Jason grinned, "Hell yeah!  I mean, when are we ever going to get a sneak peek like this?  We'll be the first people in the city to actually play this game!"  He nodded to the manager, Carlos.  "Let's get it fired up!  I'm really excited for this.  Thanks for hooking us up.  This is so cool."  Despite being out of college, if only by a year, video games were still something he loved.  He'd been playing them all his life and didn't plan to stop anytime soon.<br/><br/>The two friends stepped up the arcade machine and he craned his head around to look at the side, pushing his glasses up his nose,  "Huh, so it's true that they're using the side characters from the last one as the mains.  That's pretty cool!  I've always thought that some of those characters could shine.  Though look at that crazy shark guy!  He's new, right?"<br/><br/>Despite being a fan and an avid player, Jason actively tried to avoid a lot of games media and information.  The media was so often just a PR mouthpiece of the publishers, not the developers, and plus, he liked going in fresh and without spoilers.  But you couldn't help hearing some things.  "So...special edition, huh?  Is that what I've heard it is?"