Halo 3 Supergeek Contest at WIRED

WIRED is having a Halo 3 Supergeek contest right now and as you may have guessed I have entered. The contest has some sweet prizes and runs through late October.

• Grand Prize: one Halo 3 Special Edition Xbox 360 Game Console, one limited edition Xbox 360 controller, one limited edition Halo 3 wireless headset, and one Xbox Live gold 12 month subscription card.
• First Runner Up: one limited edition Halo 3 Xbox 360 wireless controller, one Xbox Live 1600 point card, one Xbox Live Gold 12 month subscription, and one Army-style MRE.
• Second Runner Up: One Xbox Live 1600 point card, one Mini first aid kit, and one Army-style MRE.

My entry revolves around my Master Chief Fleece Blanket, which was hand made by my wife for Christmas ’05.

Unfortunately I couldn’t fit a link to my NSFW Halo 2 Profanity Study in the description field in the form which despite its 500 character note is actually limited to 100.

Though the survey has user voting (VOTE FOR ME! /subliminal) the actual contest is voted on by, “a panel of judges comprised of Wired editors. The judges will score entries based on the following criteria: geekiness (50%) and creativity (50%). The entry with the highest overall score will be declared the potential winner.”. I am worried my blanket will falter on the geekiness factor, which is why I hoped to include info on my Xbox Live Profanity Study and the Actionclix and action figures I have. Admit it you read that last sentence and thought, “Damn thats Geeky!”

Master Chief Blanket Spotting

Judging from Google Analytics I have a few readers who reside in the UK and I would like to call in a favor. Back around Christmas my wife made me a Master Chief blanket which we were interviewed about in March by a writer who was putting together a piece for Gamesmaster magazine. I have been waiting for a copy but I am not sure if the article didn’t make the cut or my issue just got lost, but I haven’t heard back from the writer yet. So, anyone in the UK know if my blanket made it into the magazine? With lead time it should be in one of the most recent issues, at latest next months.

Thanks for looking!

The Halo 2 Blanket

Christmas time has come and Amber has gone above and beyond raising the bar for wives and women across the nation.

Amber spent the past month and a half making me a Master Chief Blanket. The blanket is freakin’ Amazing. Photos cannot really do it justice. I present the one of a kind Halo 2 blanket, in fact most likely the worlds first. Bungie, Wanna come over and play a round and sign the blanket?

Check out the blanket:

And the Unveiling:

Check out more pics of the building process on Flickr HERE

PS Amber plays Halo and has recently hit her first Killing Spree!

The Master Chief figure started as the MC in the instruction booklet that shipped with the Halo 2 LE, and was transformed into a 3 foot Master chief