Year: 2007
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MA5C Assault Rifle
Another delve into the world of Halo 3 vehicles and weapons – this time Robt. McLees assists us in a tour of what’s soon to be everyone’s favorite spawning weapon - the MA5C Individual Combat Weapon System, otherwise known as the Assault Rifle.
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rapture’s Gears of War weapons rankings
The weapons in Gears of War are diverse and have many different utilities. From beams of energy raining down from an orbiting satellite, to pistol with a high rate of fire, to a powerful shotgun, there are certain times to use certain weapons. The different weapons also cater to different styles of play for different…
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Halo Miniatures
GFC Danny has created a set of rules for Halo Miniatures, a tabletop game he’s developed. Swing by his website and grab the files!(Louis Wu 21:56:07 UTC)
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Kitty 117 and Friends
Paul Maestri let us know that Halo Heads 40 is now live… and the overall plan is beginning to come clear. Be afraid. Be very afraid.(Louis Wu 20:41:50 UTC)
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Halo on a GBA?
Kotaku has a story (with video footage from GameTrailers) showing (well, purporting to show) a Halo proof of concept sidescroller running on a GameBoy Advance emulator. Looks a lot like Halo Zero, I guess… hard to say what this is. A leaked version of the code that was discussed at IGN for the DS a…
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Check Your Policii.
If you read today’s One One Se7en, you might get the feeling that Stuntmutt’s been playing on Live again…(Louis Wu 13:57:16 UTC)
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Making Live Better
Ozymandias, of the Xbox Platform Strategy group, was asking fans what they thought should be incorporated into the future of Xbox Live. A significant number said they want to see more games with Halo 2’s Lobby/multiplayer experience. More than 2 years after its release, it’s STILL the gold standard – and yet, not very many…
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Halomega Weekly Update
Halomega sent along this week’s update – lots of vids (1v1, 1v1 montage, team ball), and a new contest – HoC Idol. (Yes, it’s Halo players singing over XBL. Yes, I usually mute those guys in matchmaking.) Go see.(Louis Wu 13:00:18 UTC)
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MLG Vidcast Episode 8
MLG has posted their Vidcast Episode 8 – it’s available on the front page. This one’s a look back on the 2006 season. Thanks, 3Suns.(Louis Wu 12:54:18 UTC)
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Episode 96: Halo 3 Show with special guests Bluestrike and U2mofo
Download|Show Notes It’s the Halo 3 show where we talk about how you would end Halo 3, what people think about the latest Halo 3 info, and how you think the Halo 3 beta will work. With special guests Bluestrike from mute-radio.com and U2MoFo from loadingreality.com. This week’s pod art is from Crashwave. By the…
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Played Viva Pinata? Tell us what you think of it for episode 97!
Episode 97 is the king of the hill show where we talk about games that are good enough to challenge Halo 2 for the top spot. This game may seem dorky to some people but it has a RABID following and is played a lot by the folks at Bungie I might add. Here’s what…
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Episode 96: Halo 3 Show with special guests Bluestrike and U2mofo
Download | Show Notes It’s the Halo 3 show where we talk about how you would end Halo 3, what people think about the latest Halo 3 info, and how you think the Halo 3 beta will work. With special guests Bluestrike from muteradio.com and U2MoFo from loadingreality.com. This week’s pod art is from Crashwave.…
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That’s one rude URL, KP
Over at Bungie.net, you’ll find a Community Spotlight shining on Nosferatu_Soldie, a Bungie.net moderator. Wanna see what the moderators do? Go read. Looks like KP tried to tell us about it a bunch of hours ago… oops.(Louis Wu 23:58:22 UTC)
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Gears of War LAN at JANLAN 2007
For a small sliver of time during the monstrous JANLAN 2007, eight THXers committed sacrilege and cranked up Gears of War in the middle of a perfectly good Halo 1 LAN. Yeah, it was risky. It turned out to be a nice change of pace from Halo 1, and we all enjoyed it, but we…
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Community Spotlight: Nosferatu_Soldie
The Community Spotlight returns with a vengeance this week as we talk to Nosferatu_Soldie, one of the Master Moderators on Bungie.net. Herein we learn a bunch of generic facts, but with the added bonus of cute puppy pix.
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Et Tu, Brute – 720p, only 107 mb
A couple of days ago, nitz stopped by our forum to say he’d re-encoded a 720p version of the Brute Vidoc; there are several already out there, but they’re huge, for the most part (multi-hundreds of megabytes). His version has been encoded with x264 (an open-source version of the h.264 codec), and it’s tiny, in…
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Tied the Leader – kicking off 2007
XerxdeeJ stopped by to point out that TTL is back up and posting, after a holiday break – and the first article up is a discussion of ‘Allies’ – and what that means. When you play them, you’re not meeting mortal enemies – you’re meeting a group of folks that want to be your friends…
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10 ways to get involved and make friends at Podtacular
Want to meet some people and have some fun? Want to make an impact at Podtacular? We’ve got you covered. Here’s 10 ways to join your fellow Halo fans and accomplish something cool in the process. In no particular order: Make forum signatures and join the Podtacular art community. Learn from some talented digital artists!…
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Nintendo Wii Resposible for Death
The Grim Wiiper Claims Life. Although the Nintendo Wii has only been out a couple of months, it has managed to garner a tremendous amount of attention for the large number of injuries/accidents surrounding the console. The website Wii Have a Problem has taken it upon itself to document many of these accounts of property…
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The Brains Behind The Music
The cover article in the latest issue of The Escapist is about the composers behind today’s game music, and Marty O’Donnell (and the rest of the Bungie sound team) get a nice nod:”I think one of the best examples is Marty O’Donnell and the team at Bungie,” says Ian Dorsch, who’s currently working on a…