Arrowhead Glendale Apple Store
We lived down in Chandler, AZ a few years back in a nice rental house. It was centrally located (well, as central as anything in Chandler could be) near a lot of places, one of them being the Apple Store in the mall in Chandler. When we bought our house in Glendale, the closest Apple Store became the one at the Biltmore in central Phoenix, which wasn't really close at all - 15-20 miles or so.
That's all about to change: July 26, 2008 is the scheduled grand opening of an Apple Store in Arrowhead Mall, just a few miles down the road from us - perfect. With a Fry's Electronics 5 or so miles away and now the Apple Store, all my retail computer needs are very well satisfied.
I gave a presentation at the Biltmore Store for Aspyr once (or twice?), showing off a few of our games under development but that's been several years now. The last game I remember showing was Medal of Honor: Breakthrough a few months before it shipped, to put the date in perspective. I remember at the time the game wasn't finished and one bug that remained was that the tanks on the intro level were oriented wrong: they were angled with their turrets pointing straight down into the ground, which was odd but amusing.
I know a few people from the Biltmore store so once the Arrowhead store opens, I'd like to meet with them and see if it's possible to host a few Aspyr Game Days here. I think most new Apple Stores now lack the presentation area, so it may not be possible. As well, I think most Apple Stores nowadays are also a massive mob of people so there may be no logistical way to make it happen. We'll see though - I think it'd be fun to do again.