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Last night I went to GameStop in Starkville for the midnight release of Final Fantasy XII. It was the first time I had done this for a video game. I’ve been to many early showings of movies and I was out at midnight for the releases of the last two Harry Potter books, but I usually wait on games.

I got there about 25-30 minutes before midnight and there were about 35 people already in there store. It only got more and more crowded as it got closer to midnight. Most of the people were cool but there was one loud, obnoxious guy a few spots in front of me. He would not shut up. I wasn’t the only one who noticed how much quieter it was in the store after he left. I’m glad I got a spot close to the beginning of the line. They started selling the game at midnight and I was out of there about 15 minutes later. I’m glad that I went and got to see all of the excited people. I wasn’t worried about GameStop selling my copy, but I am still glad to have the game in my possession. I got the collector’s edition game and the collector’s edition strategy guide.

Another positive result of the trip is that I finally found a copy of the Tales of the Abyss strategy guide. I’ve been trying to get a copy of this guide since the game came out almost 3 weeks ago. I’m not sure what the delay was. The guys at GameStop could never tell me anything about what was going on. I placed an order with Amazon as sort of a backup plan and they kept delaying the ship dates. Our GameStop only got 2 copies and I got the 2nd one (a guy in line in front of me got the other one).

I had thought about playing for a little while when I got home, but I was too tired. I didn’t even open the packaging. Tonight I want to watch horror movies and Nip/Tuck so I probably won’t play FFXII until tomorrow. From what I’ve seen of the reviews, it’s going to be a lot of fun.