I'm a little pissed at my (previously favorite) local gameshop. Still no word from them regarding my deluxe edition I had ordered through them. Every other store in the area (and most in Canada/US) got theirs Oct 6th or Oct 7th.

I'm normally not a big believer in conspriacy theories, but I'm fairly certain one of the employees yoinked my deluxe edition I had ordered, accidently sold it or it's simply not avaialble via their game providers. I was the only one on the pre-order list, that I confirmed twice with two different employees. They'd actually laugh at me, "Yeah man, you're the only one on the list for the deluxe edition, we'll call you first! Don't worry!".

Also, they've already received their shelf copies of the standard edition, and I see little reason why their provider would separate the two. At first, I thought that not having to pay them in advance for pre-orders was a good thing, now I'm disliking their system simply because it saves them from the accountability; I haven't payed them yet, so they can do whatever they want. They can say, "Yeah, it never came in, and now it's no longer available. Sorry!" and move on.

Nervous that I might miss my chance to get a new deluxe edition (hey, it is an Atlus product), I purchased one from an online Canadian store. I'm not usually this obsessive about getting a new game, but I know that the deluxe isn't being mass produced and I really want the guide that comes with the game.

I was hoping to have the NA version of the game for the weekend since I'll have tons of gaming time (rare these days) but alas, this is certainly not going to happen now. The earliest I'll get the game is late next week, since Monday is a holiday and Canada Post doesn't work during weekends. Hell I may even rent it if I can, that way I can at least get started on building up my new character.

In other news, I just ordered a game called Baroque for the PS2 on ebay. Looking forward to that one too.