1996 Lara Croft:
-DD
-wantonly slaughters dinosaurs
-never talks

2013 Lara Croft:
-B
-killed a deer("Sorry!")
-won't stop complaining

Thanks, feminism.

10. Senet (3500 BC)

9. Royal Game of Ur (2600 BC)

8. Chinese Cards (1400 BC)

7. Mesoamerican Ballgame (1400 BC)

6. Mahjong (500 BC)

5. Lion-Petting Competition(~100 AD)

4. Steroid abusers vs Pirates (1869)

3. Thunderdome (~1920)

2. E.T. (1982)

1.

History repeats. Sometimes EXACTLY. See for yourself:

http://xbox360.ign.com/dor/objects/852871/bungie-project-2/videos/haloodst_liveaction_trl_090409.html

Remind you of a certain series of commercials that were playing 2 years ago? :




My problem with these commercials is that they're tragically awesome. They're what I want Halo to be, and what it repeatedly fails to live up to:

FEATURED IN THE COMMERCIALS:
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-BLOOD AND GRIME!
-URBAN RUIN!
-BRUTAL, CHAOTIC COMBAT!
-TERRIFYING ENEMY ALIENS!
-ACTUAL HUMAN EMOTIONS!
-INTENSE MILITARY TRAINING!
-SOLDIERS WHO ACT LIKE SOLDIERS!

FEATURED IN THE GAMES:
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-WEAPONS BY MATTEL!
-EVERYTHING'S BRIGHT AND CHEERFUL!
-COMBAT FEELS AS CHAOTIC AND URGENT AS THE WORK I SHOULD BE DOING!
-HILARIOUS ENEMY ALIENS!
-CHARACTERS MORE ONE-DIMENSIONAL THAN PAPER!
-"DOOD, WE OWNED THOSE GUYS!" - actual line spoken by a marine in Halo 3 campaign

Of course, this is totally pointless. I'm still gonna buy ODST and so are you, and so are millions of others.

I just can't help but be depressed by these. They're a glimpse of a Halo made for adults, not for 12-year-olds.