Hell, it's about time.

Arrived!

After a very long morning of getting up early, playing Phoenix Wright, waiting for Tarlach the postman, receiving no game, ringing up the Post Office, Parcel Force (on two out of service numbers) ringing up Amazon, 118-118 and finally placing a left shoe on, intending on leaving to head to the depot myself to pick the damn thing up, GTA IV finally arrived at my doorstep, in all its Special Edition glory.

And, well, is it good?

Expect a review if I ever stop playing it: yes it damn well is. The driving is a bit off to begin with, the physics in it are... well... different compared to previous incarnations. Its more realistic, the turning is harder and the impacts have more of a crunch. I like it. Adam doesn't. Adam is strange though. More later.

There's always one.

Delayed!

Amazon, great creatures that they are, are not renowned in my abode for being that reliable when it comes to release dates. Way back when in '04, when Doom 3 and Half-Life 2 were scheduled to be released, Amazon didn't even bother dispatching them until the day they were released. This meant they came a massive three days late. What's the point in pre-ordering a game that won't come until after it's released? This is folly! This entire thing is folly! What to do?

GTA!

Yes, yes, it is currently one day and counting until the release of GTA IV on Xbox 360 and PS3. Is this, perhaps, maybe, the most important, defining moment of our lives up until this point? Certainly not, well, not for most of us. It will be awesome, yes, it will be the best game this year (so far) and yes, I have already booked the days off work and pre-ordered the special edition. There will be other games though. There will be better games. Until then, though, I am absolutely exploding with glee.