I'm done hiding in my anti-spoiler hole. I'm back to GameSpot. Now there will be a Halo 3 tournament and I wanted to know if anyone wanted to be on my team. I'm a decent player and I'll play anyone beforehand before signing up for the Tourney. I'm sure the slots will fill up soon so make sure you get back to me soon.

Also, is anyone else as upset as me over the Limited Edition of Halo 3 jiggling around in the case? Luckily I got the $3 disc protection plan from EBGames.

Everyone that doesn't want the ending of Halo 3 spoiled will be avoiding all things internet. I almost might have gotten spoiled from a message on my 360. So after that little scare I'm going to take a break from all online sites until I finish the game. See you then!

There are new Halo 3 Gamerpics and a new Theme in the XBL Marketplace. It's in Gamerpics under Best Buy and it's free. They're really good, check them out.

Another cool bit of news: During the launch period of Halo 3, the 25th, 26th and 27th of September, Best Buy will be sponsoring the Xbox Live Gold service and making it free for everyone. Link.

Last thing is: A new Bungie podcast is up and has Campaign Mission Design Lead, Paul Bertone. Link.

I will probably go out and pick up a copy of Skate. The CoD4 is still fresh even though there's only three maps. I've started to experiment with weird Perk cominations and the newly unlocked Uzi. That's all for now, still got chances later in the week to get CoD4 tokens.

I've been playing the Beta a lot and it's a bunch of fun. Here's the page:

http://www.gamespot.com/event/codes/call-of-duty-4/

If you already have the beta please go and sign up anyway in case you have a friend that wants to play also.

If you feel really kind you can post your code in a reply.

I haven't posted anything in a while and I have not excuse. Sure I could find the time between work and school to post. I just haven't had anything enthralling happen. I'm playing the Call of Duty 4 Beta and I'm loving it. I also bought BioShock but haven't really gotten around to it because of the Beta. Hopefully they'll let everyone in the fun soon. Anyway, here's a picture:

Today, I got a cool prize from the Halo 3 ARG Iris. For those who playing yet, check out this wiki.

So here's the cool stuff I got for unlocking Server 02:

1. An Iris T-Shirt that says "This Is How It All Begins." - The Halo 3 slogan.

2. A slip of paper with a redeem code for a cool gamerpic:

Note: I've already redeemed it and it only works once so don't waste your time with my code.

3. A copy of the latest Halo novel: Ghosts of Onyx.

The shirt is an XL and I'll never wear it so I might EBay it or maybe give it away to someone. I'll probably keep the gamerpic on until Halo 3 comes out. The book however:

I forgot to mention that it's signed by Eric Nylund!

This is so far the best shwag package to date for me and I love that Bungie appreciates the fans.

Oh and if you didn't hear: Halo 3 will have four player online co-op. This means you get to play single player with three other people (dur!). Too bad you have to play as three other aliens but I guess what they have to do to make the story make sense.

Oh and I haven't actually read Ghosts of Oynx so don't give away any spoilers please. Thanks.

So I went to go see Transformers (great movie BTW) and when I came out my car was gone.

I walked around the rows for about ten minutes making sure I hadn't just forgotten when I parked. I checked behind all the larger SUVs just in case it was hiding or something. I finally decided that it was stolen.

I found a parking lot security guard and told him what happened. He dialed 911 and reported it and the dispatcher said someone would come right away.

I waited in the parking lot for 2 hours! The worst part wasn't the waiting but the theatre gave me a cool transformers comic that I practically sweated and greased all over.

When the police officer finally showed up he asked me more questions and drove me home. Overall, he was one of the nicest officers I've met and made me feel better about the whole thing.

The comic I got is super cool minus all the Target adverts. Here's a link to the PDF in case you're a fan or didn't get the comic when you saw the movie.

I'm normally nice to police officers but there is one thing I wondered:

Why is it that cops never show up when you need them but there's always four when you get in trouble?

Anyway, don't forget that it's E3 day! Make sure you watch all the action unfold tonight.

[spoiler] The police still haven't found my car. [/spoiler]

Here's a story borrowed from FOXNews.com:

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SEATTLE- In another setback for Microsoft Corp.'s (MSFT) unprofitable entertainment and devices division, the company says it is planning to spend at least $1 billion to repair serious problems with its Xbox 360 video game console.

Microsoft declined to detail the problems that have caused an onslaught of "general hardware failures" in recent months but said Thursday it will extend the warranty on the consoles to three years.

The glitches, and the bad publicity, could weigh the company down as it claws for market share in the highly competitive console market.

Click here to visit FOXNews.com's Video Gaming Center.

In May, the Xbox 360 ranked No. 2 in unit sales behind Nintendo's Wii, but still beat out Sony's (SNE) PlayStation 3, according to data from NPD Group.

"We don't think we've been getting the job done," said Robbie Bach, president of Microsoft's entertainment and devices division, which also makes the Zune digital music player, a distant competitor to Apple Inc.'s (AAPL) powerhouse iPod. "In the past few months, we have been having to make Xbox 360 console repairs at a rate too high for our liking."

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I know GameSpot can be a little biased from time to time but this goes too far and is horrendously outlandish.

I shouldn't get upset at this but I might as well show everyone the ignorance from the AP.

I mean real fireworks. The ones that explode and could kill you or horribly mame you. Otherwise there's no rush.

I need the fear. I need the noise. Smoke bombs won't do it for me anymore.

Anyway, happy 4th of July to everybody and don't blow off your hand.

I'm not a huge wrestling fan but there is some bad news for wrestling fans:

Chris Benoit and his wife (Nancy) and son (Daniel) have been found dead in their Fayetteville, Georgia home. Now news has been released that it is a double murder suicide, Benoit killing his wife and son over the weekend then himself on Monday. More news here.