PlayStation 3 first-nighters dutifully filled chairs in their rain gear outside Targets, Wal-Marts and every other store given a tiny allotment of the next-generation video game platform.
And world turned all attention to its release. Seriously.
In Buckeye Country, it's hard to tell the difference between PlayStation lines and OSU-Michigan tailgaters starting early.
Robbers in Putnam, Connecticut knew the people in line had money, if not credit cards, to buy their $600 machines, so they did what they do, and even shot someone who refused to pony up.
A aide for former Sen. John Edwards (D-North Carolina) tried to pull some strings with a Wal-Mart. John Kerry's 2004 wingman claims to have mentioned wanting to get one in front of his staff, and apparently one of them thought he meant the kids wanted one on opening night.
Sorry Senator, but being a vice presidential candidate isn't enough. Joe Lieberman would decry the violent video games in the first place, so we can't use him as an example. All Dick Cheney would need to do is show up in Deer Hunter Orange and bare his teeth. The employees would rush to give him one.
But America has gone PlayStation 3 crazy, though once Christmas passes, the new platform will become more readily available.
As someone utterly indifferent to video games since the lamented passing of Sega Genesis, I have a hard time understanding the urge, unless it's just to buy one, immediately post it on eBay and enjoying the swift profit. Otherwise, sitting in the rain for video games .... Well, do the math on your own.
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