MIT Hacks Harvard For Halo, Game Prompts Lots of Sick Days 127
yonari writes "Early on the morning before the Halo 3 release, John Harvard donned a Mjolnir helmet and a beaver emblem, and carried an assault rifle on his left shoulder, apparently acquired from the UNSC Engineering Division." The Washington Post also points out that a lot of folks took sick days on Tuesday as a consequence of the game's release. "Some local workers won't have to skip out on the office to play the game. At some companies that offer video games as a break room activity, Halo 3 was pre-ordered months ago. The Motley Fool, the Alexandria investment advisory firm, is expecting its copy of the game to arrive from Amazon.com soon. Same for Platinum Solutions, a Reston software consulting firm."
It's a medical condition. (Score:5, Funny)
Those with bad breath have halitosis halotosis, and this is characterized by a lack of people willing to play multiplay on the same Xbox.
Re:Skipping work (Score:4, Funny)
OK, depressing defeatism over.
Head Like a Hole (Score:4, Funny)
Re:A Halo launch is like Christmas (Score:3, Funny)
Re:A Halo launch is like Christmas (Score:3, Funny)
Though I didn't know that slashdot was the Church of Halo. Maybe it should say "Master Chief Saves" on the front page.
Re:A Halo launch is like Christmas (Score:2, Funny)
On behalf of the Slashdot team, (Score:3, Funny)
Sincerely,
krog
Re:Head Like a Hole (Score:2, Funny)
Anyway, I remember very clearly the day that Halo 2, the game, was released. All day, Fraternity-type guys were driving by with their windows rolled down, shaking their copy of Halo 2 at me and screaming "woooo!" During that time, I had parents come up to me and ask me if I felt that Halo 2 was appropriate for their kid. I had people congratulate me on writing such a popular game.
It was a very strange experience. I don't have any Halo markings of any sort on my current car, so the release date went by unnoticed. Although I seem to be the only person who actually liked the "game fuel" mountain dew flavor.