Thought this was pretty funny, since I love my RPG's and All Halo games and lance and I love to play halo together!!! Thought that some of you might enjoy it too!!!!
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Get Your Girl (or Boy) Into Games
Does your partner refuse to play along? Help them get into the game by putting them on this three-course digital diet.
By Ben Silverman
It's a sad, common scenario: You're sitting on the couch thoroughly dominating a round of Capture the Flag, when suddenly your significant other decides that it looks like fun and wants in. In your shocked excitement, you hide under a stairwell, brief them on the controls, then hand them the reigns. This is the greatest moment of your life...
...until it turns into a nightmare. Your better half walks into a wall and gets shot. They respawn, walk into another wall and eat grenade shrapnel. They respawn again, finally avoiding the wall only to get run over by a Warthog. This process repeats itself until your baby is shamed away from your hobby by the merciless taunts of hyperactive nine year-olds, never to pick up a controller again.
But what did you expect? You threw them into the deep end before teaching them to tread water. You didn't hone your 1337 skillz overnight, and neither will they. So before you give up on getting your sweetheart to share your passion for pixels, try easing them into your addiction with the following three-step guides to game glory. Before you know it, they'll be pwning n00bs just like j00. Success guaranteed!*
*Success not actually guaranteed. Void in the continental U.S. Good luck.
Xbox 360
Start with: PUZZLE QUEST (XBLA)
Guess what your mate is doing during those late-night hours at the office? Yep - playing Tetris. Or Bejeweled. Or Peggle. They try to hide their secret love behind rows of colored marbles; break through their multihued wall of denial with this deceptively mellow puzzler. It looks innocent enough, but beneath its approachable exterior lies an addictive role-playing game. If you can't beat 'em, trick 'em into getting hooked.
Graduate to:
CRACKDOWN (Microsoft)
Bolster your partner's ego by making the world their destructible oyster. Crackdown doesn't let insignificant issues like "plot" get in the way of its bread-and-butter: thrilling, over-the-top sandbox action. The more you play, the more superheroic you become. After a few hours, newbies will be bowling over criminal gangs by lobbing pickup trucks into their hideouts. It's hard not to let that kind of power go to your head.
Now they're ready for:
HALO 3 (Microsoft)
Welcome to the big time. Before even attempting to get into a Halo 3 multiplayer match, force your loved one to plow through the single-player campaign and thereby familiarize themselves with the game's assortment of weapons. Even then, they'll likely get whomped in a dozen matches before getting used to the maps. Whatever you do, don't be impatient: stay cool, offer useful advice when you can, and remember that at the end of this tunnel lies a lifetime of Legendary co-op.
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