While storytelling in video games has made a tremendous leap forward over the past year, not all games had grandiose storylines, eccentric writing, or clever twists. Most games didn’t. Perhaps most notably, Halo 3 ended up being, well, Halo 3.
It was Halo.
Halo 3 didn’t demolish the world under the weight of its code. Halo [...]
January 1, 2008
Categories: Editorial, Video Gamez!!1!1!11 . Tags: 2007, bungie, cat helmet, film, george lucas, halo, halo 3, hype, joe staten, marketing, master chief, mountain dew, soda, star wars, video games, year in review . Author: a.e.zimmer . Comments: Leave a Comment
2007 might very well have been the most fucked-in-the-ear year of my lifetime, narrowly edging out the 2001/2002 stretch in which the whole world and I lost our collective shit.
Anyway, lets hope 2008 passes without as much absurdity, or at least the funny kind instead of the infuriating kind. Happy Tuesday, everyone.
January 1, 2008
Categories: Bullshit . . Author: a.e.zimmer . Comments: Leave a Comment