Alright, listen up, y’all. Gonna tell ya ’bout this here… whatchamacallit… Halo Purple. Don’t rightly know what it is, but the young’uns are all a-buzzin’ ’bout it, so it must be somethin’ important.

Now, they tell me it’s got somethin’ to do with them video games. You know, them things the kids stare at all day? Yeah, well, this Halo thing, it’s been around for a while, they say. Lots of shootin’ and fightin’, I reckon. Like them old cowboy movies, but with spaceships and fancy guns.

Heard tell there’s this company, somethin’ like “Three-Four-Three Industries,” they’re the ones makin’ this Halo stuff. They’re changin’ things up, they are. New names, new this, new that. Heck, I can barely keep up with the price of eggs, let alone all this fancy talk.

• They’re usin’ some kinda new “engine” too. “Unreal Engine,” they call it. Sounds powerful, I guess. Probably makes the shootin’ look real purty.
• And they had this big ol’ championship thingy, a “Halo World Championship.” Folks from all over the world comin’ together to play this game. Can you believe it? Kids these days…

They’re talkin’ ’bout a “new dawn” for this Halo thing. Guess they’re tryin’ to make it better, or somethin’. More shootin’, maybe? More spaceships? Who knows. But they’re sure makin’ a big fuss about it.

This Halo ain’t just about the games, though. Heard they got books and movies and whatnot too. A whole universe, they say. Just like them Star Wars movies my grandson watches. Full of space battles and aliens and whatnot.

Some folks complainin’ that one of them Halo games, the one called “Reach,” was blurry. Blurry! Can you imagine? Back in my day, if somethin’ was blurry, you just squinted harder. These kids, they want everything perfect.

Now, there’s talk of a new Xbox comin’ out. And this Halo thing might be on it. A handheld one, too! Imagine that, carryin’ your shootin’ games around with you. What’ll they think of next?

And this “Three-Four-Three” company, they’re always busy. They had a project called “Tatanka,” somethin’ about a battle royale. Don’t know what that is, but it sounds loud. They’re also tryin’ to be “sustainable,” whatever that means. Probably savin’ electricity or somethin’. Good for them, I guess.

This new Halo game, they call it “Halo Infinite.” It’s on them Xbox things and them computers too. Got fancy graphics, they say. 4K, whatever that is. And you can play with folks all over the world. Sounds complicated, if you ask me.

Halo games, they got all sorts of guns and vehicles. You can even make your own maps, they say. Like buildin’ your own little world. And they talk about savin’ game films, like watchin’ your own shootin’ match over and over. Seems like a lot of work to me.

And this “Reach” game, they say it’s got a good story. ‘Bout some soldiers fightin’ to save humanity. Sounds sad, but I guess folks like that kinda thing. They say it’s the best one for the story, even though the hero ain’t in it. Goes to show, even without the big shot, you can still have a good time.

Them Halo games, they changed things up, they say. You gotta choose your guns careful-like. Can’t just carry everything. Makes it more real, I guess. Not that I know anything about shootin’ aliens.

So, that’s what I know about this Halo Purple thing. Lots of shootin’, lots of spaceships, lots of fuss. Seems like the young’uns enjoy it, so I reckon it can’t be all bad. Now, if you’ll excuse me, I gotta go check on my chickens.

Tags: Halo, Xbox, Video Games, 343 Industries, Halo Infinite, Halo Reach, Unreal Engine, Game Development, Microsoft