Halo 3

It's not a surprise that I like this game. I love the return of the assault rifle and the controls I still need to get used to, but it is so fun. I find myself pressing X to reload, and instead deploy a bubble shield or a gravity lift. But one thing is fun: playing with gravity and speed settings. That's more like jousting. I also love the built-in zombies. That's very nice. One thing I do miss is the ability to change settings and whatnot in multiplayer without your menu taking up the whole screen. I miss it only because I'm legacy and that confuses people. It's only because I was trained on GoldenEye and Agent Under Fire too well.

I've been toying with the notion of getting an Xbox 360. I think about it and usually back down. As I was playing today I thought it would be so fun to melee people with a motion action thanks to the Wii. Logically, if a game were to come out cross-platform, I'd be more likely to get it for Wii because I'd take unique controls, even tacked-on, over superb graphics. Also, because I have a 13 inch TV, graphics don't do much for me. But since my parents got their 52 inch HDTV with several HDMI ports, it has tempted further. I'm currently on no only because I like being with people as I play. It's boring to play alone. Plus, I don't have to spend $460+ for all I need. And since I'm likely to get mainly Wii games, that's $460 for Halo alone. I love Halo. In an ideal world, Microsoft should allow Halo on the Wii just to give a royal screw-you to Sony, but that will never, ever happen. And that's OK. I may still get one, but It would take a large increase in my income to justify it and currently, I have a lot of outcome.

Anywho, I appreciate my neighbors who love to let people play so I get the chance. Will we see the return of Jimmy? I'm not sure. I may try to be more inventive.

WillyCon IX: Friday

I am worried about the amount of money I may spend at the Con. I've minimum bidded on some artwork I like and the artists GoH stuff is really neat and inexpensive. ACME brought up The Watchmen and V for Vendetta, both I want along with Munchkin which I have been putting off. So I'm not sure what I will indulge on yet but I'll try to be good.

Yesterday was very interesting for the Con. I was basically signing up for the Halo tournament all day and kept getting people telling me how bad it is and how the rules suck. I came up with a pseudo-system for this. It was chaotic but it had few complainers. Basically the rules could be modified by concensus, a sort of Wikiality. If people didn't like the map we picked, that's fine, just get others on board with the changes. It prevented people from claiming they were losing only because of our stupid rules. I know some didn't like that, but it didn't bother me much because I try to be easy going at WillyCon. I got back to the room at about 2 last night so I did get a godd night's sleep. Yay for day two!

WillyCon VIII: Friday

On Friday I spent most of the day at the registration desk signing up people for the Halo Tournament. We got a good amount of players and everything went well. Dan got everything set up in the lower level and I think a lot of the club was surprised and happy to see such a turnout for a WillyCon event. There were a lot of games and a lot of Capture the Flag teams. Daniele won newbie followed by Angie and Book Lady. Jason won Legendary which was cool. Jason's team of him, Demon, Hinkel, and Mole won CTF. During the large intermediate matches it got down to Mark, Brenner, a Wayne High student, and Hinkel. The match was for 50 but at first they thought it was to 25 so when they got to 25 there was a tie for 3rd but it was set up for 50. As the game went on Brenner slipped to 4th. He slammed his controller to the ground and walked off. I felt bad but there was nothing I could do. After it ended I cleaned up and went back to the dorm. I couldn't get to sleep until 5 am because my legs were freaking out. All in all, a good day.

Midterms and WillyCon

Well I had 3 tests today. World Civ went good as always. Those tests are long and challenging but he grades well. Geography of US and Canada was fine. There were a few that I didn't know but I knew the rest. World Lit was fun. I knew the other 9, but the last one I had no idea on at all. I tried to BS some of it but halfway I simply said: "If you've read through this so far, well done. I honestly cannot remember anything about Baldwin. I will endeavor to do better next term." I found out later that another guy apologized for his last answer and another didn't really know either.

I am so excited! The ideas of mine and those I have heard and suggested all went through for WillyCon. Here they are:

• We're setting up a TV in the Gag that will play like Empire Strikes Back or Spider-Man so that way people in the Gag will be involved in WillyCon is some form.
  
• The TV will then move down to the registration desk where a chart will show what the TV will be playing all day.
• A big schedule behind the registration desk, because that's our #1 question: Where is this thing at?
• Random Room names such as "The Fortress of Solitude" for the bathroom, "The Puppet Hospital and Burn Center" for one of the Suites, and "Ten Forward" for the Hospitality Suite.
• Since the band will not be at opening ceremonies, we'll have a talent show of sorts with random videos and 30-second skits.
• HALO TOURNAMENT passed meaning people can play Halo for cash without entry fee. There will be 3 different categories of play with higher money as you go up. This is on Friday night at 8:00pm.
  
