Halo 3 body count surpasses Earth's population

by Alexander Sliwinski { Jun 23rd 2008 at 11:30PM }

A member of the Bungie forums points out that the Halo 3 campaign kill count has surpassed the population of the human virus infecting and multiplying on this third rock from the sun.

Halo 3 UNSC Campaign Report -- Enemies KIA: 6,743,784,316
US Census Bureau PopClock estimate of Earth's population: 6,705,451,100

Useless information? For sure! But, when it comes up as a Trivial Pursuit or Jeopardy question, you'll be happy you knew this factoid.

Tags: body-count, halo-3, halo3

Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

Habitual Cheetah @ Jun 23rd 2008 11:34PM

bored much?

Vol @ Jun 23rd 2008 11:35PM

I accounted for 600 kills with Fernando as my target.

Fernando Rocker @ Jun 23rd 2008 11:51PM

Yeah, you wish.

Never played against you, but anytime you want, just tell me.

t_m @ Jun 24th 2008 5:06AM

thats nothing, everyone kills fernando.

Probably about 1/3 of those kills are fernando.

Nick Ritch @ Jun 23rd 2008 11:42PM

I'm not Dead

Jonah Falcon @ Jun 24th 2008 12:01AM

I'm feeling better!

Nick Ritch @ Jun 24th 2008 12:09AM

I feel Happy!!

shaoron @ Jun 24th 2008 4:23AM

*get hit on the back of the head*

right.. on the cart you go!

Nick Ritch @ Jun 23rd 2008 11:43PM

http://youtube.com/watch?v=grbSQ6O6kbs

Slayer @ Jun 23rd 2008 11:45PM

Awesome?

Charlie_Six @ Jun 23rd 2008 11:46PM

Woah there's nearly 7 billion people on Earth now?
Lookit me, i'm one in 7 billion!

Nutchos @ Jun 23rd 2008 11:53PM

Yea but you're all just figments of my imagination anyway...

Korova of the highlands @ Jun 24th 2008 2:07AM

I wonder how many different people an average human actually sees in a lifetime. Its probably around 500,000 (rural and city dwellers combined)

Cal @ Jun 24th 2008 4:44AM

Depends on if they like their sports (ie go to games in their big fancy stadia)

finnith @ Jun 24th 2008 3:11PM

Can I have a figment?

Korova of the highlands @ Jun 24th 2008 10:12PM

Cal,

+1 for stadia. That's some hot Latin love right there.

venk @ Jun 23rd 2008 11:49PM

Stories like these make me wonder how much virtual blood is on my hand. From stomping on Gombas to taking out PMC Soldiers, I imagine I've done in 100-200k.

Microswirl (MKWii:1676- 4270-3674) @ Jun 24th 2008 12:46AM

Every dot in Pac-man is a galaxy containing trillions of lifeforms.... ahem, you monster.

343 Guilty Fart @ Jun 23rd 2008 11:51PM

Wait a sec, you mean this article isn't about Call of Duty: World at War?!?

Fosssil @ Jun 24th 2008 1:12AM

Sadly, no...

But it is about another underwhelming and altogether disappointing First-Person Shooter!

Scotto @ Jun 24th 2008 1:20AM

Ohh wise Fossil, please grant me the powers of foresight so that I too may one day be able to put down video games that are still months from release.

- Scott

Huey2k2 @ Jun 23rd 2008 11:59PM

That picture is epic win, Monty Python FTW.

Cal @ Jun 24th 2008 4:45AM

How dare they tarnish the epic Monty Python with the shat stain that is Halo 3, someone ought to die for this blasphemy...

Haggard @ Jun 24th 2008 11:34AM

The pic looks very next-gen graphics.. brown filter and bloom :P

Scott @ Jun 24th 2008 12:05AM

Thats crazy!

