Plan B
For special forces when the plan goes out the window then it;s 'Improvise, Soldier, Improvise!'
PC gamers who rushed to buy Call of Duty: Black Ops 2 yesterday found themselves unable to play the new release when they found they received Mass Effect 2, a title published by Activision's fierce rival EA, instead. Gamers affected by the glitch - currently venting their spleen in several forums, including Steam and Reddit - …
It's probably not a bad job, it's just that nobody played as the male Shepard so nobody knows what he looks like.
(For those unfamiliar with the game, it's not a transvestite fantasy thing; the voice actress who played the female Shepard is much better than the bland male one. I remember PC Gamer highlighting this in its review and I'm fairly sure it wasn't the only one.)
Many years back received a Pink Floyd "The Wall" CD set for Christmas
I stuck it in the CD player, whoa and behold, it was Roger Whittaker! Even though the shiny CD insisted it was The Wall Disc 1, is was the whistling Whittaker... CD2 was correct.
Returned it to the record store and the chap behind the counter gladly exchanged it for a set that was as labelled.. but he was seriously amused by the mishap..
I seem to recall an incident where someone inserted the wrong master disc and inadvertently copied their collection of pr0n videos for a mass distribution that went out to customers without further testing.
Many Shuvs and Zuuls knew what it was to be roasted in the depths of the Slor that day, I can tell you!