Year: 2007
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Episode 101: Girls in Gaming Round Table
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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…
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When Winning Is Not Enough, Halo 2 Sucks
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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…
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Halo 3 Humpday: Rumble Pit
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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.
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HALO 3 Beta: A stress test in stages. Tons of testers.
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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…
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New McKay Art
Luke McKay put up another Halo doodle of the day today – awesome shading. Thanks to Tex, who got to Luke’s RvB journal before I did.(Louis Wu 18:49:29 UTC)
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Defeatist Journalism
Play.tm has put up a 2007 Preview article, discussing the upcoming blockbuster games this year – and yes, of course, Halo 3 is on the list. It’s pretty darned negative, though – it condemns Microsoft for squeezing every last penny out of the franchise, the fans for blindly following Bungie even after the horrible disaster…
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MS GM Says Really Odd Things to GI
Phil Spencer talked to Game Informer recently, and the Halo 3 beta came up. (Surprise, surprise.) He states that the number of beta participants will ‘grow over time’:It will scale over time and we need thousands of people from all around the world playing to make sure that all the systems are in place. In…
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Lionhead Visits Bungie, Meets Jerome
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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.
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Lionhead Visits Bungie, Meets Jerome
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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.
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Jerome will hurt you.
Sam Van Tilburgh, Community Liason Officer at Lionhead Studios (now a part of Microsoft’s gaming empire), visited Seattle recently, for meetings with other MGS community officers. During his visit, he tried to stop by and see a colleague, Jonty Barnes, formerly head of Black&White Studios, now heading production at Bungie – and he couldn’t get…
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Not Forgotten.
4 years ago today, Brian Morden lost his battle with Ewing’s Sarcoma. His memory lives on, however, at the Brian Morden Foundation, where efforts continue to be made to beat the disease. Thanks to Septimus, who pointed out a Subnova post this morning, showing off a new memorial built for Brian in the MMORPG Second…
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MS Stands Up for Crackdown
Reuters has an article up today in which Microsoft defends the placement of a Halo 3 beta invite in Crackdown boxes.”People are definitely saying “I’m getting a free beta with ‘Crackdown,’ not the other way around,” Evans said. “The ‘Halo 3’ beta isn’t going to push the game’s sales into the millions. ‘Crackdown’ is going…
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Gamecock Wants To Float Like A Butterfly, Sting Like A Bee
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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…
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Hail To The Chimp: Family Friendly Satire
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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…
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Myth II 1.6 Is Released
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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…
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Podtacular On Gamertag Radio.
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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…
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Halo Theme for Marching Band
Chris McGuffin sent along an mp3 of a Halo theme for marching band – it’s been exported from Finale, not played by a real band, but you should get a pretty good idea of what it would sound like live. 2.4 mb. Credit goes to Chris and Josh Link.(Louis Wu 19:15:40 UTC)
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Burning Love.
It’s Valentines Day, so Stuntmutt celebrates in his own inimitable style in today’s One One Se7en.(Louis Wu 15:37:00 UTC)
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Clan Wars Tournament Kicks Off
According to a news post at bungie.net, Clantacular.com has opened registration for their Halo 2 World Domination Clan Wars Tournament. Go see if you can take over the world!(Louis Wu 15:16:25 UTC)