Well here is a great little bit of news. If there is one reason I don't play more over Xbox Live, it's because I hate hearing the idiots constantly talking over Live. Bungie is about ready to release the greatest feature yet for a Live game, where by easily clicking a button and flicking a thumbstick, you'll be able to mute people annoying you, ladies can mute anyone saying sexist remarks to them, and any other reasons you could think to mute someone.

From the article:

“Anyone who’s played MP on Xbox Live knows the following is true: Teenagers, plus anonymity, plus microphone = idiot. Xbox Live already gives you powerful tools to mute, well, tools on a case by case basis. The “A-Hole Button” in Halo 3 lets you exact instant, silent vengeance. These kind of vocal buttmunches, as it turns out, are exactly as fun to play against as normal people, as long as you can’t hear them. So now, you simply press a button (back button, for the moment anyway) and up comes the score list with everyone’s tag on it. The right stick lets you highlight the miscreant and you can then instantly mute them for the rest of the game. These morons continue smacktalking anyway because they can’t help themselves, but if you don’t have to listen to it, you can simply enjoy killing them over and over again, knowing that as their Ritalin wears off and their frustration builds, it’s less and less fun for them. Aaaah. So satisfying.

Read the full article over at gameinformer.com