At first I wasn't sure I would be able to find the Best Buy that was holding the Halo 3 launch event in New York. After all, it is very big city, and I am a southern boy at heart. As you can see from this gallery, Microsoft and Bungie made it very, very hard to miss. Every window in store is emblazoned with Halo 3 pictures and logos, with one window sporting a selection of Halo action figures. The line itself, containing all of seven people when I got here, was set up outside the store, partially blocking a normally busy street. The other side of said street was also partially blocked by trailers and Halo 3 The Ride: The Car: Pontiac Special Edition. Inside the store is a mess of stages, lighting scaffolds, video cameras and monitors as Microsoft and G4 take over a corner of the Best Buy, hosting competitions for fabulous prizes. Larry 'Major Nelson' Hryb is on hand to help host the festivities and generally pretty up the place. If you squint your eyes and imagine the smell of excitement as you thumb through the gallery below, you could almost believe you were here with us.

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