Okay, I'm about a month late with these blog post, but a combination of college, a job, some union drama (*cough*arrogantprick*cough*), and being focused on actually PLAYING games as opposed to debating and posting about them has led me to not being as active as I usually was. As you all know, I'm a System Wars poster, but with said board going down the tubes, I've found it harder and harder to find reasons to post there anymore. So, add all that up, and you get one inactive SW poster. Probably gonna stay that way too. Anyways, on to the main event; Halo 3.

I attended the horridly boring midnight launch for this game. How was it horrid, you ask? Well, the promised meals, indoor shelter, tournaments, etc. that the mall SAID they would provide were, how can I put this...'absent'. Yes, they backed out at the LAST minute, resulting in me spending around four hours sitting on a chewing-gum stained concrete sidewalk, shivering, hungry, and, above all else, BORED, as I waited for Gamestop to finally let us the hell in. However, despite all this...it was worth it. My GOD, there is so much you can do in this game. There's the expected campaign difficulty settings, of course, but then there's the Forge editor, the theatre (EVERY FPS game should have this...seriously. I found myself wanting to replay my kills in Half-Life 2 two days ago, but...c'est la vie), skull collecting, campaign scoring, online co-op, a cirtual orgasm of multiplayer gametypes, ranking, and the kick-ass Bungie.net stat recordings. It's all there. And there is nothing like hooking up with a bunch of my GUFU friends and having them watch as I completely and totally decimate the enemy from the air in my Banshee, like a neon-purple Stuka. I had never been one for the Halo MP, save for when I had friends over. But Halo 2's online multiplayer just sucked me in completley. I'll be playing this for years to come. It may be the last of the Bungie Halo franchise, but make no mistake...there WILL be more. Next up is Halo Wars, an RTS developed by the AoE team, so they KNOW what they're doing.And with the knowledge that Halo Wars looks pretty good and is in capable hands, I can also rest assured that I can STILL get some of my Halo freak on after 3.