[quote name='Scorch']Sucks working at a game store.. had to work the past few days with about 80 copies of the game sitting by my foot with no chance of playing it until Tuesday. Balls.[/QUOTE]
When I worked at EB as a young lad, my manager would let us take home street dated games early as long as we paid in full on the pre-order. Then on the day of release, he'd ring up the pick up then. I remember playing stuff like two weeks before it was supposed to come out.
It seemed like such a simple thing, I figured everyone did it, but I guess he was just a cool guy!