But then, lets compare Halo (2 and 3's) kill count to the original counter-strike =p

Whoot108 @ Jun 24th 2008 12:16AM

And that is just campaign... think of how many times more have been killed in online play...

tdub301 @ Jun 24th 2008 12:58PM

meh, me and 2 or 3 friends have easily killed millions of bots in Perfect Dark multiplayer, playing it for hours on end every weekend night when we were younger. If 3 or 4 can kill that much, billions isn't such a big number

mr nimblewick @ Jun 24th 2008 12:19AM

The way things are going in the world, I'm afraid that figures is going to get easier and easier to cross.

WRE (PSN: WorstReviewEver; Gamertag: HaloKissesBoys; Wii Friend Code: 4204-4590-6106-3583) @ Jun 24th 2008 12:33AM

Sorry Mr. Nimblewick but barring a nuclear holocaust, natural disaster of epic proportions or (the most unlikely of all) a new-found sense of sexual responsibility, that's very unlikely. We have way too many pussies out there masquerading as parents that won't teach their kids that getting knocked-up isn't okay. Unfortunately, the movie "Idiocracy" is probably the most accurate depiction of what our future will look like. I sympathize with your obvious humanitarian sentiments, I do, but our prowess at killing each other is only superseded by our tendency to stick our dicks in something for an average of 3 minutes.

Ghen @ Jun 24th 2008 7:27AM

3 minutes? I feel sorry for you.

A Pissed-off English Gamer @ Jun 24th 2008 11:58AM

Also, it's always easier to kill than to have a baby.

Jakka @ Jun 24th 2008 1:42PM

3 Minutes? What about the so-called "players"?

These guys can nail 5 chicks within 3 minutes.

ahsayuninew @ Jun 24th 2008 12:23AM

Let me know when the body count surpasses the earth's body count. Then I'll be impressed

Farseer (GDI) @ Jun 24th 2008 12:51AM

The earth's body count being...

Microswirl (MKWii:1676- 4270-3674) @ Jun 24th 2008 12:55AM

That'd be about 125 Billion. Even more than that if you were to count Neanderthals, who I'm sure were all wiped out by Master Chief himself.

juju187 @ Jun 24th 2008 12:39AM

Wait a sec, you mean this article isn't about Call of Duty: World at War?!?
Word... +1

Obie @ Jun 24th 2008 1:06AM

7 billion people? No wonder there is not enough food and gas anymore!

Zaidyn @ Jun 24th 2008 1:53AM

There's never been enough gas for everyone on the planet. As for food... maybe if grocery stores didn't throw away so much surplus food, and fat-assed westerners shared their food a little more... maybe there'd be enough for everyone.

Obie @ Jun 24th 2008 1:56AM

Even worse they want to grow crops to turn into bio fuels and not food....doesn't seem very efficient!

Korova of the highlands @ Jun 24th 2008 2:20AM

In the medium term there is always enough food because those who dont have enough either die or dont reproduce (or both).

In fact there is constantly more and more food, that's why there are more and more people. The "not enough food for everybody" idea really refers to unreliable supplies rather than general insufficiency. Its a logistical problem - that's the reason supermarkets throw out food while people starve in China.

Food and humanity are in positive feedback loops - the more of one the more of the other allowing even more of the first.

Razion @ Jun 24th 2008 2:30AM

And to think that's only counting the people who have Xbox live.

Duhr... @ Jun 24th 2008 3:50AM

The stat is totally irrelevant and this whole article's wash, because your source didn't understand Halo stats and you didn't bother to check up on them. What's worse is other equally 'brilliant' bloggers have linked to this article without checking the veracity... and this is how we live in a world with Bush serving two terms in office.

If you have a means to spread information to the world, by all means, be intelligent and secondly, research your comments before being world famous for poor journalism.

The kills listed are Covenant (NPC's), so in fact NONE of those kills were played by human 360 owners. What's more, none of the NPC's are digitally-reproduced humans. The Covenant are a fictional militaristic and theocratic alliance of ALIEN races who serve as the main antagonistic force in Halo.