On Saturday March 22nd the semi-official Rock Band band of THX, Insinuating Chaos, performed and finished 2nd in a Rock Band tournament hosted by GameStop at Madison Square Mall. It was terrifically entertaining and some of the most fun I’ve ever had with my clothes on.

I think we should all reserve our copies of Halo 3 at the same videogame store, so I'm asking everyone: Where did you reserve your copy? We can then determine where the most THXers reserved their copy. Next, everyone else would withdraw what they've invested elsewhere and lay down a pre-order at the store where the most THXers reserved their copy. Good idea/bad idea?

I reserved my copy at the Gamestop on University, by Target.

The following information was provided by one Gamestop manager in Oceanside, California. I have no evidence to suggest it applies to every game retailer in the US, but it is conceivable that it might.

I'm one of the losers who had to purchase Crackdown to get in on the Halo 3 Beta. Not taking any chances, I pre-ordered my copy. Today I went to pick it up when my local Gamestop opened at 10 AM. After getting my copy I asked the manager, whom I have talked with before and appears to really enjoy discussing video game retailing, how many copies of Crackdown she had for general sale that included the Halo 3 Beta. Zero.