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Mike Hodnick is a geeky consultant guy living in Chaska, MN. He enjoys writing code, writing music, and doing fun stuff with his wife and daughter. This is his personal website, where you can get to his blog, music library, and other nonsense.

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Last night was a Halo 3 pre-launch party at the Microsoft office in BloomingtonJason invited me, and he also allowed me to bring along one other person, so I invited Raymond to come too.  There were six consoles going all at once, each with 4-person games going on.  There were more people than there were controllers (maybe 75 people?), but folks were really good about getting up after a game and letting other people play.  They handed out some gifts (t-shirts, hats, posters) and provided food and drinkies. 

They also organized a Slayer tournament, and somehow I managed to get 3rd place.  I don't know how many people in total played in the tournament - maybe 40?  I'm sure I wasn't the 3rd-best player.  I just got lucky with the Gravity Hammer in the 2nd round :)  There were a lot of "kids" there last night (children of Microsoft employees, etc), and after the first two rounds there were a couple of dads who came up to me and said "Hey!  You beat my kid!".  All in good fun of course.  It was fun.

Thoughts on the game?  Well, Halo 3 multiplayer is still Halo multiplayer.  But there are enough new goodies baked in to the game now that will keep players interested for a long time.  New maps, vehicles, weapons and creative use of items like the bubble shields and trip mines keep the game fresh.  I didn't get a chance to play around with Forge or saved films, but I didn't expect to in such a large group of attendees. 

The best map?  I only played a handful: High Ground, Snowbound, Epitaph, Last Resort, Isolation, and one that I think was called "Narrows".  For Slayer, I thought Epitaph was great.  Kind of a small/medium size with the hammer in the middle and rocket goodness hidden high up. 

The beast weapon?  There is no best weapon, but I'm an immediate fan of the dual-wielded Spikers for some reason.  I just can't get the hang of the Spartan Laser.  Otherwise, if you can find the assault rifle in combination with the battle rifle and a supply of grenades, you can win any game. 

Here's to the new (and last) era of the Halo games!

UPDATE:Jason just posted a few pictures: http://jasonbock.net/JB/Default.aspx?...

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posted on Tuesday, September 25, 2007 9:02 AM |

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