If you were wondering what the specifications and requirements were for all of the armor mods, you’re in luck. If you look online, you will find many, many different opinions on what is and is not true. Here is the real deal. Much thanks for Halo 3 Planet and Halopedia which allowed me to verify all of the specs with their awesome page. Not included are the default armor sets.

SPARTAN ARMOR PERMUTATIONS:

Helmets

• Mark VI: Default Unlocked
• CQB: Default Unlocked
• EVA: Complete Campaign on Normal, Heroic, or Legendary
• EOD: Complete Campaign on Legendary
• Hayabusa: Collect all skulls
• Security: Get 1000 gamerscore in Halo 3.
• Scout: Complete “Used Car Salesman” Achievement
• ODST: Complete “Spartan Graduate” Achievement
• Mark V: Complete “UNSC Spartan” Achievement
• Rogue: Complete “Spartan Officer” Achievement
• Recon: Bungie Employees only and select players
• Flaming Helmet: Bungie Employees only

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Your almost daily dose of hilarity.

(Team slayer where Gamer #1, probably 12 at the most, is a distant last on a winning team)

Gamer #2: Hey Gamer #1, what did the priest say to the rabbi?

Gamer #1: Umm, I dunno, what?

Gamer #2: That you absolutely suck.

You’re almost daily dose of hilarity.

(Gamer #1 wins a ranked lone wolves match, Gamer #2 finishes in a distant last)

Gamer #1: Hey Gamer #2, do you smell something?

Gamer #2: Smell what now?

Gamer #1: Smells like shit, just like your aim.

Bungie must have been listening to the complaints of their players because they have released an update only 3 weeks after the game came out. Pretty good turnaround. Here is a summary of what they did and a link here to the actual report.

• Big Team Battle matches are now 16-player affairs.
• In the Team Slayer playlist, the appearance of Shotty Snipers has been greatly reduced.
• Now, when players veto Shotty Snipers, the game that results from the veto will not be Shotty Snipers.
• In one-sided VIP matches, the attacking team will now see a waypoint for the VIP they are hunting.
• In Lone Wolves, Slayer game types will appear more frequently.

Not a bad start. Not bad at all. I expect some DLC coming very soon.

One of the coolest features in Halo 3 is the different armors you can equip on your character to help differentiate you from someone else. The most popular helmet in the game has to be the Ninja Gaiden helmet, which you get by collecting all the skulls in the game.

Your almost daily dose of hilarity. And yes, these are real. I may have had a hand in a few of them actually.

(In a social slayer match where the red team won 50-8 and the blue team had 4 players on the same console)

Gamer #1: Hey guys, maybe if you tone down the gang bang over there you may get into double digits.

Gamer #2: Haha, back in the man pile fellas.

Gamer #1: They took our jobs!

So Halo 3 has been out now for 2 weeks and I am sure everyone has gotten a chance to check this out in some way shape or form, so now it’s time to tackle a review. Halo 3 is Bungie’s follow up to its two predecessors Halo 1 and 2 and picks up right where they left off. After months of advertising and hardcore marketing now gamers get a chance to put Master Chief into action and judge just how good this behemoth really is?

Presentation and Graphics: Halo 3 is polished, not light years beyond Halo 2, but you can see the difference when viewing the game on an HD screen, especially during the cut scenes. Master Chief’s visor never looked so shiny! A nice new distinction now is that you can customize your characters appearance for multi player matches, now you don’t have to always use the same Spartan armor and can actually get the Ninja Gaiden helmet if you collect all the skulls. 4 out of 5

Sound and Music: Halo 3 in 5.1 surround sound does extremely well; there is enough Gregorian chant and inspiring orchestra music to fill a room at any time. From the opening credits the familiar sound of Halo comes booming out of the speakers and carries all the way through. The music plays a big part in the game in that when you hear the inspirational music begin you know you are headed up to a big encounter or cut-scene. AI commentary is pretty funny too, a few times I found myself laughing after hearing grunts yell out that I killed their brother. 4.5 out of 5
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This grenade stick is almost as cool as the one we saw last week. I hope we get more crazy videos like this from readers.

This gamer gets fragged one time too many and launches his Xbox 360 out of the window to the amazement of his roommates. After further inspection, this does not look fake.

You’re almost daily dose of hilarity.

(Gamer #1 is clad in all pink MJOLNIR armor, racking up a good amount of kills)

Gamer #2: This girl is really good.

Gamer #1: I’m a guy by the way

Gamer #3: Hey Gamer #1, do you sit down when you pee?