I don’t remember who started the whole thing, but I believe it started with this little soccer ball that came either as a promo for Fifa07 or Mario Strikers or something like that. Then it evolved into this game where you would stand back, bounce the ball off the floor and see what you can hit off the shelf. How many points you get would be equal to the value of the game you hit, if you got the price tag, if you knocked down multiple copies, and it depended on if you just hit the game, knocked it on the shelf, or knocked it on the floor. There were multiple times where this happened, but this is the only time I was there with my camera to record it all. I edited out all the crap and just got the highlights of it all.

The store was still open for business, for the first half of the video where I’m not playing you can see I’m hiding behind some demo units. My camera bag was nestled in between them and it we saw a customer coming in I would put my camera back in the bag quickly and someone would grab the ball. In a couple of rounds you can see people checking over into Hollywood Video or looking outside to make sure that there are no customers  were coming. There were a few close calls but nothing ever came of it.Most of those PS2 games got a good beating out of it, and it was a substantial amount of fun.

Of course there were security cameras but the video is only in the system for a certain amount of time, and even so, they are only reviewed by the manager if there is substantial reason to review them (like they think someone is stealing or something). The district manager may also check the tapes, but that hardly ever happens regardless.  All the people who partook in this event no longer work there, which is why it’s been sitting on my computer for all this time.The last person in the video who worked there finally quit last week, so it’s all good (another one quit a while ago another was fired for another reason).

So if you’re wondering why you get a game that is rattling from a video game store, there may be a good reason for it.

Enjoy.

Props to Clovis Bowman for some input as to what I should do with the video, he is the only one besides me to see it before it went online.