• Costume Contest reforms such as an assembled costume for those who bought elements of their costume and random where we provide odd materials like milk jugs and cardboard an hour before the masquerade and they get a small prize.
• Chris and I talked to Ben Vrba today who is a state Magic champion about helping with the tournament and possibly doing a forum on intro to Magic, setting up a deck, getting into tournament level, etc. I hope he does it,
• Heath and I are going to do a forum on Upcoming Comic Book Movies discussing where they're going with X3, Superman Returns, Batman Begins Sequel, Spider-Man 3, Hulk 2, Fantastic Four 2, etc.
• Roger, Levi, and I are going to do an Enterprise one where we watch the last episode and criticize it because it was kinda lackluster.
• Matt Ptacek, Jenn, and I are going to do a Star Wars one about how the movies are over, where is the saga going? This will be a discussion of the novels, comics, gaming, video games, and TV shows that will explore what to do post-Episode III.
  

Jackson Wins 'Halo' Franchise

from IMDb.com:

Academy Award-winning director Peter Jackson is turning his favorite video game Halo into a feature-length film. The Lord Of The Rings movie-maker grew addicted to Halo while shooting his latest film King Kong - so he jumped at the chance to snap up the movie rights and take it to the big screen. Jackson will produce the sci-fi film in his native New Zealand. A cast has yet to be announced and it's unknown if he will direct as well. Halo follows hot on the heels of a string of computer games which have been adapted for the big screen, including Lara Croft: Tomb Raider, Resident Evil and Doom. The game has sold over five million copies around the world and charts the adventures of futuristic super-soldier Master Chief in his quest to save mankind from aliens. Bungie, the Microsoft-owned business which developed Halo, says, "We're delighted to have someone who's as committed to the Halo universe as Peter Jackson was to Tolkien's Middle-Earth".

Halo Targeted for Summer 2007

20th Century Fox and Universal Pictures have closed the deal on making Halo into a movie. Universal will take care of it over in the US while Fox is taking the international market.

Click here for more: Coming Soon! - Latest News: "Halo Targeted for Summer 2007"

Halo 2 Expansion Pack

1Up told me about the Halo 2 Multiplayer Expansion Pack. the first two out later in the month are called Contanment and Warlock which is basically Wizard which will be free. Later ones include: Turf, and Sanctuary and will be for purchase at the same time.

• We're releasing a total of nine new multiplayer maps.
• All nine maps will eventually be available as Live downloads and as a normal boxed game disc - available at retail for $19.99 (US).
• The release on Live will be staggered, some paid, some free!
• The first two maps are free and coming in a few short weeks. (late April)
• The same day the 2 free maps are released, 2 additional maps will be available for purchase.
• The remaining 5 maps will be made available as a paid download on the same day the retail package goes on sale.
• The retail disc will contain extras, including a documentary, a cool project from our cinematic and animation team, every Halo 2 update released so far and possily one or two other little treats.
• By late summer, ALL the maps will be available for free.

Speaking of downloadable content, I took the liberty of downloading the Jabba's Palace map for Battlefront on Brenner's box. It's so small that every match is a bloodbath, cool. I know that PS2 has a greyed-out delete function on their maps so I'm sure at some point they'd like to do something like that.

Halo LAN Results

Yay for Halo LANs! This was very fun. I showed up around 11 because I had homework and I waited for an opening. I brought my camera, but I figured I would not do good so I wouldn't use it. Well, it started off that way with 7-9th places basically covered by me, but then it picked up. I remember how much I miss that game. After a few rounds I got to here:


Somewhere around this time, Bruce asked me "What's going on with you?" or something to that effect. And then I got another good match. On the last match, both Biskuit and I got melee triple kills during football. We rock.


Well, that's about it. I'm looking forward to the next one!

Halo Movie Gets a Screenwriter

ComingSoon! reports that Microsoft has signed the writere of 28 Days Later and The Beach to adapt the game into one movie and the scrrenplay would be sold to studios for rights. The article also said how Halo 2 was the second-best selling game of the year and has sold so far half of the copies of Halo. Does anyone know what the best-selling game of 2004 was?

Coming Soon! - Latest News

Halo 2.5 rumored as Xbox 2 launch title

From Team Xbox, "'Halo 2.5 will be an Xbox 2 launch title and is going to run in HDTV resolution with new, improved textures and graphical effects. All the stuff that people expected from Halo 2 but didnt make the cut will be there.'"

