Month: February 2007

Sometimes, you’ve got to take the good with the bad. So first, watch KP take on random jerks you don’t know who are doing what you can’t right now: playing Halo 3. Nobody else showed up for the Humpday this week, so you don’t get specific jerks, just random ones. After you’ve downed that nasty…

Phases one and two of the Halo 3 beta registration are now closed. However, many questions remain about the beta itself as well as further chances to get in. Here, we do our best to answer those questions.

We’re crankin’ out the episodes on the new schedule: around Thursday every week is the plan. I figured I’d give you guys plenty of time to get stuff in for next week’s show. I almost respect your mom! Got a decent Halo joke? Yo momma Halo jokes are my favorite. Send ’em in! We’re also…

Download | Shownotes This episode we talk all about girls in gaming: their reputation and stereotypes, how they deal with idiots on Xbox Live, the crazy messages they get, how they handle all-girl gaming clans and organizations, and JVB being banned from the “house of hotness.” This show was a lot of fun and has…

For most of the past few years the bulk of my attention has been on Halo’s campaign play: story, characters, and settings. Partly it’s my choice, since it is where my interest in Halo lies, but partly due to circumstances. For most of the past seven years, the Internet connections I had access to were…

Bungie entered the Rumble Pit this week to play a Humpday against a bunch of Microsoft employees with demanding jobs and busy lives, thereby avoiding our biggest pet peeve: Humpday opponents who are good.

It is confirmed by Microsoft Game Studios in an interview with Game Informer. The purpose of the HALO 3 beta will be to put stress on their systems. “You want to make sure that you know where your bottlenecks are and you attack those bottlenecks prior to going live with the retail version”. “It will…

Lionhead Studios’ Sam Van Tilburgh has published an article on Lionhead’s site detailing his visit to MGS and Bungie Studios. It’s a great read. Unfortunately, Jerome threatened to go Van Damme on Van Tilburgh, so he only got so far as the lobby.

Lionhead Studios’ Sam Van Tilburgh has published an article on Lionhead’s site detailing his visit to MGS and Bungie Studios. It’s a great read. Unfortunately, Jerome threatened to go Van Damme on Van Tilburgh, so he only got so far as the lobby.

The first “Abortion Survivor” is labeled!

Keeping a company light on its toes by keeping the core creative staff small and outsourcing the fiddly bits is how Wideload Games is approaching the problem of rising game development costs. Gamecock is taking the same approach to publishing, according to interviews with Wideload’s Alex Seropian at GameSpot and with Gamecock’s CEO Mike Wilson…

Alexander “The Man” Seropian (or should it be “The Chimp” from now on?) throws poop at GameSpot today about Wideload’s upcoming party game for the Xbox 360 and Sony Playstation 3. Is there going to be political satire? Yes, says Seropian. The Bush:Chimp comparisons are obviously unavoidable, but am I the only one who thinks…

Version 1.6 of Myth II, for which a public beta was available last summer, has now finally been officially released for Mac OS, Mac OS X, and Windows. It’s available in the Myth II Updates section of the recently-launched The Tain, an archive for Myth-related files. From ProjectMagma.net: Myth II version 1.6, adds native MacOS…

I had the honor of representing the Podtacular community on the 86th episode of Gamertag Radio. Godfree, Cyber Athlete, Pink Sage and Feelz Good and myself bring the gaming world a action packed show. Here is a rundown of the show: Episode #86 – Virtual Tennis 3 & Xbox Rewards This week after a few…