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It has begun! After almost a year of anticipation and 4 hours of waiting in line, I have purchased a copy of Halo 3 and begun my career in Bungie's next installment in its epic Trilogy. Let me be the first to say, that I have yet to even look at some of the new features available that I've been looking for, and I'm still overwhelemed. But before I get into talking about the game itself, let me explain the events of Midnight Madness.

I woke up around 9:00 AM, showered, got dressed, ate some food... Then I settled in and played Campaign mode in Halo 2 to finish it up for the day. Yesterday was the day MTV News, was coming down to Philadelphia and catch me inside my house, doing what I do best in Halo 3 and to also participate in a dialogue about Halo 3, social life, and how the game will affect me. While here they interviewed Diana, and Martelle who came along for Midnight Madness.

The interview was great, I had a great time talking to Matt, the producer making the piece for a special MTV News is doing for gaming coming in later months. Afterwards we took a trip out to my workplace interview my co-worker, Andrew who gets to hear my Halo 3 rants all the time. We then proceeded to the King of Prussia mall where we doing a Halo 2 Tournament and waiting for the game.

The tournament was setup for 1v1 with a last round of 5 players in a FFA. the prize? $50. Not bad for a basic tournament. The point is I had fun and was able to kill some time. At about 11:30, they allowed everyone to pre-Pay for the game, and then at 12:01AM we received Halo 3! We were #1!