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Article: GAME ON - Epic 'Halo 3' is heavy, man
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- Honolulu Star - Bulletin
- Article date:
- September 28, 2007
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"Halo 3" is huge.
I'm not talking about the $170 million first-day sales it racked up. I'm not talking about the multimillion-dollar marketing campaign behind it. I'm not even talking about its much-ballyhooed gameplay, which can be anywhere from 20 to 200 hours and beyond.
No, I'm talking about the packaging it came in. I'm talking about how this was the first time I picked up a video game and someone asked me, "Do you need help with that?"
I was at Ala Moana Center early Tuesday morning with hundreds of other "Halo" fanboys, waiting to pick up my Legendary edition of "Halo 3."
The first to leave the mall with the big black box in tow was 17-year-old Michael Blickos, who camped out in ...