Author: narcogen

It’s tired cliché that you never get a second chance to make a first impression. Despite rampant accusations of having a story that’s derivative pulp, the first half of Halo 3 is not a tired cliché, nor does it need a second chance to make a first impression. Hearing from a number of reviewers and…

The latest episode of Major Nelson’s podcast/blogcast is on the Halo 3 launch. The Major is nice enough to remain spoiler-free, but he says that Halo 3 is a fun game and a fun story– in case you needed any more reasons to get it. As usual, the blog entry for the audio show contains…

As I see them I add more reviews of Halo 3 to the site. Thanks for the heads-up on these four reviews to Louis Wu at HBO. As always, you can see a page of just reviews on our Halo 3 Reviews page.

Stuntmutt attended the Halo 3 launch party in Waterloo and walked away with a free copy of Halo 3, which he immediately went home and played, uncharacteristically eschewing an open bar. I went home and finished the fight (going to work the following day after just two hours of sleep). I dashed through on Normal…

GeezerGamer has a nice article explaining in detail some of the uses of the file share feature in Halo 3 and how to make them work for you.

Stuff.co.nz calls Halo 3 a masterful conclusion but does, of course, have to add some obligatory, if odd, caveats: Halo 3 isn’t perfect. It’s obvious more of the scenarios this time have been designed for their potential for online play rather than to advance the story. Reviewer Tom Cardy gave the game five stars out…

The Wideload reports on an IRC chat with Wideload Games’ Matt Soell; he says that things at the Load have been busy, but that fans can expect some developments Soonâ„¢.

No pun intended, 411.com thought Halo 3 met expectations: Though it could easily have been swamped by the hype and buried by unrealistic expectations, Halo 3 weathered the storm very well. The game, even with the few flaws, is as close to the perfect FPS as you can expect to see this console generation. Not…

Just a reminder– now that Halo 3 is out, if you’ve played it, you’ll want to edit your spoiler settings so you aren’t missing out on posts that include spoilers. Login, go to My Account, click Roles, then choose one (and only one) item that reflects your preferred default spoiler display for the front page.…

Major Nelson had to take a break from putting up the Live Activity weekly totals for awhile due to Xbox Live maintenance, but the latest list shows Halo 3 in the top Xbox 360 game slot, above Gears of War. Halo 2 retains its spot as the top original Xbox game, ahead of Battlefield 2:…

The Anennberg School for Communication at USC’s Online Journalism Review interviews Claude “Louis Wu” Errera at HBO about what it’s like to run an online community for a game like Halo, and why mainstream media outlets have been slow to pick up on trends in that area in the article Lord of the Ringworld. OJR:…

GameSpy stops playing Halo 3 just long enough to wax lyrical about the game. There are viewpoints from several staffers, but here’s one that stands out. Associate Console Editor Sterling McGarvey was bitten by the bug that disables the Resume feature when moving a hard drive from one console to another: It’s not all rotten…

The Hushed Casket told you how to get the armor permutations; if you now need to find all the terminals (without looking yourselves, you lazy bastards) check out the 7th Columnist’s terminal guide.

GameSpot has a nice feature out that lets you compare in place screenshots from all three Halo games so you can see the changes in the graphics; very slick. Check it out.

The latest Bungie update covers a number of topics, including achievements and skulls, but the real revelation is that unlike most Xbox 360 games, Halo 3’s native resolution is 640p, as rumored: Naturally it’s more complicated than that. In fact, you could argue we gave you 1280 pixels of vertical resolution, since Halo 3 uses…

Penny Arcade doesn’t hate Halo anymore (well, at first they loved it, then they hated it, then they sort of… well, at any case, now Tycho says: I’m not sure people understand that the time to bag on Halo was years ago, when everyone liked it, as opposed to now, when they’ve finally delivered a…

…almost. Demand for the service the day of Halo 3’s launch stressed the system to its limits, making it slow or inaccessible for many, according to Next-Generation. Microsoft labelled Halo 3’s launch day as the “most active Xbox Live gaming day in history” after more than a million people had been logged playing Halo 3…

Kotaku notes that the Japanese release of Halo 3 works in US/NTSC Xboxes. Usually the reverse (US releases working in overseas consoles) is true, but not the other way ’round. The only catch is Japanese language audio with apparently some grammatical problems, according to comments.

The Sydney Morning Herald wants to know what you think of Halo 3. If you’re Australian, that is.

PlanetXbox, among others, is tracking forum posts from Halo 3 players who say they’re having some disc error messages as well as some freezes; there’s also a known issue where transferring a hard drive to another console will prevent you from using the “resume” feature to play from where you left off (although unlocked levels/checkpoints…