Would you all laugh at me if I said I have no idea what this game Halo is?

Honestly I don't. Perhaps I should be grateful that I'm not standing in a line somewhere waiting to shell out $50, eh? ;) I am so backwards sometimes that I scare even myself....

Oh you saved $50?

I've seen the previews buy don't plan to get it. I spent my budget on The Sims 2 (waiting for b-day for GTA San Andreas)

;) I love the Sims.

I'm sorry.

Now stop the cackle. :hi:

Not an idea.

I am such an elitist.

paper, no? :hi:

:toast:

:hi:

:D

I didn't think Halo 1 was anything that special. We've been doing that in PC world for years, only with better graphics and more content.

you want content, halo 2 is incredible. the backstory is extremely impressive

:hippie: The Incorrigible Democrat

and my son laughs at me!

He put down a deposit for it months ago. Now he's decided to wait on it...I don't know why really. It's all a mystery to me.

Bloodrayne 2 is the current game of the evening here...not for me though...

I make video games for a living, so keep a fairly close eye on the market. Halo II is an excellent game, from both a gameplay and a technical standard.

Now, since you say you don't know what it's about, let me give a quick overview. It's a first person shooter - you see your gun, basically, as you move about, and kill bad guys. The graphics are excellent, and there's a sci-fi story/premise there as well. Sorry for the quick rush on that part, but the story side doesn't come anywhere near, say, Half-life.

No, they shine in multi-player. They've added yet more modes to it, and can support linked 16-person play. It is astonishingly smooth, reliable, and very fun. They are setting the standards for multiplayer deathmatch on consoles. If you enjoy that type of play, I'll recommend the game strongly.

Drew Garrett

I've really only played Day of Defeat. But DoD has lost its thrill since the War President kicked off his campaign to rid the world of evil-doers. Not to be confused with evil DUers. ;-)

here either...

I still play my old Infocom text games ike Zork and Leather Goddesses of Phobos

I still love the Infocom games. They were brilliantly done, and had a great sense of humor. I remember Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy with great fondness. I think that sense of humor is one thing missing from video games at the moment.

Oh well, we've still got Zork.

Drew Garrett

http://www.latz.org/infocom/index.shtml#ZIP

download the interpreter you need and you can find the games out there on the net. It's like stepping back into the 80s!

Those Infocom games were great. The youngsters aren't and won't know what they're missing. They combined two things I love: reading and playing video games. Like reading books, I can visualize the worlds the way I want to, and make the characters look and sound the way I want them to, and in addition, I can control them to a point. Those were my first video games. Ah, memories...

I never heard of the first one either.

Opened the thread hoping to find out. MrsGrumpy, we're busy people, too many things to occupy or noggins; how are we to be aware of everything. :)

I saw here.

Which means, for me, "ZZZzzzzzzz...."

I've been hearing about this too, but I know nothing about video games. I do know NIN albums are all numbered sequentially as Halo 1, Halo 2, Halo 3, etc. so that's immediately what comes to my mind when I hear about it. I'm probably way off though...:shrug:

i believe the halo she's thinking of is the video game out on the xbox.

I met Usher in the hotel where i work. I had NO idea. All the other girls were jealous, Im like, what, so?