Halo arrives



Okay, I admit, I'm a complete sucker for this game. I didn't grow up playing Nintendo or Playstation. I developed this interest in middle-age. My wife works at the XBox division of Microsoft, so when the product was in development, we got a box to test and play with. In the summer of 2001, recovering from a broken ankle and temporarily immoblized, Halo was my primary entertainment for a while, as well as my introduction to first-person shooter games. I was instantly hooked. Unlike an average 14-year-old, who could master a game like this in about a week, it took me several months to fully exploit the action-packed features of Halo.




Microsoft bought the company, (Bungie, a Mac game developer) and made Halo its flagship product. Developing Halo for Xbox meant indefinitely shelving plans to release it as a computer game, but it remained Bungie's intentions to do so. It's been a long wait, but it's here. Although I don't plan to get the computer-game version (like I need more stuff loaded on my desktop system) I'm interested in following the response to the game's release. In the meantime, I am anticipating the release of Halo 2 for XBox.

Bensch Blaser reviews Halo:




Posted: Wed - December 24, 2003 at 04:27 PM        

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