They’re on Mars, and contrary to popular belief, a small hole in for instance a space ship in space wouldn’t instantly decompress the craft and suck everything out.

Best heartbeat-in-controller moment is still this (1:52):

Damn I love this stuff. I used to super jump a bit in Halo 2. I remember I had to change my video settings from 50Hz to 60Hz (or the other way around) to get super jumps to work. I can probably still list a couple of dozen super jumps from the top of my head right now. Weird! My bro actually spent months perfecting…

Halo completely removes the need for any menu by having someone instruct you to look up/down during the intro. The player’s response dictates the y-axis setting. (You can drive the NPC that instructs you crazy by only moving the thumbstick in one direction.) Of course players can always change this setting later. Eat…