Well, this is creative. For the release of Resident Evil 5 this March 13th, a Best Buy in Stroudsberg, PA will transform part of their store into a haunted house, complete with shambling zombies, TVs mysteriously silent with snow and a guy wearing a potato sack mask and wielding a chainsaw. Stopping in on the way home from work to buy an AV cable may become the most unintentionally terrifying moment of some guy's life.
Dave Partenio, supervisor of gaming and media at the store, commented on the event, saying that midnight releases were old and stale. The corporate side is keeping a close eye on the event, and its predicted that if it does well there will be more events like it in future.
It all starts at midnight on March 13th. If you live in the area, you ought to stop by: pictures of all this nutty activity could really be something.
[Via Kotaku]
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10:40 AM on 02.04.2009
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Best Buy fails at marketing.
Damn you Pennsylvania!
Then again, I'm from Scranton, so what do I know. (Stuff the Office jokes... :P )
@Toxin: Oh, come on. According to Mapquest, Hartford is less than 4 hours Stroudsburg. Just hop on I-84 and make a day or two of it. ;)
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I guess in order to progress the series forward they had to stretch the term "Zombie" Now it is Africans who have a bad case of the pink eye and walk with obstacles held high above there head. Oh and use megaphones
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