When I was sixteen I got my first job, it was at a Best Buy in St. Louis,  my hometown. So I got to experience first hand what a launch day event was like for the dawning of the Dreamcasting and the PS2. Not to mention, I survived “Black Friday” as well, which is makes a gaming launch day feel tame. I still remember the lines of anxious gamers that would stand for hours in the rain or in the snow or in the humid summer nights for a chance to be among the first to play the game everyone else wanted.

Nearly a decade later I find myself amongst these anxious people once more outside the Best Buy in San Carlos, CA.. This time for the launch of Call of Duty:Modern Warfare 2, arguably the biggest gaming launch this year.