Amazon says Theory of Fun is coming

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Dec 052008
 

Sort of. Several folks let me know they got order update emails — and i got one too. What does it say?

We now have delivery date(s) for the order you placed on August 29 2008 20:02 PDT (Order# 002-8006376-3950630):

Raph Koster (Author) “Theory of Fun for Game Design [Illustrated]”
[Paperback]
Estimated arrival date: 05/07/2009

Sigh.

  12 Responses to “Amazon says Theory of Fun is coming”

  1. Cyranix says:
    December 6, 2008 at 12:04 am

    Yep, got my email. I guess this printing of the book just has some things it needs to take care of first before it settles down: a couple months touring Europe, a couple months teaching English in east Asia — that kind of thing.

  2. tallimar says:
    December 6, 2008 at 6:20 am

    i know they say that you cant rush a good thing, but isnt this getting a little ridiculous/

  3. Skipper Pickle says:
    December 6, 2008 at 9:46 am

    Dang. Mine says 5/14/2009.

    Always a bridesmaid, never a bride.

  4. Amaranthar says:
    December 6, 2008 at 11:27 am

    In other words, “soon”. Bwahahaha

  5. Markimedes says:
    December 6, 2008 at 3:15 pm

    Hello from Amazon.com.

    We now have delivery date(s) for the order you placed on September 02 2008 15:35 PDT (Order# 102-4892708-7857830):

    Raph Koster (Author) “Theory of Fun for Game Design [Illustrated]”
    [Paperback]
    Estimated arrival date: 05/09/2009

  6. lassiter says:
    December 6, 2008 at 3:34 pm

    Umm i must have gotten lucky, i had 2 extensions and then recieved it last month.

  7. Kerri Knight says:
    December 6, 2008 at 4:24 pm

    Next time, just .pdf it :9

    (I keed, I keed!)

  8. Max Battcher says:
    December 6, 2008 at 6:15 pm

    My order was auto-cancelled by some weird confirmation system I’ve never noticed from Amazon before… Has anyone tried to ask Amazon why the page still says 1-3 Weeks and yet doesn’t appear to be shipping any copies?

  9. Niels says:
    December 7, 2008 at 3:28 am

    Wow, I think I must be lucky. I was already cursing at Amazon, but it says 06/02/2009… so only 2 months of waiting left, which seems to be better than all others here…

    Still, it’s an order from 31th of August… So I’m quite disappointed (at Aamazon, that is, for it said it was in stock which it apparently was not). But well, complaining isn’t going to get it here any sooner ;), so to end with a happy note: it is coming at last!

  10. Sara Pickell says:
    December 7, 2008 at 9:45 pm

    Niels, that’s mm/dd/yyyy….

  11. vibes says:
    December 8, 2008 at 7:21 am

    When I tried to order one they wanted $135 to ship it to the UK…

  12. Niels says:
    December 12, 2008 at 1:48 pm

    @Sara… ah, crap, that must be it. Those silly Americans! 😉
    So, let’s wait.

    @vibes: that’s a bit much. I got it offered for some 17 euro’s and a bit, including shipping. Did you opt for superfast next-moment delivery or something?

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