age guys had camped out there. They had the tents and food and wine and everything. Yeah, I saw wine.

So I waits in line, playing my recently acquired Phoenix Wright on my DS Phat. The line slowly begins to grow and grow. Two adults and a child were behind me. They were there for the Elmo, and really didn't know about the Wii and PS3. I told them the details: price, difference between each console, etc. Lol, boy was the guy surprised when I quoated the PS3 price. The son wanted a Wii, but the mother didn't really want to drop the minimum $50 deposit. I guess I reassured the son that the Wii won't be really that scarce when it's released. I didn't want to take that chance so I reserved, but I said it to quell his demands and drive his mom batty. Aw, kids these days. ;D

It was well organized. About 20 min before opening, the employees handed out tickets to the people in line. If you wanted an Elmo, you just bring it to the cashier and they'll hand you one there. If you wanted a Wii/PS3, you just take it to the games area and make the deposit there. Also, you had time to go shopping and whatnot. The tickets were guaranteed reservation spots up until 11AM.

Overall experience: good. I didn't like the cold weather, but I can endure it for the sake of Nintendo.

Now for the PS3? With this experience, I plan on camping out at Best Buy. Our local one had told me: "First come, first serve."

I took a couple pics:
http://www.ionburn.com/gallery/thumbnails.php?album=57

Good luck, fellow gamers!

Lost in HD! WOOOOOOO!!!!!

Dang, that looks to be awesome... I'd really like a WOOO to go with my Wii!

if video games influencing my actions is any indication... this little 'video game' commercial actually makes me want to go out and get some coke! awesome marketing work there.