Halo Effect: An Unauthorized Look at the Most Successful Video Game of All Time (Smart Pop series) (Paperback)

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Product Description

Halo Effect is a collection of essays on the bestselling video game Halo and is not authorized by Bungie, Microsoft, or any entity associated with Halo.

 

Examining the Halo phenomenon from every angle—from profiling the greatest Halo player who ever lived to providing a behind-the-scenes look at the making of the wildly popular, virtual-reality Halo movies—this guide is the ultimate companion for anyone who wants to truly understand this amazingly successful video game. With discussions on the role of religion and science in the game, this collection of essays also looks into the creation of and community reaction to the launch of the Halo series. Speculations on the upcoming movie and a rigorous analysis of the vehicles of Halo are also included.

About the Author

Glenn Yeffeth is the editor of Farscape Forever!, Seven Seasons of Buffy, and Taking the Red Pill, as well as coeditor of Finding Serenity. He lives in Dallas.

Product Details

• Paperback: 224 pages
• Publisher: Benbella Books (April 1, 2007)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1933771119
• ISBN-13: 978-1933771113
• Product Dimensions: 8.7 x 6 x 0.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 10.4 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 2.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #199,718 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

2 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars What a piece of crap., September 21, 2009

By	Tom (United States) - See all my reviews

You got all of your facts wrong in the second page and you are entirely wrong about the Chief. How about you go ahead and figure out what you're talking about and get your damn facts straight before you write a book the subject.

6 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Seriously? This is the worst publication of HALO...EVER!, July 24, 2009

By	Electromotive Force (Tampa, FL USA) - See all my reviews

I'll admit: I do not own this piece of garbage. It'd be a waste of trees to purchase it. Thank God for Amazon's preview image up in the top of this page, because it saved me from making the mistake of buying and reading this, and then subsequently throwing it in the dumpster where it belongs.

For a critic that claims to have read Eric Nylund's "The Fall of Reach", your resultant opinion of nearly every HALO facet you commented on was complete crap of the highest order -- you couldn't have been further from the truth!

From telling blatant lies [that the Master Chief does not need food, rest, etc.] to chracterizing him as a faceless, emotionless killing machine, to basically all of your ranting and that especially stupid grin of yours, you're deliberately misleading people.

Maybe you're the dweeb you continually ridicule in your childish words. Maybe you're the F'd up one.

I suggest you re-read The Fall of Reach, if you even read it at all.

No one should even bother to preview this waste of paper!

0 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars WOW!, September 18, 2009

By	Frances Gordon - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

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Stunning.I cant believe the detail this book dives into.It gave me a whole new look at Halo.Stunning.