Frankie reports that gamers have played half a biliion Halo 2 games since its launch a year and a half ago. If you're keeping track, that means Halo 2 beat iTunes to the big Five-Oh-Oh-Oh-Oh-Oh-Oh-Oh-Oh by six months. Isn't that how much money Dr. Evil wanted to spare the planet from his tirade? Brian Crecente

Half a billion [Bungie]