Halo 2.5 rumored as Xbox 2 launch title

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Petition #2

Petition #1: Stop the people saying racist comments using Xbox Live Communicators
Petition #2: Stop the people who continually "hump" and team-kill players via harassment.

First of all, I've already said my opinions on Petiton #1: I strongly don't agree with the things said, but they are constitutionally protected to say it. They're saying these things over a private area network, not a public one. To hear these things someone needs an Xbox and a connection to the WSC network, which is not public. It is up to WSC to decide what should be allowed, but they are owned by the state government which must adhere to the Bill of Rights. They're only abusing the network, not the part that uses the Internet. It's a shame they're connected. I would be satisfied with a formal, public apology unless they want to fight it as the guys who want to say the n-word more.

In my honest opinion, the second one is a slap in the face. It is totally unjustified. It is not appropriate (see Biskuit's Halo 2 Etiquette) but it is not enough to pull them from the network. It's time to realize something: We're adults now. Yeah, shocking! If you want to complain to Teacher everytime someone calls you a name, go back to first grade. In college, if someone insults you, ignore it. Be the bigger man. As for team-killing: change teams! Are you worried about losing your negative points? If they change again, is it worth playing in that game? That, or boot them and turn on party privacy. If it will be a long game, they won't have the patience to wait for it to end. Another thing, the people signing this one do it too! "Hehe, it's fun!"

Personally, the humping doesn't bother me. I don't let it bother me. Verbal non-extreme-offensive atagonism don't bother me. They can talk the whole time about who they're killing if they want to.

Rampage on a Ghost

I know they all hate me but I got a Rampage medal on a Ghost today! That's 15 frickin' kills without dying. I know it's cheap and requires no skill, but no one can get the best of me. I always have to justify it: If you're going to monopolize the snipers, rockets, and swords; I get the Ghosts!

I am not afraid of fighting anyone while not on a Ghost, too so don't think I'm a total panzy.

RvB Episode 45

Check out the new Red vs. Blue's new episode. It's good and it mentions blogging and Gmail.

Gaming Night Results

The ACM Gaming Night was fun. There was a large turnout that we didn't really expect. Considering that the flyers were put out 3 hours before the event, and the only other publicity was an email message and a post on the Underground.

I have to give props to Viper, Mamba, and Weber. They donated the use of their Xbox and controllers and made the game much more fun. I rocked at Galaxian on the Atari 2600 emulator. I haven't played that in forever. It was fun to see Lori Nicholson play Halo 2. She was trying to figure out if she had any of the people killing her in her classes.

There is one thing I must address that really has nothing to do with the gaming Night. There is a person on the campus network named Chloe. This person (and maybe others) have be utturing racial slurs using the Xbox Communicators in the lobby, not ingame. I assume it's being/been taken care of. It's great that people are starting to buy the communicators, but we need to be more responsible with the things we say. It is never funny. You never know when something you say may offend someone

Gaming Night Tonight

Want to have some fun before finals? Come on over to the ACM Gaming Night in Gardner Hall from 6-11pm tonight.

We will have Halo 2 on the big screens
There will also be vintage emulators games with tons of ROMs including:
Atari 2600, Nintendo, Super Nintendo, Sega Genesis, GameBoy and GameBoy Advance, Nintendo 64, and Arcade Games

There will also be free pizza and pop.
Everyone is welcome to attend, even for just a little bit.

Melee Triple Kill

I feel so happy. On Halo 2 on Ascension, there is a part where it looks like a ramp to nowhere and I see three guys up there sniping. So I head up there...melee...melee...melee. They're all dead. It's not often I hear a Triple Kill, but when it's all assassinations, it's nice.

On second thought...It's the weekend! I have absolutely nothing to do. If anyone has anything going on where I wouldn't have to spend money, let me know because if not I will be bored and when Jimmy gets bored, the insanity begins.

Halo: The Movie?

Coming Soon! has reported a rumor that the producer of the Alien franchise has approached Bungie about adapting Halo into a movie. One of the persons involved has confirmed hat the talked to director Ridley Scott about a possible film. The article says that Bungie will only license the rights if both Scott and the Alien guy is on board.

Chech out the full article here:
Coming Soon! - Latest News

Which Halo Weapon Are You?

This quiz result was just slightly too big for my blog:
Which Halo Weapon Are You?

Red vs. Blue vs. Halo 2

Red vs. Blue released Episode 43 which was amazing how fast they got it done because it incorporates scenes from the Halo sequel. I was wondering how long it would take for them to move from Blood Gulch in Halo to Coagulation in Halo 2.

Watch it now:
Red Vs Blue � Video Archive