Hey all!

On behalf of the Entire Review Frenzy Staff I am here to announce our biggest project yet: The Halo 3 Madness.

Starting Monday of next week (October 1st) the Review Frenzy will be bringing you a special treat. We will be posting a series of reviews regarding with Halo 3’s special features, weapons, and vehicles. The best of the best have been chosen for this assignment so you will not be disappointed.

The schedule is as follows:

Monday: Vehicle Analysis by Capn Krunk
Tuesday: Weapons Analysis by DM7000
Wednesday: Saved Films Analysis by Quality Jeverage
Thursday: Forge Review by ChuckieJ
Friday: Full Review of Halo 3 by Killazilla

Keep an eye out next week!

Campaign Scoring can be enjoyed by one to four players. It works the same whether you’re playing alone or with friends but it really gets fun when a group of players compete against one another to Finish the Fight and try for the highest score. However, there are trade-offs to be considered – the amount of enemies in the game does not automatically scale with the introduction of more players. So, four people will basically have ¼ as many kills as they would if they played the same settings by themselves. Of course you are also a lot more likely to die, which also will hurt your point total. On the other hand, being a particularly devious player might mean that you can leech a lot of free points and steal kills from your allies while they do all the work. Campaign scoring is fun in all instances but for me there’s not much better than fighting side by side with three buddies and having it all come down to whoever gets the final headshot on the Chieftain to decide the victor.

Devin, Goatrope, jayWHY, and I have spent dozens of hours exploring the Halo 3 engine and map geometry. No doubt Bungie has hid plenty of easter eggs in this game and I’m sure there are plenty more to find. Jason Jones!

Bungie’s own madmax has put up a facebook gallery of photos from Bungie’s Halo 3 launch party. You can see Louis Wu doing shots, Bill Gates playing Halo 3, and, of course, the Master Chief hugging Cortana.

Man Demon says he’s found the first Halo 3 box acronym on his Limited Edition copy:

JLTLEBLC

Gentlemen, start your engines.

For those that have pre-ordered or intend to pick up their Limited Edition of Halo 3 today, a word of advice: open the case and inspect the game disc in the store before you leave. I had heard about problems with the Limited Edition having discs come loose during shipment and rolling around in the case, which can end up scratching the game disc pretty badly.

When I picked up my LE at a local GameStop, I opened mine right away and turned right around. I walked back to the counter, told them what I saw and they knew immediately what I was talking about, and apparently Microsoft knows about the problem. The clerk I dealt with just cut open a regular Halo 3 edition and swapped the game disc with me, so that’s probably your best option if you can swing it.

Again, be sure to check your game before you leave the store, because otherwise, if the game is unplayable, you’ll have to return to the store or possibly even have to send the game back to Microsoft, which might take days.

With Halo 3 unleashed across the East Coast about half an hour ago, the Internet is still teeming with Halo-related… stuff. Here are a few items:

News.com knows people who are waiting in Times Square right now.

XBL subscribers will be able to get some exclusive Halo 3 content starting on the 27th. Included are videos, gamerpics and themes.

BusinessWeek thinks Halo 3’s social interaction features may be the future of gaming.

Shacknews takes a nice look at Halo 3’s map editor, Forge.

The Seattle Post Intelligencer wonders if Halo 3 can ‘turn things around’ for Microsoft’s Xbox 360.

While I know from personal experience that copyeditors are sometimes pressed for time, I’m still at a loss to understand that headline.

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Weekly Porridge makes its triumphant return with the launch of Halo 3!