We are deeply saddened to hear that Microsoft is closing down Ensemble. Not only did Ensemble make awesome games, but it’s also home to some of our favorite game designers. We’re sure these talented folks will land on their feet elsewhere, but our hearts go out to them and their families.

Of course we’re here to poke fun at our chosen career and lifestyle, and the news that Ensemble was at one point working on a Halo MMO kinda cracked us up. Microsoft seems hell-bent on turning Halo into the new Star Wars (we all saw how that worked out), so we put on our thinking caps and tried to come up with the most ridiculous brand-extending products possible…

So… if we were evil geniuses with the Halo brand and unlimited budget, what would we come up with?