I think, somewhere in the recesses of my mind, I knew that Halo 3 dropped today. Or, more accurately, eighteen hours ago (as I can’t imagine that GameStop didn’t do midnight openings — if that whole sodding company could do midnight openings for The Burning Crusade, they’re absolutely doing midnight openings for Halo 3). AtContinue reading “On Halo Day”
Tag Archives: Halo
On Prank Phone Calls
The phone rang at work today. I answered it. The voice on the other end was high-pitched, a boy whose voice hasn’t yet broken. “I have Halo,” he said, “and I don’t like it.” “What’s wrong? Why don’t you like it?” Innocuous questions, to be sure, but they’re asked to narrow down the reasons forContinue reading “On Prank Phone Calls”
Twiddling Thumbs
I’ve been waiting for a customer. A week ago the phone rang. “My Halo 2 doesn’t work,” the customer said. “What’s the problem?” I asked. “I bought the PlayStation2 version by mistake. It doesn’t play in my XBox.” Halo 2 on the PlayStation2? What planet was this guy on? “Are you sure it’s Halo 2?”Continue reading “Twiddling Thumbs”
Oh, What a Day!
Halo 2 released today. We had customers at midnight. We had customers at two o’clock this morning. We had customers all the live long day. Oh, what a day! I’m tired.
Random Observation
While watching Star Trek: Nemesis for the first time last night, I cried out, “Dude! That’s Picard driving a Warthog!” Then a few minutes later as Worf manned the rear gun turret of the off-road vehicle, “Dude! That’s Worf playing Master Chief!” Have I played too much Halo on the XBox?