You might have noticed that we got “Super Smash Bros. Brawl” a little bit early.

But I honestly haven’t been able to play it much, because resident fanatic Jason Cipriano has been playing it. For research, of course.

Now that it’s Friday, I will finally have a chance to take it home and enjoy it over the weekend. Cip will be dutifully waiting in line with all the other fans Saturday night until the midnight release at his local GameStop.

However, there’s just one problem, which came up only moments ago…

An older co-worker of mine came into our office and asked if he could borrow the game. His nine year-old son is celebrating his birthday on Saturday night with a sleepover with several of his friends, and they’d love to play the multiplayer fighting game together.

B-b-b-but I want to play it.

What should I do? Should I be selfish and tell him “no”? Or should I let the kids enjoy it first? Maybe I should just give in and buy another copy?

Let me know what you think before 5pm EST, which is when I’ll decide what to do.

[UPDATE March 7, 5:15pm]

Thanks to everyone that commented with their thoughts. After careful consideration, I decided to let my co-worker borrow the game over the weekend. I haven’t decided if I should buy the game again or not; I may just play something else, like “Lost Odyssey.” Either way, at least I’ll know that I’ve made one nine year-old and his friends very happy…

[UPDATE March 10, 12:45pm] 

After spending the weekend with it, the nine year-old gave us his review.