Thursday, December 30, 2004. Following all the hype of the release of Halo 2, curiosity finally got the better of me, and I went out to discover this Halo phenomenon for myself. I picked up the FIRST Halo today. Already, I can tell it's shaping up to be a truly amazing game, so I'm looking forward to hacing $50 to blow so I can pick up Halo 2 (once I've gotten a fair amount of Halo 1 taken care of!)