Two weeks ago today I finally got my X-Box Live hooked up. And I can honestly say, I am a changed young man. In the past two weeks I killed, splattered, jacked, and beat down more opposing Elites and Spartans than ever before. X-Box Live is, to me, one of the greatest things to happen to gamers. Sure, I've played games online before, but X-Box Live has friends lists, plenty of downloadable content, and so many more features that I have not yet explored. The majority, rather all, of my X-Box Live experience has been playing Halo 2. Sure, the single-player component of this game leaves my eyes burning and mouth watering, but playing online with up to 15 others is truly an amazing and stimulating experience. If you have never experienced what I describe here, you couldn't understand. You have to try it yourself, see what you've been missing. Where will I be 2 weeks from now? I doubt my life will have changed as much as it has since I've been gaming online with Halo 2. But years from now, when the X-Box Next (Xenon) comes out, I'll know that the gap between Halo 2 and Halo 2.5 will have been filled, with X-Box Live.