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Halo, the great XBox game, is going to Hollywood. Here is the inside story from Bungie. The hollywood take on the story can be found here. Microsoft traded some of its cash for creative rights on the movie. Think it will work out? Can Microsoft and Bungie end up making a video game movie that doesn't suck? They don't have a lot of great competition. Let's see. Mario Brothers, Lara Croft, Street Fighter. You get the idea. Halo could make a really great setting for a movie ala Aliens or something. Then again, it could be as bad as any of the recent video game converts. Only time will tell.

-Godshatter

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I was talking to a friend yesterday at lunch and came up with some thoughts on the concept of happiness. They are not fully fleshed out but here is the rough version.

Most people that go off in search of happiness don't find it. Why? Because happiness is not something that can be found by itself. It is the byproduct of other things and usually not the sort of things one does when one pursues it. Happiness comes from contentment with one's surroundings. It comes from the sense of fulfillment of a job well done. It doesn't come from achievement. Getting a promotion won't make you happy. It doesn't come from experience. Doing something fun doesn't cause lasting happiness. It doesn't come from change. Often people use happiness as an excuse to have an affair or get a divorce. Unfortunately, that doesn't work.

To be truly happy, the easiest way is to become content with who you are and what you have. Enjoying the present circumstances is a much more sure route to happiness than the pursuit of anything.

Think I'm on crack? Let me know in the comments.

-Godshatter

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