The skinny:
A super-enhanced Marine fights aliens on a big halo-like planet. Fun for the whole family, especially if your family likes high-powered artillery, blue guts and dying violently over and over again.

If you liked this game, you’d like:
Unreal, Marathon, answering your phone in a thick Austrian accent and saying, “Hay-low,” which seldom gets old.

Perfect accompanying snack:
Mountain Dew and pizza.

Hours to complete:
If you’re playing a Campaign, it’ll take between 15-20 hours on the Easy, Normal and Hard levels. To complete the Legendary level, it’ll take approximately four and a half lifetimes. You can also play online against other Master Chiefs who are taking a break from Mastur Bation.

Tantalizing tidbits:
Bungie, the radical fellows who created Halo, also created Marathon. Originally they were building Halo for the computer, but then Microsoft bought them out and had them build it for Xbox. Isn’t that an interesting stor…zzzzzzzzz.

Buy, rent or run away screaming?
If you have an Xbox, it’s the game to own!