Microsoft seeks winner with 'Halo 2'

The game sequel is the latest and perhaps the best indication of how the Hollywood mentality has pervaded the video game industry.
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Fantasy software

Wow, Halo. Gosh, jeepers, shazzam, whooo, ahhh.

Maybe Microsoft is close to revealing the next best piece of
fantasy software for PC users - Longhorn.

[montgomeryburns]

just play TRIBES

First of all, halo is just a ripoff of the TRIBES series. If you take
gaming seriously, put down the console controller and get on a
pc. The TRIBES series is not only the inspiration for halo, its also
BETTER.

Second of all, longhorn is going to be a big piece of crap. Notice
how windows keeps getting worse? Think thats going to change
with this 'upgrade'? If you take operating systems seriously, get
a mac.

[Earl Benser]

Games are nice. but....

..they can easily become an electronic form of heroin. Too many
people now have no life except via games, and that's a sad start
of affairs. And when you notice that the big 'contests' are highly
sponsored by the game publishers, we have a self contained
non-productive population group. Maybe the good thing is that
they don't come out in the daylight very often.