Ah, the eve of launch. Without wanting to sound like a complete tosser, it feels like Christmas did when I was kid. Well, how it would have felt if Santa had been a Parcel Force driver who may or may not have turned up and if any presents he did deliver had a good chance of not working out of the box.

So not a lot like Christmas then. I might be more excited if Parcel Force had any record of the tracking number Game sent me, but they don’t. I’ll be waiting outside my flat tomorrow in hope, though. Yes, waiting outside. I have a stupid address and my front door is at the back of my property and not where it looks like front door is. It’s complicated. Luckily, some nice people seem to have dumped a couple of plastic patio chairs near my bins, so I’ll have something to sit on while I wait, at least.

I do have four games now. They arrived today in the post. Perfect Dark Zero, Call of Duty 2, Project Gotham Racing 3 and, deep breath, Peter Jackson’s King Kong The Official Game of the Movie. Yes, that’s what it says on the spine. Normally I’d assume a game with a name that long was rubbish, but I loved the demo in a way I’ve loved very few games lately.

I popped into Game on the way home and they had all the accessories out on the shelves, but wouldn’t sell me a Play & Charge Kit. I didn’t expect them to, but I had to ask. I have a feeling they’ll be difficult to find.

But, well, I suppose I should check my 360 turns up and works before buying anything to go with it.