Live-blogging Halo 3 launch event
Cory Bergman September 24th, 2007
Update: After spending six and a half hours in line — and live-blogging it all — I now have my hands on a copy of Halo 3. Bill Gates was among the surprise guests. And of course, the Master Chief. What a crazy event (1,000 people were there), and right after I finish this post I’m going to pop the game in for an hour or so. That’ll make it 2:30 a.m. and I have a 9 a.m. meeting. So, why did Microsoft release this on a Monday night?
(Oh, by the way, it was fun trying to explain “live blogging” to TV producers who teased what I was doing on the air.)
8 Comments Add your own
1. Patrick | September 24th, 2007 at 3:15 pm
The game’s looking really good, wonder how many will be calling in “sick” after playing all night? Heh. Used to wish for games like this back in the Atari 2600 days.
2. sa | September 25th, 2007 at 5:34 am
ssfdgdf
3. Hussman | September 25th, 2007 at 6:30 am
You had to explain ‘live blogging’ to TV folks.. in Seattle?
Dude, WTF?
4. Michael | September 25th, 2007 at 7:59 am
It’s not surprising you had to explain live-blogging to the TV producers there. I have a hard enough time explaining that you can’t “just put a link” to a physical street address on the web to some of our reporters.
5. Rob | September 25th, 2007 at 8:07 am
Great blog Cory. Mr. Gates looked happy to be taking that first guy’s money and I agree you owe Kate big for this one.
6. Cory | September 25th, 2007 at 9:55 am
It’s not as much explaining what live-blogging is.. as much as it is explaining how to tease it in 10 seconds or less.
7. Anonymous | September 25th, 2007 at 11:41 am
In fairness, he’s writing up what happens, live on the web. I can see how expanding that explanation to ten seconds could be difficult.
8. Hussman | September 26th, 2007 at 6:18 am
Bullcrap.
Tag of story:
“If you want to keep watching the excitement there, you can see what’s happening live by going to our website, where we have ongoing coverage. Simply go to blah.com, and click on the Halo Three Live banner.”
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