September 25, 2007: Halo 3 release date
September 25, 2007: "Remedy", David Crowder Band release date
September 22, 2009: Halo: ODST release date
September 22, 2009: "Church Music", David Crowder Band release date
Coincidence? I think not. I call it a conspiracy.
(against my wallet)
Remember when you were growing up and your mom would come into your room and tell you that you needed to 'Get to work,' and you'd say 'I am working, I'm playing video games,' and your mom would say 'Video games aren't work, you'll never make a living playing video games?'
Holy smoke, did she miss that call . . .
The CPL (Cyberathlete Professional League) has just announced that in December they'll be hosting a $1 Million Halo Tournament. The competition is open to everyone and the winner of the tournament will go home with $250,000 - in cash. The other $750,000 will be split between the next 64 runners-up.
I would pay big money to be in the room the first time some kid uses this as rational for why they need more time at the video game console. Of course, knowing my boys, there's a good chance I will be.
"Yie-Ar Kung Fu." Really. That was the name of it. The big guy flying through the air - his name was Buchu. No joke. You wouldn't believe how many quarters I dropped into this game as a kid. My brothers and I were completely obsessed with it. I remember we would walk an hour each way, even if we didn't have quarters, just to watch other people play it.
One of the clearest memories from my childhood is the morning of my 8th birthday when my mom gave my twin brother and I each a $10 dollar bill and drove us to the gas station just to play it. She probably had to wait two hours in that little gas station while we burned through $20 of electric euphoria, but to this day it stands out as one of the most memorable gifts of my life.
They've just announced that their re-releasing the game onto Xbox Live, but I think I'm going to take a pass on playing it again. "Yie-Ar Kung Fu" holds a very special place in my heart, and going back there could only serve to demystify the magic of those memories. Sometimes it's just better to just to put Elsa on the plane to American and walk off into the mist with the French police captain.
(cue "Time of Your Life" by Green Day)
. . . And today the box art for Halo 3 surfaces. Be still my beating heart. I have got to get me an HDTV before September . . .
Ok, I know it's a little early to be handing out awards for 2007 Game of the Year, but I definitely have my front-runner. "Ivan Drago: Justice Enforcer." Any game that gives you access to the power of 1800 pounds of pressure per square inch just can't go wrong. "If he dies, he dies" - what other classic cinema character could have pulled that off? Plus, my friend Erikka say Drago is "hot."
Admit it, you wish you were him. I know I do. And now we all can be! Link
