![]() ![]() I played heaps of Halo, particularly in the Halo 2 to Halo 3 era. It's great to see Halo be relevant again. Online games like Fortnite felt more like hyperactive Skinner boxes, designed to keep players spending at all costs, than a test of teamwork and skill. ![]() As a 40-year-old man who plays video games regularly, I'd drifted away from first-person shooters - a genre which increasingly felt like a warped pinball machine stacked with loot boxes and ever spinning level-up counters. After years in the wilderness, playing second fiddle to games like Fortnite and Apex Legends - games dominated by teenagers and their supple brains - Big Papa Bear Halo is back. This past Monday, on the 20th anniversary of the first game's release, Halo: Infinite launched its free-to-play multiplayer, and there was much rejoicing. Now, for me at least, the same damn thing is happening in video games.
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