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May 29, 2008

Maybe Posting New Content Would Be A Good Idea

by AltHippo @ 4:04 pm. Filed under 2008 Elections, technology

Sometimes life comes at you fast. I don’t even remember what that’s an advertisement for. I just know it’s funny because it’s true.

This afternoon I was at a Gamestop in Wheaton Plaza. They have 4 Wii boxes in front. Empty Wii boxes. So I axed the guy if he actually stocked Wii’s.

“Not actually, no.”

Another sales guy walked over. He seemed more interested in talking to me.

“They just show up and they’re sold the same day. We don’t actually stock them. They don’t last that long.”
“When do they ’show up’?”
“There’s never any rhyme or reason,” he explained. “Though lately there’s been between 6 to 10 that show up instead of less than 6. That helps.”

It’s really something once you think about it. There’s no inventory control because there’s no inventory. The store doesn’t even have control over when the Wii’s show up. Or how many show up. I guess it’s good work if you can get it.

Mostly I’ve been sitting around waiting for Saturday when the great nuclear meltdown happens between Barack “Hussein X” Obama and Hillary “Ducking from Sniper Fire” Clinton. Yes, I’m one of the lucky ones who have a ticket for the DNC Rules & Bylaws Committee. Man, oh man, I wish I could work the popcorn concession for that event.

But last night I was screwing around with the XNA Developer’s kit. So far I’ve managed to get a game running on the Zune (using an SDK early release) and on the XBox 360. You know what, that’s pretty cool. I know that all the fuss has been about the Wii, but the idea of making games for the XBox, and for that matter, portable games for the Zune is way more attractive.

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