Celebrity Byte

Do you ever play online?

Oh man, I'm probably not that good. I'm talking all of this crap but I never played online.

Those guys who play on line...that's all they do. They're really good competition.

I bet you if I practiced a lot...I'm going to do that. I'm going to put some time in on Need for Speed and go online and whoop everybody's ass. Look for me online. I'll be practicing.

Rampage Jackson howls in his signature victory stance.

So I heard you were a big Halo fan.

I was a big Halo fan back when Halo 1 came out. I actually turned my car into a Halo car. I set it up with two separate TVs so two people can play Halo multiplayer in my car. If I had to go on a long trip I'd have someone drive me and I'd sit in the back and play Halo. It's like a limo with drinks and everything. And the screens are facing each other so he can't see what I'm doing. It was an Expedition all tricked out for Halo with camouflage on the inside and everything. It's the Rampage edition.

Do you still play Halo or did you move on to Halo 2?

I moved onto Halo 2 for a little bit but it was mostly for online and I don't know how to do all of that. I'm not good enough to play online. I'd go into the beginner rooms and I promise you it was not beginners in there. There were bullies in there and they'd just kill you right away. Then my own teammates would start killing me. I shouldn't even go into why my own teammates were killing me. They heard my voice and knew I was black and they started killing me. They were from the backwoods or the Deep South or somewhere and they were very ignorant. I'm like, Dude, we're on the same team! But some people are really cool. I'd meet them and put them on my list and they'd leave me messages and invite me to play. I really got into it for a short while. The smartest thing Xbox did was that whole Xbox Live network.

I was a big Halo fan back when Halo 1 came out. I actually turned my car into a Halo car. I set it up with two separate TVs so two people can play Halo multiplayer in my car.

Rampage shares his left fist with Marvin Eastman's chin during a UFC round.

Are you looking forward to Halo 3, which is coming out September 25?

Is it coming out that quick? You know what? I got so mad at waiting for Halo 2 that I said I would never wait for another game, so I don't keep track of when any games come out. Halo 2 had me waiting for years. I wanted to go and whoop the Halo people's ass it took so long. Now when it comes out, it comes out. I like Halo because of the Sergeant on there. He was mean. They were going to war not just for our country but for our whole planet. And they're fighting aliens. I'm a firm believer that there are aliens out there and we need video games like this to put their asses in check. When the aliens see these video games they know we're not scared of them and we're kicking their ass, so they don't want to mess with us because of Halo. Halo's saving the world and we don't even know it.

What are your thoughts about Wii and all the exercise kids are doing without even knowing it?

I think that was smart. Wii was smart with that. You hear what I said, We was smart. I helped them invent that. I said we need some type of virtual thing that would allow people to get a workout with video games. I wasn't thinking about a little controller like the Wii. My idea was this large contraption that was too much money for people to afford. But that was smart for Nintendo to do the Wii.