And I don't believe that Halo "sucks," I do believe the game is perhaps the most
overrated title in the history of gaming. Can't understand the appeal of that
game, but that's another story for another time.

What's on my mind today is Microsoft and these href="http://www.gamesindustry.biz/content_page.php?aid=18106">reports of
the company's "iPod killer." There was talk earlier this year of the software
giant's purported efforts to make a mobile gaming device (some called it "Xboy,"
which I kinda liked). But reportedly Microsoft's new mobile device will be a
music and video player rather than a gaming handheld device that would compete
with Sony's PSP and Nintendo's DS/DS Lite. On one hand, as much as I like my
iPod, I'm interested in seeing a good, well-marketed and lower-priced
alternative MP3 player. On the other hand, I'm reluctant to see Microsoft once
again stand silenty in the shadows while someone else innovates (Lotus, Netscape,
Google, Apple) and then swoop in a years later with a cheaper version of a
popular product and then count their billions as their knock-off becomes the
market leader by virtue of massive amounts of advertising dollars and powerful
branding.