Halo, forever changing perceptions on entertainment

I remember not too long ago when video games were considered an entertainment median for children. This was way back in games were composed of simple 2-D sprites and the soundtracks were composed of simple synchronized beeps. I was not quite old enough to start playing video games during the Atari days but I started with the generation after that, the 8-bit Nintendo era. Back then and even up to the Playstation era, no one could have pictured the median to evolve to its current form with 1080P Hi-Def picture, 5.1 surround sound, etc. Now videogames have mass media appeal and terms such as Playstation and Xbox have become household names. With all the money that halo 3 has generated, videogames have become a staple form of entertainment that's here to stay whether you like it or not. Some people even thought that videogames were merely a child/immature adult's fad that will surely die off as folks lose interest. Yeah, kind of like the people who thought "automobiles" and the "internet" would never catch on.