I now possess a copy of the Halo 3 Beta. Bungie and Microsoft pinpointed the problem yesterday evening and pushed a title update for _Crackdown_ to rectify the issue, which appeared just before I went to bed. So, naturally, that was a good time to start the download....
I maintain interests in a wide variety of areas. I am an avid storyteller, specializing in (dark) speculative fiction and webcomics. I am also a professional code wrangler and dabble in amateur photography.