Penny Arcade doesn't hate Halo anymore (well, at first they loved it, then they hated it, then they sort of... well, at any case, now Tycho says:

I'm not sure people understand that the time to bag on Halo was years ago, when everyone liked it, as opposed to now, when they've finally delivered a cool draught of its deep promise. I have to say that I'm done hating things just because idiots like them, a state you might call post post post hip. Unless you bought a more expensive version of the game whose abrasive collector's case scratched your disc, in which case your rage is just and proper.

To find out what they think now (sort of) see their latest comic.