Nov

Not Even For The First Atari

Posted in Blog, Humor, Major Idiots, Mini Blogs, Shopping

Hundreds of video game fans camped out in New York’s cold and rain to be among the first to buy the new Xbox released today. I blame Miss Liberty for requesting the “wretched refuse” instead of the “worthy achievers.”

Now before I begin my usual barrage of ridicule, my regular readers don’t need to remind me that last week I waited in a long line for my little passion. But it was two hours in perfect 80 degree weather for a one-time-only event. I think that meets the criteria for mental stability. These fools risked pneumonia, muggings and possible inclusion in an Apprentice task to buy a stupid video game!

Who are these people? I know it’s not minors because all the kids who were raised by the kind of parents that would allow them to camp out a couple days for a game will just steal the Xboxes from those who did wait. And any grown-up video game addicts will purchase their Xboxes from the little thieves an hour later (at half the retail price). That leaves a small segment of the population: the college students. On reading more about the release, I learned that Peter Gonzalez, 19, who waited for nearly 30 hours, said he would stay up all night playing games before heading to classes in the morning. I always wondered what the “liberal arts” college major meant and now I’m certain it means “mental deterioration on Daddy’s dollar.”

It’s just plain stupid to wait hours or days for something that will be available to the public without delay in another week. Who cares who got a game or saw a movie on day one? Anybody whose friends are impressed or jealous of the fact that they were among the first to buy an Xbox would be smarter to spend that time hitting some bars and trying to get laid. I think it’s safe to assume they’d be first among their friends to do that.

Tags: xbox, atari, wait+in+line, apprentice, statue+of+liberty, new+york

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