August 24th, 9:00 P.M. Eastern Standard Time I leave my house. Covered in leaves. “It’s time.” I say to myself. An air of menace in my voice.
I arrive at my destination at approximately 9:27:32 EST to discover the predictable; I’m the first person there. Al, the resident manager of this particular establishment is inside somewhere. Doing… pushups or something, trying to kill time while I, simultaneously sit in my car reading World War Z until it’s time to make… well, a complete ass of myself, most likely.
Ten o’clock rolls around and my good buddy Al unlocks the doors. Shortly thereafter, Steve (another employee) arrives, admittedly still a bit drunk from his exploits in the hours before arriving to work for this night.
In no way am I ashamed to admit that I am the only person in this particular GameStop who is not an employee (however, by the end of the night, even my status of employ would change). I am most certainly the only girl… and the only one in a corset as far as my knowledge extends.
I stand before the boys in a denim skirt covered in actual leaves from the Cannas in my front yard stapled all around me, a green corset, some truly irresponsible heels and some tastefully green makeup. Needless to say I will be the only one in costume on this night. Which means it is also doubtless I will walk away not only with the first copy of Arkham in the store, but the gift card as well.
It’s at this moment that I will point out to the exceptionally slow that I am an unapologetic nerd with a huge soft spot for any and all things Batman. Had the game been released two months later, I would’ve been dressed to the nines in an exact replica Harley Quinn costume from the game.
Getting home with my copy of the game in hand, I immediately got to work. This video is a labor of very, very sleep-deprived love.
I hope you all enjoy it.
Fin.