343 Guilty SparkToday Halo 3, the most anticipated game ever, hits store shelves. I’ll undoubtedly pick a copy up, if I can find one, because for some reason I didn’t preorder. I think I put too much focus on avoiding all Halo 3 news, so sometime last week (Thursday I believe) I realized “Holy damn, Halo 3 next week!” At that point it was too late to preorder a copy, so I’m going to take my chances on finding a walk-in copy. I’m sure I’ll be able to find one but I really have my heart set on the Limited Edition. I’m don't know if I’ll find one of those in particular, so wish me luck!

To be honest I was not excited about this game until last weekend. I started seeing the Halo 3 commercials with the “Believe” tagline that are styled to be sort of post-Halo 3 documentary style videos. If you’ve ever watched a World War 2 documentary on the History Channel you’ll know what I’m talking about – veterans are interviewed about their experiences and are forced, whether they want to or not, to relive those memories. That’s the basic premise of the Believe campaign. There are three commercials total, and if you can catch them on Xbox Live with the supplementary “Making Of” video I think that’s the best way to see them.
BRI can’t “believe” (ba-dum, pshh) that I just recommended you seek out a commercial. It’s really good though, and unique. They could have gone the flashy route for advertisement, but I like the different path they took. The diorama commercial is especially stunning (and dare I say emotionally moving). This advert worked 100% on me, and now I anticipate Halo 3 with bated breath. Will it be the best game ever? Microsoft certainly wants us to think so – and as a result I sort of feel like I’m missing out by having not followed the hype for the past few months. If Halo 3 truly is the greatest game to date then I probably should have paid more attention, I mean I’m a gamer, right? I should be a part of this!

I have a normal group of people that I played the Halo 2 multiplayer with for months…maybe even years. I look forward to getting back together with that group both in the revamped multiplayer as well as the new 4-player co-op. Basically, if you’re a gamer, you should be playing Halo 3. It’s time to finish this fight at long last.

Currently Listening To: Beach Boys - Sloop John B (yes, oldschool..don't hate!)
Currently Playing: Call of Duty 4 Multiplayer Beta, hopefully Halo 3