The Fade
I played a little bit of Dragon Age: Origins tonight. I probably should have spent that time working on one of the two short stories I currently have in progress, or working on the next part of my Codrus’ Labyrinth campaign for my D&D group, or doing some cartooning for one of the webcomics I’m [...]
Halo 3: ODST Truck
Microsoft rigged up a truck and drove it cross-country Summer 2010 to promote the release of Halo 3: ODST. I intercepted it when it came to Indianapolis.
Burnout: Paradise
Driving, jumping, crashing, burning. I recently pulled Burnout: Paradise back out of its box and plunked it down in the tray. The reason? My wife bought me a 26” HDTV for Christmas, which is a huge step up from a 13” SDTV. Turns out, you can actually see the streets and cars of Paradise City [...]
Killer Instinct
There’s a news story on Gizmodo today about a teen gamer who tried to strangle his father with a cord from a gaming controller. Apparently, the father had repeatedly told the boy to turn off the console and finally ended up going into the boy’s room and pulling the power cord, causing the boy to [...]
The Joy of Halo 3
I avoided Matchmaking in Halo 2 like the plague. I played a lot of Rumble Pit early on when I first got Xbox Live, and I’m sure that certainly helped me develop a lot of the necessary skills to be a somewhat competitive player. My favorite type of match to play, however, were custom games [...]
The Story That Drives the FPS
John Scalzi points out on his blog that the Writers Guild of America has created a new award for videogame writing. This brings into sharp relief again one of the elements that has me so hooked on the Halo series. I’ve mentioned before that I’m really not an FPS gamer, at least not as a [...]
Oh So Busy
Well, I’m afraid that my writing time has been at a bit of a minimum the last week or two. In addition, I’ve had no time as yet to develop the new WordPress theme for Flashes of Speculation in preparation for its re-launch. This is due, in part, to the fact that I’m back to [...]
I’m Envious
As of right now, 22 out of 81 friends on my list are playing Halo 3 – and it’s not even 6AM. Lucky dogs.
Xbox 360 Elite
Well, my 360 died this past Sunday. No red ring, just a disc drive that stopped working. Basically, it would play a video or game for about 15-20 minutes, then the whole console would reboot, and the disc drive would no longer open or read discs, unless you turned it off for a couple of [...]
Halo 3 and Forge
Just before we received the news that Halo 3 has gone Gold, we were treated to a delectable little video demonstrating the awesomeness that is the Forge customization module in Halo 3. For every custom game fan, this is a dream come true. Forge is quite literally a drag-and-drop utility for customizing multiplayer maps. If [...]
