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Even if you don’t play video games, chances are you have seen or heard something about a spaceman with green suit. The hype machine chugging along for the Xbox 360’s Halo 3 is in full swing and even mainstream media has taken notice enough to ask what all the fuss is about. Having made Microsoft an estimated $170,000,000.00 in the first day alone, Halo 3 has produced the biggest opening day sale of any entertainment medium. It’s all very impressive. From the ads, to the lines, to the pranks…
As you may already know, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology has a long history of pranking (or hacks, as they call them) both on their own campus and at other schools. Though there have been some real winners over the years, this new one, captured today by MIT newspaper The Tech, really takes the cake.
To mark the Halo 3 release, MIT students gifted the John P. Harvard statue in Harvard Yard with a Spartan helmet (with “Master Chief in Training” written on the back) and an assault rifle.
Those MIT hacks always impress. The statue looks like it was meant to be that way. One of these days I’ll have to actually give the Halo series a try rather then just talking about it. 2.4 million copies sold in the first 24 hours of release can’t be wrong. Reviews of the game can be found at metacritic.com — Halo 3
via Joystiq — The best thing you’ll see today: John P. Harvard goes Halo, also see MIT students turn famed Harvard statue into ‘Halo’ chief | Crave : The gadget blog
Update: Halo 3 has made $300 million in seven days.
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