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"Ghostbusters" Video Game Release Party 6/15/2009
On Monday, June 15th from 7 pm to 1am, the Arizona Ghostbusters teamed with the local
GameStop and Salvation Army to help celebrate the release of Ghostbusters The Video Game. The GameStop store led the entire
chain with the most pre-orders and the manager really wanted to host a special event for the game. The store and the Salvation
were very excited to have us help them at the event. All of our teams put alot of work into the nights activities. The store
provided many great raffle prizes including the GB wallets, belt buckles, wristbands as well as a copy of the video game and
blu-ray. The store came up with several awesome kids games throughout the night and the Salvation Army provided free GB themed
facepainting, popcorn, and sold "Pet Slimers" for donations. A large blow up screen was brought in so show the Ghostbusters
films and a mobile game cave trailer was on had for free gaming. At our booth we had Stay-Puft Marshmallows, Crunch bars,
and Twinkies. We also had our caricature posters, coloring sheets, and new info pamphlets. We helped run the raffles each
half hour and kids games.
The turnout at the event was awesome and the crowd was very excited about the game. The
game store promoted the event heavily in the weeks preceeding the release and our local papers featured the event on their
calendars which helped bring many more in. It was great to see so many families and children out. Our team had a blast as
well. We had one of our largest gatherings of our current team members plus several members suiting up for the first time.
Several members of GBfans also showed up and some in gear as well who may hopefully join us in the future. By the end of the
night over $300 was collected for the Salvation Army. There's nothing better than being able to use your
hobby for a great cause. It was a great night for everyone who went and certainly reassurance Ghostbusters is still alive
and strong in the heart and soul of many fans.
A New Times Blog on the event can be seen here.
The AZ Central photo gallery of the night can be seen here.
Playstation:The Evolution has photos from the event as well as a video enterview with our team and fans located here.
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