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Meet the first person to play, finish and review Bungie's trilogy capping epic

Sept 7, 2007

Writing about videogames for a living definitely has its perks. Exclusive parties. Cool coworkers. Enough free t-shirts to clothe a small nation.

But the real reason we get into this business, of course, is to play all the games. Better yet? Experiencing them days, weeks, maybe even months before anyone else. And best of all? Knowing you're the first person to play something PERIOD.

So imagine what it must feel like to be the first journalist - in fact, the first hardcore fan outside of Bungie and Microsoft - to complete the biggest and most anticipated product of the year, Halo 3. You've battled through every mission... competed on every multiplayer map... watched every cut scene, including the ending to the entire trilogy.

Imagine no more. That journalist - Francesca Reyes, Editor-in-Chief of Official Xbox Magazine - works right down the hall from GamesRadar (another lucky perk of the job, eh?). We talked to her about her one-of-a-kind trip to Bungie to finish the fight before anyone else.

Editor's Note: Look for Fran's 10-page (!) review of Halo 3 in the next issue of Official Xbox Magazine, hitting newsstands the same day the game releases, September 25.