I clicked on the Resistance link... My N64 playing Turok looks better than that crap. What a rip-off fest. On another note... All this fanboi bitching is just fanning the flames of the hype fest. Congrats to participating. I think this will be a good game to play over live, until H3 drops.

"Halo 2 is cited by several forum members as having a matchmaking system that promotes teamwork"

The Halo 2 matchmaking system IS THE reason Microsoft has made this move. Anyone who is upset by this should thank your local circle-boosters, modders, griefers, and general cheaters. 'Legit' lvl 50 in Halo...this is for you.
Thanks for screwing up the system!

Golden Eye was a well thought out, immersive game that I would love to see updated and be playable again. The other game I loved by Rare was the original Turok. Again, great levels and immersive story. The good ole days indeed.

34 ft. 'J' boat racing in the Puget Sound.

WTF! No Halo 3 goodness??? How long do we have to wait for some fresh media from Bungie?

If your buying a Zune (which I will be...maybe) then your wanting to set yourself apart from the 'dancing white headphone' crowd.  Ipod has white, black, but no brown.  Therefore buying brown will be a visual representation of differentiating yourself from the ipod zombies.  If I can share music, connect via wifi, and if (big if) use this on either a pc or mac...I've been converted.  **Note:  I bought the ipod when it could be used on a pc.  Now I have a mac and might buy a M$ player.  Ironic.

I'll wait and see what the Zune has to offer. Incremental changes do not a revolution make.

I'm not sure if this will be the end of the Halo story arc... Bungie has so much info, stories, and tangents it could use for other projects. Perhaps a rtsfps or something like that. The Bungie team will be working on H2 for Vista, H3 for Vista
(and hopefully Mac) Map packs and even perhaps episodic content. The Halo Bible has been written, read, but not finished.