Halo on Xbox
Well, after countless hours of play over the holidays (including being up until 1:00 am with one of my boys), I have concluded that I much prefer the Xbox to the Playstation 2. I resisted the Xbox early on, and made fun of my nephew when he got one instead of the PS2, saying he only did it because he wanted the latest technology. I really didn't expect much of a difference.
I can't really speak to the graphics, as we've been able to play on the big TV in the living room (really up-town for us), but what sold me was the controller. The vibration is much better, and the triggers really add to the playability. This may not be news to anyone who has played with some of the better controllers, but I like it.
Then, last night, I discovered Halo. One of my boys had gotten me ATV Off-Road Fury 3 for PS2 for Christmas, since we had the first two and had spent a lot of time playing it together. But, ATVORF2 was a lot like the first one, so I thought I would take it back and get something for the Xbox, but something we could all play. Well...I know Halo is rated M, and it is very violent, but I have decided it's OK. Many people would disagree with me on that (my boys are 9), but as long as it's not gory, I let them have it. I don't have a problem with violence per se, as many times it is necessary and appropriate. Further, it pisses me off that schools teach that violence is bad, period. There is a word for that philosophy - pacifism. I don't subscribe to it, and must work to undo the brainwashing on the subject they receive at school. Violence only needs to be put into context like many other things in life, and, for my boys, it will be. I have often said that people better hope that my boys don't decide to shoot up their school, because they will know how to do it.
So at 1:00 in the morning, when I finally made him go to bed, we were exhausted. We had been sitting in the dark playing the most realistic video game I had ever seen, on the big TV in the living room for probably four hours straight. It was like being in a movie. It was cool.
Playing Halo as a team with my son. Blowing away aliens. How could you celebrate Christmas any better?
I can't really speak to the graphics, as we've been able to play on the big TV in the living room (really up-town for us), but what sold me was the controller. The vibration is much better, and the triggers really add to the playability. This may not be news to anyone who has played with some of the better controllers, but I like it.
Then, last night, I discovered Halo. One of my boys had gotten me ATV Off-Road Fury 3 for PS2 for Christmas, since we had the first two and had spent a lot of time playing it together. But, ATVORF2 was a lot like the first one, so I thought I would take it back and get something for the Xbox, but something we could all play. Well...I know Halo is rated M, and it is very violent, but I have decided it's OK. Many people would disagree with me on that (my boys are 9), but as long as it's not gory, I let them have it. I don't have a problem with violence per se, as many times it is necessary and appropriate. Further, it pisses me off that schools teach that violence is bad, period. There is a word for that philosophy - pacifism. I don't subscribe to it, and must work to undo the brainwashing on the subject they receive at school. Violence only needs to be put into context like many other things in life, and, for my boys, it will be. I have often said that people better hope that my boys don't decide to shoot up their school, because they will know how to do it.
So at 1:00 in the morning, when I finally made him go to bed, we were exhausted. We had been sitting in the dark playing the most realistic video game I had ever seen, on the big TV in the living room for probably four hours straight. It was like being in a movie. It was cool.
Playing Halo as a team with my son. Blowing away aliens. How could you celebrate Christmas any better?
posted by The Man at 10:20 AM
5 Comments:
Dude, Get with it. Halo 2 has been out since 11/09/04, and it blows Halo v1.0 away. In the immortal words of Ferris Bueller, "Life moves pretty fast. If you
don't stop and look around once in awhile, you could miss it."
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