'Coming soon' Halo condoms from 2004 remind us of simpler, cringier times

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"It's fun to play together."
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Video game marketing has certainly come a long way. From the cringy edge of the 90s to overly masculine promos in the 00s, the difference in tone between then and now couldn't be starker.
Marketers used to go to comedic lengths to get noticed, slapping a logo on anything and everything in a bid to get your eyeballs. Xbox's marketing certainly did something unique to promote Halo 2 back in 2004, with these mint-condition (albeit, most likely perished) Halo condoms, emblazoned with "it's good to play together." It's almost romantic. Kinda.

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