You know what they say, "a picture is worth a thousand words" and I guess 16 pictures must be worth, well, A LOT of words. These "Halo Hype" pictures tell quite a story…the entire world has completely lost their minds (or at least the North American part)!!! Since when are computer-generated-animation characters the new movie stars??? And video games the new blockbuster hits??? I’m not going to lie, I did see this new age fast approaching but I was hoping that maybe, just maybe, if I closed my eyes really tight and wished really hard, that it might just go away. Gone are the days when adolescents went outside to play, now the Nintendo Wii is considered the new exercise!?! I just recently heard that parents started buying their kids Nintendo Wiis in order to get them to do some physical activity, and that in some cases the kids actually lost weight. And I guess I shouldn’t just point the finger at the 12 – 17 year olds, this phenomenon has transcended far into the young adults and even the middle-aged groups. 
I remember when I was my little cousin’s age (7 years old) and how I would play dress-up and make arts and crafts with my friends. That definitely is not the case when my little cousin’s friends come over – its NHL hockey video games and any type of action-packed-shoot-at-everything-in-site-blood-and-guts video games that are the new playtime activities. My boyfriend and even my 16-year-old sister are perfect examples of how video games are the modern solution to boredom and the freshest way to procrastinate doing your homework, dishes, laundry…pretty much anything. What happened to going to the mall, looking through a magazine, or watching a movie as forms of procrastination???
Brad Pitt (The Old) VS. Master Chief (The New)
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i know! it's so funny how video games are becomming epic stories. I'm unsure of this trend toward technology too, it makes me squeamish. Love the Pitt pic, I'll take him over a video game character any day.
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