Halo Golf? It May Just Happen

As an avid gamer I often find myself confused with my beloved industry, they often amaze me in the best ways but every now and then I find myself scratching my head in almost disbelief.
One trend that I feel need to be addressed is franchises that wont go away. You know what I am referring to a game character or series goes on way too long and I feel that shouldn't happen. My most recent mini outrage is with the halo universe. Didn't we already finish the fight? I understand trying to make money from an established franchise but when does it go too far? I love me some halo but I fear it will quickly become like Mario. You know he wont go away he has been in more games than I care to name some very good some just plain awful. It seems like Nintendo's flagship has way over stayed his welcome to me, and with all the recent Halo announcements I can see it wont go away I can see it now coming in 2011 Halo Party or maybe even Halo golf. I know it may seem far fetched to see those games come to fruition but the scary thing about casual games and things like that it may just happen. I honestly hope the Halo universe bows out graciously before their welcome is worn out and gamers get sick and tired of it.

Moving on and staying in the game frame of mind another head scratcher is the difficulty in games these days. I would consider myself an average gamer but I can beat almost any game on the market without too much difficulty or frustration. Yo would think that's a good thing right? wrong. where is the challenge? I remember in my youth playing games and basically getting my ass kicked because games back then were actually hard and required skill to play and master. Like megaman one of my favorites that game is all about timing, pattern recognizing, and all around patience. If you took the wrong power up you would have a hell of a time beating the boss of that stage. Nowadays game difficulty is hardly ever an issue except in a few games here and there i.e Ninja Gaiden. Do I want games to be super difficult almost break a controller difficult certainly not, but that doesn't mean I don't at least want to be challenged. How else are you supposed to get better if you don't have to try a little harder?