I ran across an Xbox Halo edition, w/ 2 controllers, 10 games, and dvd playback kit for sale on the e-bulletin board at work. His asking price is a little high, but I think he'll come off of it. I know this, b/c I was mildly interested, and sent him an email to the effect that I did not need anything but the console, and would his asking price be different then. He called back, and said $115, and that he felt he was just "giving away" the games/controllers/dvd kit. I thanked him for calling, but told him that was well over what I had in mind, and then hung up. He called me back w/in 30 seconds, and asked what I'd be willing to pay. At that point, I told him I was only mildly interested, and that I'd call him back w/ a number. I figured I'd pass this along to any THXers who may be interested. I already have an Xbox, so I don't really need this. Best case scenario, imo, is to talk him down to ~ $85, and sell the crap you don't want on eBay, possibly netting the console for ~ $60 (depending on what you sell/how much it goes for). I still may do that. His original post is as follows:

Xbox 'Halo' Green Edition, in near mint condition, with two controls, DVD control with remote, and ten games. They are Need for Speed-Most Wanted, MVP Baseball, All Star Baseball, Matrix-Path of Neo, Justice League Heroes w/codes,Bloodrayne 2 w/codes, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, Blade 2, Lord of the Rings ROTK w/codes, and Ghost Recon Advance Warfighter. Games are in near mint condition and without scratches. Everything can be had for $125.00. If interested call (256)289-3395, leave a message!

General Info
Who: THX - Up to 34 people can comfortably fit
What: Halo 1 LAN
When: Saturday, June 7, 2008: Be There At 11AM
Where: Rayne's House outside of Huntsville, Alabama - PM Mintz for directions if you do not have them already.
Why: It's been a while since the last LAN. It's time to fire it up again. Keep your thumbs warm. Bring your controller. Yes, most of this is just copy-pasted from the last JuLAN.

Rayne is graciously opening her house for our LAN entertainment, and it's time we got together again to play Halo 1. I'm talking about lugging TVs and Xboxes from your house, four-people-per-screen, Mountain-Dew-fueled, all-night-and-into-the-morning gaming. And Chaos'/Cyneater's/Jonathan's cookies.

It's been long enough; let's do it again.

So without further ado, when should it happen?

Saturday, May 31 OR Saturday, June 7?

Update: The LAN will take place on

Saturday, June 7th.

Inform your friends and family that you will be unavailable on that date. Look for more LAN-related information in the next few days.

So, Top Games in Gardendale is having a Halo 1 2v2 tournament in May. They are currently ironing out the details, but it will be TS to 50, generic weapons, good maps. They are deciding which weekend, most likely the 2nd weekend in May.

I'm probably going to drive up from Auburn. There will probably be lots of LAN afterwards.

Wasn't sure how interested you guys would be.

The building blocks of our childhood meet the build blocks of console shooters. This image capture comes from the April edition of EGM (which means it's an April Fool's joke).

Which begs the question:  what the heck is Bungie working on right now? We haven't heard anything in a while - not even a clue.

Thank God not all little kids are like this. These kinds of kids shouldn't play Halo...

http://www.ebaumsworld.com/video/watch/219422/

Don't worry, Xray, you're cool.

N'Gai at Level Up has an amazing interview with Bungie writer Joe Staten. In it was this gem:

"Over time I think everybody around the table agreed that the Master Chief is best left as the most important supporting cast member."

Supporting cast member? This revelation has certainly changed my expectations for the movie (not in a negative way). Go read the rest of the interview and see if you've got a different perspective of the Halo movie now.

Be sure to read how Staten thinks MC will be personified by his body movements.