Today is a glorious day… I've ordered the Collector's Edition of Gran Turismo 5.

You know the one that costs a fortune and comes with loads of cool stuff to take your mind of the fact that the game itself will never live up to the hype that's been brewing since they first started showing off the screen shots.

I say "I've ordered the Collector's Edition" when what I really mean to say is "my Mum's ordered the Collector's Edition"… £150 would take me almost 6 months to save up from my paper round so there's no way I could ever manage that.

When Mum ordered it I asked how we'd apply for the refund of the costs of the demo we bought over two years ago and the spotty youth behind the counter pretended not to understand… I told him that as we'd been charged almost £25 to try the demo, GT5 Prologue, surely we'd be able to claim that back against the cost of the full game… when I explained that to the spotty imbecile in the shop he called over his equally spotty mate, made me explain it again and then they both pointed at me and laughed… for a long time.

I'm not having that, my Mum is paying her hard earned benefits money to get me that Collector's Edition… I don't want to see her get ripped off and have to spend less on Special Brew and Scratch Cards.

Mum asked me if I thought it was "Ironic" that the package includes a wallet, considering that you have to empty the contents of your wallet to afford the "stupid thing" in the first place.

I said that I thought "Ironic" was something she did to get the creases out of my school trousers and shirts… she looked at me and shock her head… making a sort of "tutting" noise in the process.

Seeing as she was in a generous mood I asked if we could get a 3DTV to get the most out of the game but she said no… we've not long upgraded to a top of the range HDTV so there's no way we're getting a 3DTV just so I can play video games… especially one as dull and repetitive as Gran Turismo has been in the past.

Maybe if I threaten to cut myself she'll change her mind?

My 360 owning brother says that the reason Mum didn't really mind pre-ordering the Collector's Edition is because the game doesn't really exist… that all the videos and screen pictures they release are all fakes… that it's not possible for a game to be in development so long and turn out even half decent… just look at Too Human.

I know the game will be great to look at, who cares if it plays like a wet fish as long as it looks good… if I wanted a game to play that was fun I'd have bought a 360 and Forza, but I wanted something that just looks ace instead.