[God, I love it when stories like this come in on the Destructophone. We just go crazy, really. I mean, we have a guy here who based on the words of Rev Anthony, suffered through a beating and a bird attack just to get something that Rev likes. The power of words, eh? Don't worry, we're not getting full of ourselves just yet -- we thought you all would enjoy this story. Also, share some of your epic adventures in trying to get a game in the community blogs or comments. -- DMV]
I've been reading a lot about Zack and Wiki on Destructoid, and was pretty interested because I've always loved point-and-click adventure games. I grew up on King's Quest and all that stuff. After reading Rev. Anthony's review this weekend, I took his subtle hint to buy Zak & Wiki right now. As it was 10:30 at night on a Saturday in New York, I went to the only place I knew that'd be open: the Times Square Virgin Megastore. I put on my heaphones and iPod and headed out the door.
Halfway to the subway station, Final Fantasy's "Furniture" came on (a pretty great song, actually). I was enjoying poppy violin goodness, happy that I was about to pick up THE BEST GAME ON THE WII RIGHT NOW. And then...
WHACK.
Some asshat decided to hit me HARD with a blunt object on the side of my head and then run away immediately -- he didn't even stick around to get anything. He just wanted to nail me on the head. What in the hell. My headphones (the big, over the head kind) were busted in half, and since I was closer to the subway than home, I wobbled over to the train station to get the hell out of there.
At this point, I'm presented with a decision: do I go back home home empty-handed and possibly get knocked on the other side of my head, or do I continue on my journey to get the best game on the Wii? I figure if I'm going to get bashed in the head, I might as well get something for it. So, I kept going. Once I got off the train, to add insult to injury, a pigeon sh*t on my shoulder. At least Virgin had the game.
So far, I've pretty much loved it. I've just beaten the first boss, and the game's a ton of fun. Worth beatings and being shat upon? We'll see.
Contest:
3:20 PM on 10.29.2007
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There's no telling how much your headphones did to soften the impact of that hit. Did you see what they hit you with?
Also, it's a good game. As long as it was only 1 knock on the head and just bird shit, I'd say it's worth it.
Man, never has a game hurt so bad since E.T., huh?
Here's hoping the game has NEITHER.
Man. Only real men get beaten over the head and shat on for wii games.
Zack and Wiki makes everything better. It even cures AIDS*!
*unproven, but highly likely because Capcom has Hitler's brain**
**unproven, but highly likely
butmac - i think my words were somewhere along the lines of "what the fuck, dude?" - not really the coolest response ever, but yeah.
inchworm - nah, i still had a dude shove a cd in my face... after the night i was having, i wasn't in the mood. i just knocked it away and kept going.
bronxbomber - yeah, there were a ton of people there for guitar hero. i thought about it, but my credit card started crying.
...my bad. :/
D:
@dontstaylong
Do you think that this person hated your headphones? Or did they, perhaps, simply forget that you weren't filled with candy?
All the same, sorry man. Anyone that committed to adventure games deserves much better.
Glad you got your game though. unfortunetly i can't afford any games ATM. it's mass effect or bust
jk
good to see you're up and well to blog about it. i hope those headphones weren't the really expensive kind too.
i might have to end up ordering this game online -_-
That truly was a random experience, though one I have experienced before.
Just saying that getting whatcked in the head and shit on just to PAY MONEY to play a game tends to put it all into perspective.
Then again, it could have been a series of events conducted by an all-mighty being, in order to stop you from having a fatal accident if you were continuing without having anything to stop you...
(Unsubtle, but I hope you understand what I'm talking about.)