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Drea Avellan is the name, but online I go by Pinksage. I'm a graphic designer with a passion in games, comics, music, sneakers and the web. I often talk about these topics on my blog.


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In the world of today, there are games and there are hyped games. But some games are in no need of hype because fans carry the hype within them. This is the case with Halo 3, the latest and final installment of the Halo Series. Fans have waited for this game for years, some would say “for too long!” Now that it’s only a few days away, people have grown even more impatient then before. Pontiac and Bungie have teamed up to give about 200+ gamers the opportunity to be one of first to play and see Halo 3 after it went Gold. This event was held at an IMAX in two cities: NYC and San Francisco .

When I arrived at 3:00 pm , I wasn’t sure what to expect. The event officially started at 9:00pm making me six hours early. But just as you would expect with anything Halo, the line was around the block already. At 4:00pm we were given our badges and some swag which included posters, shirts and stickers. Everyone was then told to come back to the line at 8:00pm . What to do with all that time? Well, I had dinner and chatted up with Dirty Diva and later on we met up with WonderMonkey from pregamelobby.com who made us laugh, a lot.



At 8 o’clock we headed to the line and chatted with some fans. Some fans however, didn’t have time to just chat. Screaming and chanting could be heard from the front of the line. Some already grew impatient. Me? Well, I was sharing music with Dan, a Halo fan which happened to have a Zune as well.

People Chanted and cheered just from the mere sight of Master Chief on the big screen. The head of Marketing for Pontiac talked to the crowd about the event and left the gaming to the experts. Two fellows from Bungie demonstrated the game and some features we haven’t seen before. First, they demonstrated a little bit of Campaign mode which had people saying “Owned!” when ever someone fell victim to the plasmas. Afterwards, Bungie showed us Forge; a level-editor where you can pick up, drop and relocate just about anything! Last but not least, was the video feature in which you’re able to record all your matches, send them to your friends, or take screenshots and video clips and send them to Bungie.net for sharing.

After the demo, people were called down to finally play the game. One lucky or unlucky (depending on how good he was) gamer got to play on the big IMAX screen. After the multi-player session, the players where allowed to go outside the theater where more TV’s where set up with Halo 3 to play.



A glorious day it was for all the HALO fans. They got to meet other fans, See the game in action, and some even got to win a Limited Edition HALO 3 Xbox 360. But what is better then all of this? Bragging rights, after a 6-hour wait in a line, they very much deserved it.

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haha, wow your fast!
That's awsome, though it sucks they make you stand up and it sucks they keep their 360's horizontal (someones gonna REEEED RIIIING).
They got to sit and play in the IMAX theater. This was when they were done, they could come around and play again =)
Ah ok
Very nice post, and much better than your embarrassing first post. So is Forge the bucket of joy it's made out to be? Because that's what's going to make Halo 3 for me.
Very nice post, and much better than your embarrassing first post. So is Forge the bucket of joy it's made out to be? Because that's what's going to make Halo 3 for me.
Heh, well I didn't know people reacted so quickly here. But, that indeed is a very cool thing =). Unlike 1up where my posts get dugged into unimportance.


The game looks VERY sweet graphic wise. Gameplay? Honestly is nothing too new. If you played H2, you played H3. But then again, isn't that the whole point?

However, the map editor is a really cool addition. What's more fun is that you can edit a map while other people are in the room. I predict a whole lot of silliness in these rooms. I also really think the video option is REALLY sweet.
If you write something interesting, put content into it, and it's original content, or at least as your thoughts or another article (if you ever decide to post one). Then it will get respounses on Dtoid.
Thanks for the tip.
the dtoid tubes are way faster than 1UPs. That and you get replies even if it has nothing to do with what you post. And then the other half are insults about you should be in teh kitchen making a sammich instead using the internet.
Well, I get those no matter where I go. ;P
then maybe it is time to take peoples advice and get back in the kitchen. everybody is doing it.
are you really a girl? O.o
I was actually in the kitchen not too long ago making a sammich. What can I say? The girl has to eat.
PB & J? Or did you go the traditional "ham" and/or turkey route?
Chicken all day!
no pics of the game on the imax screen? or was that prohibited?

still quite amazing.
yeah, no electronic devices where allowed inside. Someone even brought their Xbox360, LOL.
That's really cool. Nice write-up. Did you play a lot of Halo 2? Your name screenname sounds somewhat familiar.

Lemon, thanks for posting that "blank title" link. I've had a blank post lingering around for months, and I was dying to get rid of it. Sanity restored!
Actually, not really. I played an average amount, but definably not a hardcore player.
The haloes!

I'm definitively not as excited as i thought i would be, in fact i don't think i even want to go to the midnight launch.

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