no, no, bungie helped the writers (at least eric nylund) write the books, it's really interesting what you've come up with, but the authors didn't just say "oh, let's write a halo book and make it all up!" no, bungie was breathing down their necks the whole time.
haha, yes, i do like to stomp the dismembered, lifeless corpses of the necromorphs in dead space ;D it's quite entertaining. but the real life stuff, i think it just gets mostly because of the repercussions. real person. had a family, people who love him/her, friends, they're gone forever, that's what really makes me think.
really demo? DOES THIS PLEASE YOU? HMM? do you have LIVE? is your gamertag in all capitals too? they wrote an article on gamer names, you know. maybe you need some attention? i think so.
look at what we've done to these people, what they do to us. Humanity truly thrives on war. Most of our greatest and most horrible creations originated from war. swords. shields. guns. bombs. even the internet. humanity must evolve or die. i agree with bamboo, i've always had problems with real violence and not so much games, but i think gamers mature enough to handle the reality of it should know what they're really doing to these people. or things, take your pick. don't get me wrong, i love dead space and such, but the reality of it is just gruesome.