Further proof that gaming has gone mainstream

I went to an amature MMA fight last night to watch a buddy of mine fight.   One of the fighters in a bout earlier in the night had unique entrance music.  It wasn't the usual death metal or hardcore rap....but the Halo theme song.   Then he promptly got his ass beat.

Halo at a MMA fight?   Gaming is mainstream, you can't deny it anymore.

I went to an amature MMA fight last night to watch a buddy of mine fight.   One of the fighters in a bout earlier in the night had unique entrance music.  It wasn't the usual death metal or hardcore rap....but the Halo theme song.   Then he promptly got his ass beat.

Halo at a MMA fight?   Gaming is mainstream, you can't deny it anymore.

What is MMA????

"What is MMA????"

Who are these people denying it, is what I want to know. Everyone by know should know as a fact, it is mainstream and has been for a while, no one needs further proof. Those people who seem to not think so though, obviously have been living under a rock. Really though, they could do better than Halo music.

Gaming is mainstream. i don't see any reason to deny it.
But....goddamn...the Halo theme? I mean, it's a decent tune and all, but far from the best.

Anybody who goes into a fight using the Halo theme deserves to get their ass beat.

"Anybody who goes into a fight using the Halo theme deserves to get their ass beat."

Gaming is maintream, but Halo is a bad exemple, it's been mainstream since 2 came out.

Personally I'd go for the Metal Gear Solid theme music, but who's denying that gaming is mainstream.

Halo is for Americans simple as that.

No: gaming is something that someone could probably use the music from and then get away with it.

... since the Atari 2600

well thanks there captain obvious.

You haven't proved anything...at all.

LOL. I would've chosen the Mortal Kombat music, and hoped the announcer yelled "Finish Him" as I was about to get trashed. I think it would've been worth the beating.

People were denying that it's relatively mainstream (however the hell that gets quantified) ?

i thought this was common knowledge....gaming not being mainstream hasn't passed my mind in years. videgame is almost the leading entertainment industry in the biz right now. 

Wow, I'm surprised this thread is still going.  I wrote it half drunk wednesday night and didn't expect anyone to read it.

But yeah, my friends and I were all looking at each other like "WTF?" when that song came on.

From what I have learned from the internet blockage program at my school, Wii and Quake are mainstream. The only two words that instantly block you with the reason explained as, "games".

I kinda disagree with Quake, but somehow it is more synonymous with gaming than terms like: Halo, PS3, Xbox, and COD

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who doesn't know this.  hell, I'd argue that it has always been since the arcades came.  in house at the nes.

but the halo theme is essentially a fight song (i take it the metal version?)

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If any of you ever played final fantasy 8 and know the music from balamb garden. I was walking by the tv once in my house and my dad was watching a movie, and the scene took place in a school and played the song that plays in balamb garden. That blew my fucking mind. This was last year and the movie looked fairly old.

Superior. Also greatest fucking title track ever.
 

Halo is pretty mainstream that is why I do not like it

"Halo is pretty mainstream that is why I do not like it"

"Halo's mainstream. I don't think anyone would argue that."

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who doesn't know this.  hell, I'd argue that it has always been since the arcades came.  in house at the nes.

but the halo theme is essentially a fight song (i take it the metal version?)

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it is mainstream but its not. like in a city. you're not going to be talking about video games in public and i hate that people will think you're a nerd. 

My Psychology Professor plays Halo. He's in his forties. It's definitely mainstream.