Halo: the flagship game of the Xbox brand. The #1 reason to buy an Xbox. The game that inspired countless clones and purported "Halo killers." All of this was true once upon a time. But the reality is that Halo's place in gaming today is not what its legacy would suggest. Consider this--Halo has been irrelevant for longer than it was ever relevant. This realization dawned on me amid the Xbox "reset" news , and while it felt surprising to think about in those terms initially, it's true. Halo's peak lasted for about a decade: Combat Evolved released in 2001, and Reach closed out the Bungie era…