Zombie Studio's Mark Long chooses his "games for a desert island" in a piece at Gamasutra today. Not surprisingly, for its cooperative play mode, Halo gets the nod: Halo 1, that is:

Is there anything better in the world than playing Halo co-op? No there is not; you don't even need to think about that question. The co-op campaign was well thought out. You could tell that the designers had made a decision not to compromise co-op in any way. The co-op campaign is equal to the single player campaign. I can tell you from experience: that is a very hard thing to pull off.

Hit the link for a tad more effusive praise for Bungie's first Xbox outing, as well as Long's other favorite games.