11:30:

I’m getting too old for this. Seriously. My back is killing me, my butt’s sore, but despite this, I can barely keep awake. What good is waiting till midnight if I don’t have the energy to play?

I’m getting too old for this …

10:25:

Some ‘tard just walked by on his cell phone, up and down the line, yelling to his "buddy" key plot points. 1. Everyone knows you’re being a jerk, so we don’t beleive you. 2. The guy next to me in line joked early that "blood will be spilled" tonight. He’s probably right …

Did I just call someone a ‘tard? I think the demographic I’m hanging out with tonight is rubbing off on me

9:30 PM:

OK, I just got out of the line to get in the line (I am not kidding) I’d say there’s at least a couple of hundred people here already. Just crazy. So far, so good, everyone’s in good spirits. Game Stop just handed out free water and chips, which is sincerely appreciated (see, honey, I told you I’d get fed )

I swear the kid at the front of the line is Chris Crocker (NSFW)

8:45 PM:

Arrived about a half hour ago. Just found open wifi (thank you Burger King!). Security won’t let anyone lineup until after 9, but people are beginning to queue. Better get my place

10:02 AM:

Getting ready for the line:

The blogging machine. Notice all the crap on my desktop, as I struggled last night to enable internet access via my cell phone. We’ll see how well it works tonight.

Cool Links:

Halo 3 Launch Events - Xbox Live’s Major Nelson

Twitter / majornelson

Flickr: Major Nelson’s photos tagged with h3

Analyst: 4.2M Halo 3s already at retail - Xbox 360 News at GameSpot

Impressive homemade Master Chief costume at Halo launch NYC - Joystiq

Halo Sweepstakes: Last One Standing: Discovery Channel

Gamerscore Blog : See You All Tonight…

Very cool custom face plates …

SpaceGhost2K’s "In Your Face Plates" *Updated Aug. 25th with new pics!!* - Xbox 360 & Xbox Forums

Retrograding Gaming: Dreamcast: Sega’s Last Scream

Imagine if you released the first videogame console with a built-in modem. Imagine if you released a game console that put no restriction on online play, not forcing the purchase of any add-ons, services, or subscriptions. Imagine if you created a gaming machine that took memory cards that doubled as GameBoy-like mini-PDAs. Imagine if you had the strongest quality-wise launch line-up for a gaming console debatably of all-time, including staggering support from Capcom, two of the greatest fighters ever made, the first football series to give Madden a run for its money in years, and the true debut of a Sonic the Hedgehog full 3-D platformer.

Now imagine if you screwed all that up.

Very Cool. Happened between 9/3/2007 and 9/5/2007. Getting 6666 will be problematic, though …

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My Gamer Picture can match my Gamer Name. Go Team Venture!

Rusty Venture’s Xbox - 8/27/2007

Cheap Ass Gamer: Xbox 360 Towel Trick vs. CheapyD

We all know about the 3 year warranty, but perhaps you have a fear of cardboard boxes. Maybe you live in Japan and have a broken USA Xbox 360. This technique can keep your 360 going until the new HDMI 65nm models have saturated retail.

And it only took me two years to get here …

Gamerscore Blog : Xbox 360 Expands Warranty

Xbox.com just posted an open letter from Peter Moore, announcing that we’re enhancing our existing warranty worldwide, to cover any console issues resulting in three flashing red lights, for three years from purchase.

Nice. I still have the callus on my thumb from the Atari 2600 joystick because of this game

Gamerscore Blog : Missile Command Coming to Xbox LIVE Arcade Wednesday

“Missile Command” will be available worldwide for 400 Microsoft Points and is rated E for Everyone.

Game Features

• Beautifully rendered 3D graphics and updated music and sound effects
• Up to two players can play together locally or over Xbox LIVE
• Earn up to 12 Achievements and 200 Gamerscore points