Halo 3

So, it's finally here, "The Game of All Games," Halo 3. Veteran and novice gamers alike have anticipated this game for three years, ever since the new Microsoft console, Xbox 360, was released. It's here, I bought it, and yes it is the best game of its genre to date (in my opinion of course). The hype surrounding the game was unprecedented, over 1.7 million reserved orders alone, that's not including the countless number of the more casual gamers who will just head to the game store to pick it up when they get the chance. Make no mistake, this is the fasting selling entertainment product ever sold in history, that's right, not just the fastest selling in the video game industry but the entire entertainment industry. And all of this hype and success is a good thing, it's good for the gaming industry, for Microsoft, and of course for all the gamers who finally have a chance to play it.

However there is something rather troubling about the release of Halo. And that is the way in which some people are responding. People have camped out for days in an attempt to be the person to own the first Halo 3 copy. Grown men are taking days off from work simply get in some extra hours of game time. Students are missing school to play this, and worst of all their parents allow it! I mean this is a real life caricature of society's priorities. I enjoy playing Halo as much as anyone, but come on now you have to draw the line somewhere, it is after all just a game. I don't know about you, but I think it's damn ridiculous to play a game over going to work or school.