A while back I purchased Halo for the PC to play while waiting for the price of HL:2 to come down a bit. Plus since I've never played it, I figured I'd find out what all the Halo:2 hype is about. What a great game. Seriously, little things matter the most and I'll tell you the most impressive aspect of this game isn't the graphics or the story, but rather the load times. The damn thing loads in seconds. Every other recent game I've played (Doom3, Painkiller, etc) feel like they take forever, but this damn thing is soooo quick I can't believe it. Seriously, nice job. So anyways, I hooked the computer up to the TV so we could play it and also use the dolby 6.1 surround sound :) hehe Since Jen plays most of these games with me, this works out a lot better than cramming into my desk (which is huge) I think. She seems to like it. Anyways, off to Costco and the lumber store. Going to try to do the pilasters using the router table tim lent me (talk about a god send).