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Halo 3 Takes Toll on Workforce

washingtonpost.com — Call it the Halo holiday, or the Halo bug. Some gamers are going to be a little sleepy this week at work or school, if they show up at all. With yesterday's release of Halo 3, the highly anticipated video game for the Xbox 360 console, many gamers are taking some personal time.

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  • qasabah, on 10/10/2007, -6/+48In Iran we don't have Halo 3 like in your country.
  • gregdogum, on 10/10/2007, -2/+35Hmm... I gotta be in at work in 6 hours... ah, I'll just keep playing.
  • NikoKun, on 10/10/2007, -2/+32haha Take that economy...
  • xerus, on 10/10/2007, -2/+25You can beat the game and still make it into work for the second half of the day...
  • gcnaddict, on 10/10/2007, -1/+24This is how Microsoft deals with competing employers. ;)
  • carterbaldwin, on 10/10/2007, -4/+25*cough hack cough* Yeah, I've got a really bad case of, uh, the Flood. *cough* it is TOO a real disease. *hack* I'll be back at work around monday. *cough sniffle cough*
  • sleeknerve, on 10/10/2007, -2/+22you dont have a lot of things we have unfortunatley
  • skywake, on 10/10/2007, -2/+20AOL? get off my internets!!
  • RidiculousHat, on 10/10/2007, -4/+21Shame on gamers for letting their obedience to technology impact their education and work.
    I'd write a longer comment, but I really shouldn't be on digg in the office...
  • inactive, on 10/10/2007, -2/+18no one cares
  • Bartboy919, on 10/10/2007, -4/+19Dialup? I though Broadband was required for Xbox Live.
  • leonhyral, on 10/10/2007, -0/+14Multiple the effect of Halo 3 on the American public tenfold. You now have South Korea.
  • NeoCortex, on 10/10/2007, -1/+13I bet if you had Halo 3, there would be peace. If all nations had access to Halo 3, there would be no more war.

    It's like the Wyld Stalyns of video games.
  • Lyanto, on 10/10/2007, -3/+15Lol, AOL speed booster. All that does is compress stuff (mostly text) before sending it to you.
  • cavie2002, on 10/10/2007, -3/+15i told my teacher i was sick on Tuesday and she asked me if i got th flood virus
  • taxman, on 10/10/2007, -1/+10"I'm seriously no fanboy"

    ha ha...........understatement of the year!
  • pikpikcarrotmon, on 10/10/2007, -4/+13You're welcome. Pansy.
  • Aharoni, on 10/10/2007, -0/+9I called in sick... and I don't even own an Xbox 360!
  • zeifers, on 10/10/2007, -2/+11i took some time off for metroid prime 3
  • Murdats, on 10/10/2007, -1/+10life sucks if you have dialup.
  • tmyprod, on 10/10/2007, -8/+17If this is was halo 3 has done, imagine what Starcraft 2 will do.
  • drakethegreat, on 10/10/2007, -0/+8Just finished playing for 6 hours today after class. That was after around 10+ hours yesterday and 4 hours the night it was released. Yet I'm not skipping class for it. Was tired as hell at my project dev. class though.
  • Chicito, on 10/10/2007, -0/+8Another butthurt PS3 fanboy /sigh
  • AwesomeMonster, on 10/10/2007, -3/+10Welcome to the world of tomorrow. You are going to find that most every online game sucks with dial up.
  • psbpv3o, on 10/10/2007, -0/+7yeah korea will just shutdown. All they need is some power to run their computers and many could last a couple of weeks.
  • KingGoonie, on 10/10/2007, -0/+7I completely agree, but would like to see the demographics for this. Again if your calling out of your career.... loser. If your calling out of McDonalds though... well who cares.
  • Klarth, on 10/10/2007, -0/+7this iz a porly writed coment
  • smek2, on 10/10/2007, -0/+7Wow, you can really be proud of yourself.
  • paranox, on 10/10/2007, -2/+9If you posted this comment, you are obviously not playing. Therefore you have no reason to be awake.
  • ninjakoala, on 10/10/2007, -1/+7Station!
  • rochdale, on 10/10/2007, -0/+6oh my word, where did that tirade come from?
  • iherbivore, on 10/10/2007, -0/+6Why does everyone call in sick? I merely asked for the day off so I could play Halo, and told my son's teacher he was taking a vacation day. What a bunch of liars.
  • inspecality, on 10/10/2007, -2/+8I got it at midnight Tuesday with my friend, then played from 1 AM to 9 AM on legendary co-op. His power went off, so I packed up my TV/360, went home, played matchmaking until his power came back on, and finished the fight. All in all, I slept for about 3 hours on Tuesday.
  • themastersb, on 10/10/2007, -3/+9Weight? Long? I don't think weight can be measured in length can it?
  • Hewolf1982, on 10/10/2007, -1/+7Boy no wonder most the people in this country can't locate America on a world map. Were to busy not going to class and work to play a damn video game. I own a 360 and I bet it will be there when I get back from work/school.
  • inactive, on 10/10/2007, -0/+6Strange things are afoot at the Circle K!
  • mojaam, on 10/10/2007, -0/+6No it's not awesome, my roommates decide to do a co-op thing last night until who knows (I didn't sleep until around 2:30a), when I have an 8:30am exam to take in the morning. Halo is freaking drug!
  • moleboy, on 10/10/2007, -2/+7Well maybe if you stopped and savored the campaign a little more. My god I've had so much fun with it. I still haven't beaten it yet, even though I could have on the first day. I'm looking forward to getting a chance to play some 4 player co-op.
  • khyberkitsune, on 10/10/2007, -3/+8And I'll bet lots of people lost their jobs, and didn't care, either!
  • whatthefu, on 10/10/2007, -8/+13That's pretty awesome. But can't people wait?
  • KingGoonie, on 10/10/2007, -0/+5thats.. sad.
  • rochdale, on 10/10/2007, -0/+5I can smuggle you in some heroin and chewing gum, if you swap me some smokes.
  • Whaines, on 10/10/2007, -1/+6Every time I show BlackMask's comments I remember why I blocked him.
  • jacen, on 10/10/2007, -0/+5Heh, actually, they was a dot on the Halo 3 usage map around Iran.
    http://www.bungie.net/Stats/Halo3/Nightmap.ashx
  • jacen, on 10/10/2007, -0/+4Um.... no. Obviously, as the article shows.

    Personally, I requested the day off weeks ago and got it. But if they decided to work me that day, I have too strong of a work ethic to have called in sick.
  • generalzod1, on 10/10/2007, -3/+7This is a poorly written article.
  • pikpikcarrotmon, on 10/10/2007, -10/+14What are you, Jewish? It's like five bucks more per month to have internet that doesn't suck.
  • bugsy187, on 10/10/2007, -2/+6Thanks for clearing that up. It's nice of you to set time aside for commenting when you're not folding socks, ironing your underwear and sorting your jar of jellybeans by color. We must have had no idea what he was trying to say.

    Here's a typo for you....

    their're

    Have a ball.
  • Hewolf1982, on 10/10/2007, -0/+3Who the ***** cares what game/movie did better. Does it better your life in anyway. Why people need to argue over ***** that has nothing to do with anything is beyond me.
  • hockey, on 10/10/2007, -0/+3Your dedication inspires me man. I need more practice.
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