Steam: Digital Ownership or a “License” to Play?
After years of building up a PC platform juggernaut that has become so dominant that physical PC games have basically ceased to exist, Steam is finally sharing the truth at […]
Empty Rocket Launchers and Deceitful Hearts
I have fallen for it more times than I care to admit… I have heard and followed the siren’s call of a powerful, game-changing weapon laying open and exposed in […]
John 117: A Traumatic Backstory and Scars That Save
The backstory of the Master Chief isn’t pretty… the ordinary boy known as John-117 endured massive and horrific trauma that both scarred him and transformed him into the super soldier […]
Halo Grenades: Truth Bombs or “Unfriendly Fire”?
Despite my best intentions, I’ve found that my grenade throws in Halo can often do more harm than good. Even when I’m targeting my opposition, the splash damage that these […]
Master Chief, Arbiter, and Letting It Go
The pairing of the Master Chief and the Arbiter from bitter opponents to unlikely allies was one of the best parts of the Halo series… for both of them to […]
Halo Loadouts: Limitations or Strategic Design?
For all of Master Chief’s advantages over his video game peers, he possesses a “limitation” that most of them don’t share. While gaming protagonists like Solid Snake carry an entire […]
Halo Switching to Unreal: A Foundation That Will Last
Halo’s move from utilizing their own propriety “Slipspace” technology to announcing they will build all future Halo content using the “Unreal” game engine is a pretty significant decision… the studio […]
Hidden Grunts and Tiny Foxes
My most stunning defeats in Halo rarely occur at the hands of adversaries like the massive Hunters or Elite soldiers piloting tanks… I can see these dangers in the distance […]
Choosing the High Ground: A Means to an End
Almost every major gaming or movie villain feels the pressing need to explain themselves through massive one-sided monologues… they preach about their glorious purpose as they attempt to rationalize and […]
Halo: A Story Told in Parts
Playing through the original Halo games back when they first launched is a vastly different experience than returning to replay them now. In my first playthrough, this seemingly basic “space […]
Finding God in Video Games 