Category: Rampancy

“Flippant”, from Bungie’s game Marathon. Some notes about this arrangement: a. Was scored using Sibelius b. Arranged for Drum Set, Piano, Flute/Voice, Violoncello c. Included files: .mid, .mp3, .pdf, .sib (Sibelius). Let me know what you think!

Jaime “Case” Griesemer, longtime Bungie designer, gave a talk at GDC about game balance in Halo, with some specific mention of the sniper rifle: Spectacle, too, is important to keeping players in flow, with the sniper rifle creating a contrail and so…

From the Ashes for Eb Alto Saxophone.

So Bungie has filed an application for a trademark on “Bungie Aerospace” with the accompanying image. The application is classified as various things somehow related to computer gaming (which is not particularly surprising) and accompanied by the image you see here. Attackofthefanboy noticed the application and it was reposted at the website of Blast magazine…

The GameWit blog at the Press Democrat (Santa Rosa, CA) thinks that the amicable separation of Bungie and Microsoft might be a good object lesson for Activision in its current conflict with the “hopes to be something other than just the Call of Duty” developer Infinity Ward, which was incidentally formed by developers jumping ship…

Tied the Leader’s Hoovaloov does an excellent job with this detailed video commentary on the Halo Reach multiplayer beta trailer. Includes some very good predictions about the new multiplayer modes (Invasion, Arena, and Headhunter) as well as the Loadout feature.

Bungie’s latest “Big Reveal” is the multiplayer teaser for the Reach Beta, opening to owners of Halo 3: ODST on May 3, 2010.

First episode of the new season of Master Chief Theater 3000… which might not feature the Master Chief, since it seems to be based on ODST…

It’s not hard to see the appeal of the idea of the Firefight mode in Halo 3: ODST. If you follow Bungie’s shooter roots back to Marathon, and to the PC shooter that really kicked off the modern era, Doom, you can see the start of it. Doom didn’t have discrete multiplayer ‘levels’ the way…

Lone Wolf from Halo: Reach. Enjoy.

Got some interesting mail from Amazon today. First: Hello from Amazon.com. We now have delivery date(s) for the order you placed on August 26 2009 (Order# 104-9132614-4806655): “Halo Reach” Estimated arrival date: October 26 2009 Two months ago? That’s great! Send it right away. Sure, the developer says it won’t be out for another year,…

Blackstar of Blackstar Productions and Narcogen of Bungie fansite Rampancy.net wrap up some loose ends from Halo 3 and look forward to Halo 3: ODST. Also in this episode: special guests, Bungie’s official #1 fan, Miguel “Freewill” Chavez of Bungie fansite Bungie Sightings and Cody Miller of High Speed Halo. Show highlights: Is Halo Too…

Here is a transcription of Orbital Drop Shock Trooper from Halo 3: ODST. Credits to Benjamin Bergem aka. The Halo-Dragon for his transcription of this song (http://rampancy.net/blog/HaloDragon/28/11/2009/Orbital_Drop_Shock_Troopers), as I relied rather heavily on his version for the middle section (specifically, bars 69-111, which is almost identical to his version). This version attempts to incorporate more…

This is an extended part not found in “Another Rain”. Benjamin Bergem’s transcription can be used for the rest of the song: http://rampancy.net/blog/HaloDragon/05/10/2009/Another_Rain. After the second “all alone” alto sax solo, insert this music, and then cut back to “Another Rain”. Finale Notepad wouldn’t allow me to have two bass clefs in the staff, so…

Cast Aside, from the track “No Stone Unturned” by Martin O’Donnell and Michael Salvatori, for a piano, a string ensemble and an oboe.

WorthPlaying notes that the coupon code ASPYRTHANKS can be used at GameAgent to reduce the price of Wideload Games’ Stubbs the Zombie from $10 to free. Sweet!

Now that I’ve actually gotten my hands on the game, I’ve been able to add some more data to that Google Earth Network Layer for Halo 3: ODST. Each of the 29 audio locations in the Mombasa Streets level are labeled. So far there’s no additional information (screenshots, descriptions) but I will add that as…

Reborn Relic in Halo 3: ODST. The Halo 3 version is longer, I think.

Thanks to Tireces who made this funny Myth vid and put it on Youtube.

Thanks to Tireces who made this funny Myth vid and put it on Youtube.