I don’t know if you heard, but Halo 3 came out today.

I mentioned earlier my love for hype. I’m one of the fanatical stupid thousands who stood in line at midnight to pick up a copy of Harry Potter 7 when it came out this past summer. Of course, I was so tired from staying up I promptly went home and fell asleep. I wonder if Uchendu Nwachukwu, the guy who was first in line for Halo 3 in NY, did the same. “Uche” as he’s called, had been in line over 30 hours. Sheesh. Hopefully his copy was not one of the scratched ones.

Anyway, back to Halo 3 and the hype. Here’s a pic of the ultra hypey Mountain Dew that is sitting in the coolers in our work kitchen:

Pretty sweet, eh? Actually I took a sip of it. It actually is really sweet. Really really sweet. Like candy in a can.

Some other favorite links on Halo 3 hype:

<< Halo 3 Mimobots – cartoonish-looking flash drives (Mimoco via Engadget and Gizmodo)

Halo 3 bodycount (Bungie Online via Microsoft’s On the 10)

More fun pics from the launch in NY (Best Buy near Times Square)

Also: Why all the hype for Halo 3? from MSNBC