GTR Retro - Halo 3 Midnight Launch Coverage

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Other Games, Video Games, Games, Leisure

4.2 • 522 Ratings

🗓️ 30 January 2025

⏱️ 56 minutes

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Summary

In this special episode of GTR Retro, we celebrate the 20th anniversary of our podcast. Where were you on September 25, 2007? Halo enthusiasts worldwide waited patiently in line for hours to be among the first to purchase Halo 3. In this audio, we'll take you back to our nationwide launch coverage, featuring reports from Miami, Seattle, Chicago, Orlando, and Los Angeles.

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0:00.0	Ladies and just gentlemen.
0:02.8	This is Gamer Attack Radio.
0:07.3	Welcome to Gamer Attack Radio episode 1395.
0:11.7	This is your host, Danny Pena, and we're back with a brand new GTR retro episode.
0:18.2	And this one took place back in September 26, 2007, episode 115, HAL-3 Midnight
0:29.4	Launch nationwide coverage.
0:32.9	And this was a fun, fun episode.
0:36.4	You're going to hear lots of screaming, lots of people just hype for Halo 3.
0:41.0	We recorded this in Miami, Florida, but also we had callers and former GTR members that was covering this from different cities.
0:50.6	Not only in Miami, but also Seattle, Chicago, Orlando, and Los Angeles.
0:55.9	I believe you will get to hear Paris in this episode.
1:00.3	I can't quite remember, because I think he was also part of the people that got invited
1:04.8	to play Halo 3 before it came out in Seattle.
1:09.3	And this is when they also went to Best Buy.
1:14.1	Bill Gates was there and a couple of things.
1:17.5	But you're going to get to here.
1:18.5	It was chaotic.
1:19.7	I'm with Pete at a store.
1:22.9	I believe this is Circuit City.
1:24.4	It doesn't exist anymore.
1:25.8	But we were there just interviewing people we got to talk
1:29.1	to one of the developers from bungee that was there and yeah it was a lot a lot of fun you're gonna get
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