Category: Rampancy

Those who’ve complained that Rampancy hasn’t updated in quite some time are quite correct. While I’ve no excuse, I do have a reason, and the reason is that the most recent bit of information about Halo 3 has slowed to a trickle, and that trickle has now been over-analyzed, much as two boys with twigs…

Gravemind is not an easy character to figure out. From his initial appearance on the scene, as the rumored “big plant thingy” players who downloaded the leaked French copies of Halo 2 reported seeing, to his cliffhanger-inducing interrogation of Cortana, not much was revealed about him. Some fans can even be forgiving for questioning whether…

MBO pointed out an unusual Gamasutra postmortem article from last summer which I don’t remember seeing before. It’s not on a game itself, but of an update to a game. In this case, the 1.5 and 1.5.1 updates to Myth II produced by Project Magma. It’s a two-parter; one details what went right and the…

One of the best total conversions for Marathon, Tempus Irae, has gotten an Aleph One facelift: new high resolution textures, alternate soundtracks, netmaps, even a sequel– the works. Check it out at source.bungie.org.

Aleph One, the open-sourced version of Marathon for Windows, Linux and Mac OS, has a new release out. The HD QuickTime version of the Halo 3 trailer documentary is back up at Microsoft. KP profiles known Cortana-hater Jillybean at Bungie.net. Peter Moore told Major Nelson the Xbox 360 will get an update to add another…

Bungie gave the community a gift of a seven minute documentary about the making of a two minute trailer for Halo 3, and the repayment they get? Gawkers looking over their shoulders, pointing at the screens being worked on by Bungie employees and proclaiming one or more “new species”. Keep in mind, this is the…

A power loss at Bungie didn’t stop Frankie from doing a Weekly Update– although it did end up necessitating an ASCII Mister Chief. This week’s update is more about Halo 2 playlists and music than about Halo 3 though, as it has some notes about the next PLAY! concert in Philadelphia as well as the…

In the wake of rumors that the Halo movie will be pushed back from its rumored 2007 release date due to its rumored lack of a director and rumored delay of the rumored principal photography that was rumored to have taken place somewhere in New Zealand about now, but allegedly hasn’t, several readers suggested I…

The Video Games Live website now has a trailer up to show the “fun, energy, interactivity and excitement of the show”. It’s availble in WMV (hires) and MOV (lores) formats. The next VGL is 8 PM at the Merriam Theatre in Philadelphia on June 3, 2006. Tickets are on sale now. The VGL website has…

This week’s Halo 3 Weekly Update by Frankie has more about Halo 2 than Halo 3, but that’s no reason not to read it. At least, not a good reason. There’s good news and bad news. The good news is, Halo 2 for Vista won’t require DirectX 10. The bad news is, the Clan playlist…

Larry ‘Major Nelson’ Hyrb has confirmed on his blog recent rumors that the Xbox 360 is getting a major update over Xbox Live sometime soon, perhaps next week. New features include background downloading and booting directly to the dashboard. More details will be in his podcast this Sunday.

Another third-party Aleph One map out this week– Underworld by Jon Irons. Check it out! Thanks, TheBattleCat.

Marty O’Donnell has posted that he’s going to the Play! concert this Saturday in Chicago. Anybody else going?

Start: 05/26/2006 – 00:00 End: 05/26/2006 – 23:59 Timezone: Etc/GMT+4 Start: 05/26/2006 – 00:00 End: 05/26/2006 – 23:59 Timezone: Etc/GMT+4 Description: description: Rampancy.net, then called The Core, officially opened its doors on May 26, 1999: http://rampancy.net/story/game/halo/26051999/welcome_to_the_core That makes this site se7en years old today. Happy Birthday Rampancy.net!

UrsusArctos is using his Rampancy.net blog to wonder about what might be in store for fans in Halo 3, as well as look at the use of artifacts like Arks and the Marathon logo in the Haloverse.

San Jose Mercury News columnist Dean Takahashi has written a second book about Microsoft’s foray into the console gaming business. Released as an eBook, The Xbox 360 Uncloaked: The Real Story Behind Microsoft’s Next-Generation Video Game Console also offers some interesting perspectives on the development of Bungie’s Halo franchise. That the fate of the new…

Frankie has taken advantage of the gap between seasons 4 and 5 of Red vs Blue to interview Burnie, much like the Greeks exploited the Trojans’ weakness for equine statuary. Within, a plot to eliminate the show’s best character is revealed! At the end of the last season, it looked like we might be getting…

Although they aren’t, technically speaking, Halo story canon, the thematic and verbal similarities between the recent Halo 3 trailer and the Cortana Letters from 1999 have resparked interest in the latter; TraxusIV has embarked on an ongoing series of analytical articles that look at those themes and put the Letters into the greater context of…

KP has hit the ground running at Bungie with a story at Bungie.net that explores the hidden (or perhaps not so hidden) connections between people who cheat at Halo in matchmaking and poor spelling, nonexistant grammar, and general idiocy. My personal favorite is the one who tried to plead innocence and then make a legal…

It’s only the second-ever Halo 3 Weekly Update, and already the bar is being set pretty high. This week we get a new screenshot, suitable for desktop wallpapery, and an introduction to Bungie’s brand-new, bright-and-shiny KP. KP likes Lockout, Fight Night Round 3, slow, leisurely walks on the beach, and grinding other Bungie contractors into…