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Charity Fragathon…cool idea!

Great idea from Chris Williams and the Twin Cities XNA User Group : The Twin Cities XNA User Group is throwing their first ever charity event! Admission to this event is $10 (ten bucks!!) and that covers entry into what just might be the biggest Halo Read More...
Posted Friday, August 01, 2008 2:52 PM by gduthie | 0 Comments

The Elite Handheld Gaming System

OK, so perhaps "handheld" is a bit of an exaggeration, but this XBOX 360 laptop mod is nothing short of brilliant. Would be a hoot to crack that puppy open on a plane. Definitely the work of someone with far too much time on their hands. But way cool Read More...
Posted Tuesday, February 05, 2008 9:03 AM by gduthie | 2 Comments
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Halo/Firefly Convergence

One other thing I noticed while watching the Halo 3 credits...the voice cast is pretty impressive. Among others, from character actor Keith David , to perennial bad buy Terence Stamp , it also includes the best damn spaceship captain ever to grace TV, Read More...
Posted Wednesday, October 03, 2007 12:06 PM by gduthie | 2 Comments
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Master Chief Follow-up

No, I'm not going to tell you how the game ends. If you want to know, play it through, and Finish the Fight. But I did take the advice of Ralph in Chicago , and played through to the end again from the Rally Point Alpha save point, and waited through Read More...
Posted Wednesday, October 03, 2007 9:02 AM by gduthie | 0 Comments
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Master Chief...is he, or isn't he?

Hmm...I'm undecided : My son and I are having an argument as to the fate of Master Chief... Is he or isn't he? (I won't say more to avoid spoiling it if you haven't finished it yet). I say he isn't (There's no way... The quote "If only it were so easy..." Read More...
Posted Tuesday, October 02, 2007 5:01 PM by gduthie | 2 Comments
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Wired Halo 3 Review

Having just finished the single-player campaign mode myself, this review is very timely: So, here I am again: Standing on a sandy beach, near the edge of a pine-tree forest, hunched behind a stone outcropping -- while an army of bellowing aliens singe Read More...
Posted Monday, October 01, 2007 2:12 PM by gduthie | 0 Comments
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Halo 3 How-to on Bungie.NET

http://www.bungie.net/projects/halo3/content.aspx?link=h3howto Great set of how-tos for things like Saved Films, using Forge mode, Networking, Matchmaking, and more. Technorati Tags: Halo 3 , Tips and Tricks Bungie.net : Projects : Halo 3 : Content Read More...
Posted Sunday, September 30, 2007 12:05 PM by gduthie | 1 Comments
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The Tech - Volume 127, Issue 41

This is very cool, but I'm pretty sure that Master Chief doesn't wear shoes like that: photo by TungShen Chew In recognition of the release of Halo 3, a highly anticipated video game by Microsoft and Bungie, MIT hackers adorned the John P. Harvard statue, Read More...
Posted Friday, September 28, 2007 12:08 PM by gduthie | 0 Comments
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Halo 3 Rocks

OK, so I suppose it's no surprise. But after a couple of days of owning it, I am completely impressed with Halo 3. The first day I played through a good portion of campaign mode (on Normal...I'll surely try a harder level in the future). As suggested Read More...
Posted Thursday, September 27, 2007 9:09 AM by gduthie | 0 Comments
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Halo 3 Midnight Madness in Tampa

My colleague Joe Healy has pics . Read More...
Posted Tuesday, September 25, 2007 12:01 PM by gduthie | 0 Comments
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Halo 3 Today - and More HD

I'm jazzed. Later today, the UPS guy should arrive with a package for me that includes what will likely soon become the best-selling video game in history... Halo 3 . After all the waiting, it will be great to finally play through the full campaign mode, Read More...
Posted Tuesday, September 25, 2007 9:30 AM by gduthie | 0 Comments
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Halo 3 Diorama - "making of" video

The Halo 3 "memorial" diorama site is just an amazing piece of work: http://halo3.com/believe There's also a "making of" video that is told from the perspective of a post-Halo 3 world: http://xboxmovies.teamxbox.com/xbox-360/5407/Halo-3-Believe-Diorama-Making-Of Read More...
Posted Wednesday, September 19, 2007 4:11 PM by gduthie | 1 Comments
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Using Silverlight Streaming for Halo 3

Dave found out something I didn't notice about the Halo 3 HD videos that were published recently on MSN...they're using Silverlight Streaming. Channel 9 is running an excellent video on Silverlight Streaming and how it is being used for the Halo 3 HD Read More...
Posted Sunday, September 16, 2007 12:02 PM by gduthie | 0 Comments
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The Science of Play

Halo 3 is coming, and Wired has a really fascinating article on some of the effort that went into making the game fun for a variety of types of gamers: Sitting in an office chair and frowning slightly, Randy Pagulayan peers through a one-way mirror. The Read More...
Posted Monday, September 03, 2007 9:01 AM by gduthie | 0 Comments
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You don't tug on Superman's Cape...

you don't spit into the wind, and you surely don't take the helmet off of the Master Chief : The face of the Master Chief is never revealed. His visor is solid reflective gold, like the faceplates of the Apollo astronauts. Halo's designers see the Master Read More...
Posted Friday, August 31, 2007 2:01 PM by gduthie | 0 Comments
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