Our honorary rookie Matt got some play time with Bungie's latest, Halo 3: ODST, and pours his heart out in this gripping dissertation detailing the experience.

On February 9, 2525, on Earth’s moon colony later known as Luna, a man named Jonathan Doherty would be born, but for most Halo 3: ODST fans this man would be known as simply "the Rookie." ...

Unlike Master Chief, the rookie does not possess superhuman powers, which separates the game quite a bit from other series entries. In another stark contrast, Bungie wanted to give Halo 3 ...

In the game, which is set a few weeks before the events of Halo 3, players will step into the shoes of an Orbital Drop Shock Trooper (ODST) called Rookie. As plans have a habit of doing during war ...

That, however, doesn't mean ODST will play exactly like Halo 3. You play as a character that has been referred to by Bungie as "the Rookie", and though there are a few as of yet undisclosed ...

In Halo 3: ODST, you are the Rookie who joins a squad of veteran ODSTs as they drop into the desperate battle to save the giant African city of New Mombasa, Earth, from a Covenant invasion.

Microsoft’s Xbox 360 fall action headliner Halo 3: ODST arrives today with all ... above a fictional African city. In ODST, you play a “rookie” United Nations Space Command soldier trapped ...

Not only was it supposed to take on some new direction, but also the crucial and franchise-changing information that Halo 3: ODST would not ... simply known as the “Rookie” who is stranded ...

ODST is all about mindset. Are you hoping for more Halo 3? Are you looking forward to another ... Africa – visited briefly in Halo 2 – and the team’s rookie member is forced to wander ...

Halo: Combat Evolved made system linked Xboxs fashionable. Halo 2’s ground-breaking online matchmaking carried Xbox LIVE’s fledgling years on the crest of a wave, breaking only when Halo 3 ...