I'm taking a huge gamble that an EA release will be worth playing at launch and that the game will live up to the hype. And that my wife won't actually murder me in my sleep by bashing me over the head with that giant titan statue.
Please don't tell my wife.
Update:
Last night, it being Valentine's Day eve and all, and having just spent $250 on what may be the most expensive hunk of shit that I've ever purchased, I couldn't take it anymore and fessed up to my wife regarding my raging asshattery. I accidentally approached it in such a way that didn't mention how much I spent and when she didn't ask, I didn't say anything, but couldn't get that I-Think-I-Just-Shit-My-Pants look off my face.
There was a pause. She studied my face and pondered my silence.
"$500?"
"NONONONONO! I'd never spend that much on something silly like this. Half that. $250."
And then I went on to say that I'd have paid at least $60 for the game anyway, and this comes with a bigass statue and a limited edition book of concept art and a poster and so on and by the time I finished, I'd even managed to convince myself that I'd gotten a good deal.
I do still feel weird about it though. By doing this nutty preorder of this fancy overpriced limited edition version of the game, I've all but guaranteed that the game is going to suck. It's a whole karma-fate deal going on here and I fear I've blown it for everyone.