Thread: Halo (for the nerdy and obsessed).

Ok. So, not overly long ago, I happened upon this by accident. I blame Netflix entirely, you see. I own no Xbox, in fact I've never owned a single incarnation of the console and probably never will...it's just not my platform. Then, there's the added fact that I'm not one for FPSs in general. I often times get VERY motion sick with them. As a result, I tend to just royally suck when I attempt to play and, well, sucking and feeling ill all to play a game...? Yeah, it's not a fun time. But anyway, Netflix had been blaring Halo 4 Forward Unto Dawn at me for quite some time now. Months actually, if I'm dead honest about it. However, due to the fact that I hadn't played a single game and being certain I probably never would given I own no Xbox and stay away from FPSs on a whole, I just ignored this recommendation that Netflix made. And continued to make....over and over and over. Until I couldn't stand it. I will say that the tiny bit I knew of Halo always intrigued me on some level. You have scifi and aliens. I love both. So, of course that has a bit of a calling to want to learn more. So, finally, I said 'what the hell' and dared to look up reviews on the movie to see if having ZERO knowledge on the games would matter. All reviews said that it would not. As such, my mind had been made up...I'd take the plunge. WELL.......... Little did I know what this would unleash within me. I watch Forward Unto Dawn. I'm completely and utterly transfixed throughout, though by the end of the film, there are no words to describe that level of transfixed. It's more like...hypnotized? I don't even know. All I do know is that I immediately went online and started to research. The pull was THAT strong. . I first searched Wikipedia and pretty much exhausted that. Meaning, I think I've read almost everything there is on it regarding the lore. . That also led me to halowaypoint.com. There, I started to read even more....and I found the books as well. And yes, I got them all. Well, all the ones currently released and I'm aware that more are on the way. I've determined both publication release order along with chronological order of all these books so that I have a feel for how everything flows in the time line. I've read....so much....oh god, so much. And while I'm still piecing together the full details, I already have a run down of the basics--and this is after just a few days. Anyway, I'm delving hardcore into the books now starting with The Fall of Reach. So, I was wondering.....how many other Halo nerds are out there??? I plan to watch all the game cut scenes and well, just about anything I can. I have also watched Halo Legends, which was wonderful. I loved how it gave a nice over arching feel of how things came to be with both Origins I and II along with glimpses into some of the other Spartans lives amongst other things. Just...guh. I had no idea that deciding, on a whim no less, to watch a movie would lead me down this path....yet here I am. Completely and totally OBSESSED. And yes, I'd say that is the correct word for it and I'm quite all right with that. So again, any other Halo lore nerds out there? I'd love to discuss just...well...because... Do keep in mind where I'm at. But even still...just, I'm bursting here. And I cannot help it. I love it all so much.