Category: Hushed Casket

Start: 01/22/2007 – 8:00am End: 01/26/2007 – 11:00pm Timezone: Etc/GMT-6 The following is a release from the halo3.com website. Post a comment here if you are in. Greetings Halo® Nation and thanks for your interest in participating in the Halo 3 multiplayer public beta. The Xbox Live multiplayer public beta, which is a pre-release version…

In a recent interview with Edge magazine showing an inside look at Bungie, Chris Butcher (technical lead at Bungie) said that they messed up the schedule and didn’t have a “polishing” time with HALO 2. He said that he hates to play HALO 2 multi-player because of this. He says that HALO 3 is going…

Bungie has released details on the new-and-improved “MA5C Individual Combat Weapon System” which is better known as simply, the Assault Rifle. The AR (version MA5B) was a popular spawn weapon in Halo, but mysteriously disappeared in Halo 2. By popular demand (or b/c the SMG was terrible), it is making a comeback in Halo 3.…

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…

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…

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…

UPDATE: Frankie says “Those photos are of the prototype. The real thing looks waaaaay better, more detailed and has much fancier textures. (not texturemaps)” Finally we see what the HALO 3 Legendary Edition bundle will look like. thanks to a listing at Walmart.com. Check out that helmet! Wal-Mart also suggests October 1st, 2007 at the…

It’s time for a late night geek out. I’ve been thinking a lot lately about Xbox Live… not about playing on it, I’ve been doing enough of that for the past couple months to burn a hole my modem. But about how it works, how they built it, what does it take to keep it…

It was a bumpy road, but Midnight, FoulBreed, Sparda, and I (Oculus) emerged victorious in a 3 game sweep in THX’s first MLG Gears of War Tournament match this Thursday. Our opponent, The Shadow Corporation, had to play a man down due to an internal human resources error. But even with a man down, SC…

I bought Ms. Pacman off of the XBOX Live Marketplace last night after I got home from work. Less than one hour later, I had unlocked all of the achievements and gotten a perfect 200/200 points. As a matter of fact, I got 90 points (including the hard-to-get “Perfect” achievement) in the first level. For…

Bungie has officially introduced it’s latest vehicle addition to the Halo universe. “The M274 Ultra-light All-terrain Vehicle provides an alternate means of transporting messages, documents, and light cargo between units. It may also be used to transport forward observers, reconnaissance personnel and sniper teams. Its proven versatility has made it a vital asset to field…

I downloaded and installed the Gears of War patch last night and played with 8-10 people on my friends list. The game seemed to play differently than expected. I noticed these differences both on another player’s host and on my host. The biggest differences: The Longshot sniper rifle seems to fire a second shot without…

Link dump: Mintz’s already wrote about the LAN: http://hushedcasket.com/node/1628/ Midnight blogged about it: http://midnight.hushedcasket.com/2007/01/16/gears-of-war-halo-1-lan-at-raptures/ 70 photos from the LAN: at Flickr.com THX’ers gather around for 3-shot lessons This past Saturday the Hushed Casket held its first epic HALO LAN of 2007 in Huntsville, Alabama.  It was massive (over 30 gamers), starting on Saturday morning at…

Steve Jobs just introduced the world to what seems to be the next "it" gadget. First it was the 1984 Mac that changed computers. Then it was the iPod that changed audio. Now he’s giving us the iPhone. The iPhone is actually a new widescreen iPod. More later. The iPhone is a new “smartphone” that…

Two free new maps for Gears of War will be available on Wednesday, January 10th, from the XBOX Live Marketplace.  There will also be a new video available.  This new content is sponsored by the Discovery Channel.  No word on whether there will be any Discovery Channel branding on the maps. A patch for Gears…

The Consumer Electronics Show is now taking place in Las Vegas and many companies are showing off their latest and greatest upcoming products.  Some of those products are video games and gaming hardware. Some news that has happened in the last 36-hours: Allegedly, Geometry Wars is headed to the PC (via Joystiq.com) IPTV is coming…

This invidious suspiration for amaranthine delectation Is lucidly aloof due to my paucity in the sentience department. Now mind you, my incapability to facilitate a sanguine disposition is learned. Despondency has become a modus vivendi The only chance for indemnification is to overcome ignorance An imaginary bulwark often found to be impenetrable

Engadget is reporting that an insider has provided them with information on and a picture of the XBOX 360 v2 which is to be available “soon”. According to them, the new XBOX 360, code named Zephyr, will support 1080p output via HDMI and have a 120GB hard drive. Also, the console is set to come…

Microsoft has announced additional ways to get into the HALO 3 beta set to take place on XBOX Live this spring. 1) Play at least 3 hours of HALO 2 on XBOX Live between Feb 1st and 3rd. But, you have to be among the first 13,333 to go to http://halo3.com to register after meeting…

I have never flown by myself before. I was worried. Airports are huge! Would I throw up on the plane? I already feel nauseous from my excitement. They have barf bags, right? Good. Wait a minute. Why am I worried? People far less smart than I am have navigated airports before. Why am I worried?…