Yet another pre-release blog…

I initially planned on my first entry being the only one until the actual release date, but I just had to discuss my excitement with someone…even if that “someone” is my word processor and a non-existent fan base.

To put my excitement in perspective, let’s all try to paint a mental picture of a model employee. Always does his job well sporting his khakis and polo shirt he bought from Target, never calls in sick and never takes a vacation.
Well…I’m totally that guy; feel free to start hating me. The only thing that can cause me to shed my brown-nosing façade should be pretty obvious to anyone who can read the URL listed at the top of your browser.

I didn’t take vacation time for thanksgiving last year, I was in the office for Mother’s Day, and hell…I even worked on Christmas day. Not September 25th though, that’s the day I have marked on my calendar as the day I start neglecting life and all its responsibilities.

Hopefully I don’t wind up like this guy, but the likelihood is hard to ignore. The amount of hours I will hole myself up in my “gamer zone” may just result in a rare yet possible case of carpal tunnel at the age of 24. By the way, I know how dorky the term “gamer zone” may sound to some, but if you saw my “gamer zone” you would be impressed…don’t worry I’ll upload pictures of it soon enough. And I’m currently accepting nickname suggestions for my “gamer zone”; I just couldn’t come up with anything better on the fly.

So not only will I be waiting in line at midnight for the release of the game, but I’ll also be spending the following two days doing nothing but eating, sleeping (a little bit) and blasting heads online (a lot).

I will be bringing you my initial thoughts about the campaign and multiplayer modes within the first few days of the release, but I’m not giving an exact date because I don’t trust myself to make any kind of deadline. Until that time, check this out and see if you still think Bioshock is winning Game of the Year.

~Joey~