Halo Reviews Section Added To Rampacy
We've added a Halo Reviews page to the site, including all the known reviews of Halo since press started getting complete or nearly complete copies of the game.
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Recent Videos
| Title | Date |
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| Marathon: Server Slam | 03.08.26 |
| No Man's Sky: Remnant Part 1 | 03.07.26 |
| Destiny: Last Patrol Pt 2 | 02.21.26 |
| Destiny: Last Patrol Part 1 | 02.14.26 |
| Bazzite Backlog Blowout Pt 2 | 01.24.26 |
| Bazzite Backlog Blowout | 01.17.26 |
| Spatial Outpouring Pt 5 | 01.10.26 |
Sheet Music
| Title | Transcriber | Date |
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| Halo 5: Advent (String... | cwhiterun | 06.07.16 |
| Halo 5: Blue Team (Str... | cwhiterun | 10.22.15 |
| Halo 5: Light is Green... | cwhiterun | 10.20.15 |
| Halo 5: The Trials (St... | cwhiterun | 10.12.15 |
| Roll Call - Price Paid | pimpnmonk | 06.02.14 |
| Behold A Pale Horse Fo... | pimpnmonk | 01.24.14 |
| Farthest Outpost/Mercy... | pimpnmonk | 12.30.13 |
Rampancy Podcast
| Episode | Date |
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| Sony Acquires Bungie (mp3) | 02.02.22 |
| Let's Play Mass Effect 3 #27 Final... | 06.02.17 |
| Anger, Sadness and Envy Ep. 27: Craig Ha... | 05.08.13 |
| Anger, Sadness and Envy Ep. 25: Destiny... | 03.05.13 |
| Anger, Sadness and Envy Ep. 24: Halo Ann... | 04.21.12 |
| Anger, Sadness and Envy Ep. 23: Halo Ann... | 06.26.11 |
| Anger, Sadness and Envy Ep. 21: The Wint... | 04.18.11 |
Another Somber MJ Plan Update
Jay Kootar at Mumbo Jumbo Games has updated his .plan file, this time with a short and somber poem:
Robert Frost -Nature's first green is gold,
Her hardest hue to hold.
Her early leaf's a flower;
But only so an hour.
Then leaf subsides to leaf.
So Eden sank to grief,
So dawn goes down to day.
Nothing gold can stay.
Mumbo Jumbo, we hardly knew ye.
Halo Review At Gaming Age
Louis Wu has posted an item at HBO that Flawless Cowboy (aka Case) made a forum post about the Halo review at Gaming Age.
The review itself is positive, and makes a good counterpoint to PlanetXbox's, which termed Halo disappointing . G-A makes the case that Halo is indeed revolutionary, or at least atypical:
Halo is not your typical first person shooter. In fact, I actually prefer to not even call it a FPS at all. You play from a first person point of view, pick up weapons and kill enemies, but that's where the similarities to your run-of-the-mill FPS ends. Halo is strictly a story driven action/adventure game that incorporates some of the better FPS elements into it. The game most easily comparable would be Half-Life, but even that just pales to the overall scope and vision of Halo.
G-A gave Halo an A (superlative) rating.
IGN To Give Away Free Consoles To New Insiders
Remember that IGN subscription service, the one that gets the best articles as an exclusive first (assuming they aren't mirrored or posted somewhere else)?
Well, this month IGN will be giving away three consoles: a Sony PS2, a Nintendo GC, and an Xbox.
It's also possible to become an Insider for free through American Express Blue or Columbia House. Caveat emptor.
ActionTrip Reviews Myth III
ActionTrip has reviewed Myth III and was a bit harsh on it, giving it a 71% overall score. Other than the strong story and visual content, ActionTrip couldn't get over the flaws and lack of innovation:
Mumbo Jumbo obviously could've done a lot better. Not only did they slack off while writing AI routines, and ship a buggy game, but they also didn't innovate the series in any way; let alone take it to the next level. As a big fan of the Myth series, I find it inadmissible that someone could sit on such a wealth of potential and do such a sloppy job in the end. Myth III was still fun to play, though at times extremely frustrating, but it pains me to think what Bungie would've done with it, had they the chance to do it themselves.
The user comments reveal to ActionTrip the short development time Mumbo Jumbo had, but they still stand by their review.
There is also an image gallery; enjoy. (Thanks Myth Village)
Xbox DVD Player Won't Do Progressive Scan
GameSpot is running a story saying that Microsoft has confirmed that their DVD player won't be capable of using progressive scan:
The company would not elaborate on the specific reasons behind the exclusion of progressive-scan, but judging from previous comments from Microsoft executives, the feature was, at one point, under consideration for inclusion in the Xbox. Supported by newer digital high-definition televisions, progressive-scan writes one full frame of video in a single pass--as opposed to the double pass used for the regular interlaced method--which results in a clearer DVD image quality.
The article speculates that cost may have been an issue in the decision. There are several comments attached to the story indicating that the story is old, but this is the first story I've seen that specifically cites Microsoft as a source of the information.
Halo Launch Party Pictures
Mavruss and Shadab's pictures are now online over at the Halo Launch Party website.
Mac Myth III Advertisement
Kudos to Blades Oliva for scanning the Mac Myth III advertisement in the December 2001 issue of MacWorld magazine. The image is archived here at rampancy, so check it out.
Updated NAV Definitions Prove Myth III Safe
Myth Village is reporting that Norton has updated the Anti-Virus definitions and Myth III no longer reads as being infected with the nimda virus. The updated definitions are available at Symantec.
Halo Launch Party Video
Mavruss ripped an 8 minute video taken during the Halo launch party and HBO has uploaded it to their Mac.com site. The file is 5.6 MB compressed ZIP and is a Windows Media file.
There are several mirrors, too: Kbjlake, Halo Universe, and FilePlanet.
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