Have you scheduled September 25th (and the week or two after) off from work yet? That is the release date for Halo 3. I will buy my XBOX 360 a month or so before that date so I know I have a good solid machine (yes, I don’t have the XBOX 360 yet and yes I would pay that much for it just to play Halo 3).
http://www.bungie.net/News/content.aspx?type=topnews&cid=12467
We need to get some online matches going between the readers of your blog. I suck at Halo but this is going to be a great game. Are you going to get the new XBOX360 elite system?