Halo 2’s Arbiter: The Answer We Didn’t Ask For
One of the most controversial moments in Halo 2 was the developer’s decision to switch the player’s perspective in the middle of the game from our beloved Master Chief to a […]
Halo 2: Waiting on a Prayer
It was the best of times, it was the worst of times… it was Halo 2. While almost everything about Halo 2 improved on its’ predecessor, the cliffhanger ending that […]
Halo and the Xbox Launch: Plan and Purpose
When launching the original Xbox, Microsoft chose to make a game that was a brand-new, completely unknown property the star of the show… Halo: Combat Evolved. The story of a […]
Halo Sequels: Missing the “Creator’s” Hands
If we are all being honest, Halo hasn’t been the same since Bungie moved on to create Destiny and Microsoft handed the Halo license to 343 studios… as a Halo […]
LAN Parties: Unity Through Participation
Before the gaming world fully embraced online gaming, “LAN parties” were the way we came together to play titles like Halo with our fellow gamers. Some would bring gaming consoles […]
Halo, Master Chief, and a New Name
Names in games are pretty important… a great deal of money and research are poured into determining the best possible title for the game and the main character’s name. Can […]
Halo: A Difficulty Setting Dilemma
Difficulty levels in video games have evolved almost as much as the games themselves… While older titles typically only featured one default difficulty setting, modern games cater to the widest […]
PAIN: Our Mission, If We Choose to Accept It
So far, this was NOT going to plan… I’m frantically running around looking for ANY sign of cover in this unfamiliar setting, but every spot that seems to offer an […]
“The Last Time”
We all did it, we just didn’t recognize it for what it was at the time. Yours might be slightly different than mine, but for each of us there was […]
When Halo Gives us Lemons: The Cancelling of Couch Co-op and Dealing With Disappointment
No, no, no, no, no… of all the gaming news I didn’t want, this ranks at the top of the list. After promising on MULTIPLE occasions that split-screen co-op would […]
Finding God in Video Games 