According to Microsoft, Halo: Reach is the biggest entertainment launch this year based on U.S. sales figures, outperforming the openings of films Iron Man 2, Alice in Wonderland and Toy Story 3.
The swan song from studio Bungie tells the story of Noble Team, an elite group of Spartans who must defend the human planet Reach from an invasion by aliens called the Covenant.
Reason on video games, especially that old chestnut about how these things are nothing but kill-kill-kill simulators what are breeding a race of desensitized super-predators that are destroying all that is good and decent in America.
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