GTA IV official Canadian launch night event

So I attended a few launch parties on behalf of MSXBOX-WORLD last night. I had a pre-order at a Canadian retailer, Futureshop but decided to swing by Best Buy first, as there was an Xbox 360 event happening. When I arrived at Best Buy I was immediately arrested by these lovely ladies:

Apparently there had been a major heist and the entire area was cordoned off:

I was carted out to the waiting cruiser:

A reporter from Naked News as already slammed against the side of the car:

After being "frisked" by the LCPD, I was taken to an interrogation centre and waited while the guy ahead of me pleaded with the cops that he was innocent:

Lucky for me they had no proof that I had stolen anything though and had to let me go. As soon as I left Liberty City News was all over me:

I noted that LCPD was still watching us menacingly Xbox 360 controllers uncocked in their holsters:

And at this point I decided to see if I could get my copy of GTA IV at Futureshop, another downtown store holding a midnight launch party on behalf of Sony. To my dismay I was greeted by security AGAIN:

Panicking I started babbling about my media credentials, as sketchy as they are. The mob out front was not impressed thinking I was trying to skip the line :whistle:

I got lucky though, Kyle, a PR Associate from Sony heard my case and whisked me in the doors, crappy Cybershot camera and all. Very nice of him considering I work with MSXBOX-WORLD, and this was the Canadian Playstation Launch. Inside the store it was a bastion of peace and calm compared to the mob outside, with much swag for the taking:

Heading upstairs I took some shots of the one thing everybody was dying to get:

At 12:00 sharp the doors opened and a mob of preorder holders rushed in, ready for GTA joy:

Score!

I waited a couple minutes then integrated myself into the line, as I just so happened to also have a preorder at this location. :whistle: Thus ended one of the most interesting launch nights of my life:

Posted By: Scott Strickland

Date: 2008-04-29