This is one of the worst days of my life. I got a call this morning from my girlfriend to let me know that her store, GAME, would not be stocking Mass Effect 3 special editions, or regular editions, or any copies of any other EA games because of GAME'S financial troubles. Which means my pre-order of the ME3 special edition is virtually worthless (though they will give you £5 worth of reward points as a sort of apology).
She knew how much i was looking forward to it which is presumably why she sounded a little sad when she told me on the phone. I told her not to worry about it and that it wasn't her fault, but then added "well, maybe if you had sex with more of the other customers GAME would have a larger and more loyal clientbase". She took the joke as intended, but it opened up another line of conversation that bN doesn't need to know about, that lasted at least 10 minutes.
10 minutes that if i'd used more wisely, by, say, getting to a computer and pre-ordering a copy of the N7 edition from Amazon or Zavvi, i would have probably been able to secure a copy of the N7 edition. But as it is, by the time i had finished prattling on the phone, everywhere had already sold out.
Now i'll have to get the regular version, which doesn't come with a tin case with the female Shepard on the front, so i wont be able to paint over her red hair, changing it blonde. I'm not so much upset for myself missing out on the hardcover art book or the litograph of the Normandy, but more because i've let blondekind down.