So how come I never met this guy? He lives in Florida, is an FSU fan, a Mac user, and a Halo player. I’m sure we’d get along famously.

My Orlando friends have some ‘splainin to do.

Apparently I’ve been living in a cave, because I didn’t know there was a Halo 3 Beta sign-up available for almost a month now.

Thank goodness for Last Boss.

See that chunk of granite? The big one over there with the moss on the north side? That’s where I’ve been living the last few weeks.

More precisely, under it.

Because that’s the only excuse I have for not realizing that, about eleven days ago, Bungie officially announced that they are developing, for 2007 release, the next and final installment of the Halo trilogy.

There are two versions of the trailer – one you can watch on your computer, and one you can download via XBox Live, watch in HD and surround sound with your subwoofer turned to 11.

I definitely recommend the latter. Make sure to put away all breakable glassware, and evacuate all small pets and children first. (Mine went to the store with their mother.) Oh, yeah, duct tape the sliding glass door first. Just in case.

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