As I stepped off the escalator to enter the horror known as "Westfield Shoppingtown" (what kind of crappy name is "shoppingtown", anyway?), a familiar song intro began to play over the mall's PA system. "No way," I thought to myself, "the mall people can't possibly know about Modest Mouse." A few seconds later, my fear was confirmed. Somebody cool was commanding the music, be that person local or one of those satellite DJ's spinning the Muzak mixes. "Float on" greeted me warmly as I cruised into GameStop to score my reserved copy of DOOM3, and was still playing to see me off the unholy shopping turf. One of my better purchasing experiences, to be sure.
So, gamers, what's your Super Turbo Turkey Puncher 3 high score?
If I hear that freaking song one more time, I'm going to just go insane and start hitting people with a bass guitar.