Penny Arcade presents this week’s Basement web comic. It reminds us how badly Microsoft is exploiting their most profitable franchise, Halo. Rumor has it that Microsoft may finally start seeing a profit from their Gaming division thanks to the little Master Chief that could. But we still can’t understand why Fox and Universal would back out of the cash cow picture that “HALO: TeH M0VIEZ” would have become…

Anyway, you have until June 10th to play through the Halo 3 beta…. which regretfully, I haven’t played yet. But ya know, with all the ways their trying to generate revenue from this game, I’m pretty sure I can quench my Halo thirst somewhere else. And instead of spending this time playing a Halo 3 beta, I’m going to work a second job to save for the epic $130 Halo 3 Legendary Edition.