: There's that tournament with $500,000 in prizes, which is spurring weekly
: playlist updates. Spartan Assault came out a little over 2 weeks ago, and
: we're a little over 2 weeks away from the Champion's Bundle coming
: out--which includes a really awesome game type.

The tournament is a joke. 343 is so desperate to get people to play this game that they're giving away $500,000 of Microsoft's own money (or am I mistaken?). Spartan Assault is mediocre at best, but then I'm not impressed with mobile games in general (and this one is barely, barely a step above most others in my opinion, and I'm not just saying that because of the Palmer bullshit), and too little, too late. I'm a champ and I won't be buying that bundle. They don't deserve anymore of my money for that game.

: And just a few days ago HBO hit 14 posts over 48 hours.

: For me personally, I've been working ~50 hours a week on top of trying to
: keep up with two kids, so I haven't had time for Halo. But last week I was
: in class training out of town, so I figured I'd bring my Xbox and Forge in
: my down time at the hotel. No kids, "working" less than 8
: hours/day.. ideal circumstances!

: So I plugged it up, loaded up Forge Island and.. I turned it off about 15
: minutes later. I just wasn't feeling it. I didn't turn my Xbox on the rest
: of the week, didn't unpack it when I got home this weekend, and didn't
: even bother bringing it this week. At this point, I might just wait for my
: Xbox One to show up this Fall before I play another Xbox game.

Ew. Xbox One? You goofed dude. Stop that pre-order and put that money toward something better. Like a ticket to a LAN or PAX or a PC. :P

: I just feel done. And I'm guessing a lot of that has to do with work and the
: kids, instead of stuff like my general displeasure that the Forge
: community has been seduced by modders or any issues with 343's sustain
: practices. I mean, Ricochet looks like an awesome game type--the kind of
: thing that I'd be all over.. tons of Forge possiblities! But I don't know
: if I'll ever touch it at this point.

Naturally, you have a lot of real life circumstances going on. Frankly I'm on a lot less, too. I blame Halo 4. It's weird that I feel like my Wii has way more compelling games right now, though I have yet to begin BioShock Infinite.