Archive for March, 2008

Halo Screenshot of the Week - 3.29.08

Here’s my first attempt at a Haloramic composite Halo 3 screenshot. It lacks the depth of some other Haloramics I’ve seen, probably due to the nature of the source images. I rotated the camera significantly for each capture, so much so that the large moon on the left and my flying corpse on the right […]

A Fellow DG at 1UP

Check out this nifty feature over at 1UP about some of the ways games have changed over the years and why many good games go unfinished. The author touches on many aspects synonymous with being a discriminating gamer and echoes many of the sentiments that inspired me to start this website in the first place. […]

Lockout Returns

News broke today that Halo 2 fan-favorite multiplayer map Lockout is making a triumphant return to Xbox Live with a new look and a new name. Blackout will be one third of the Legendary Map Pack, along with previously announced Ghost Town and Avalanche (a spiritual successor to the first Halo’s Sidewinder). These three maps […]

Review: God of War II

Ahh, Kratos… please accept my apologies, I put off tackling your second adventure for an embarrassingly long time. I knew it would be an unbelievable gaming experience and you did not disappoint, but I got caught up in the razzle-dazzle of next generation gaming and you slipped through the cracks. How wrong I was to […]

Fake Plastic Instruments: A Timeline

I realized something mildly disturbing the other day: I own a pathetic amount of fake plastic instruments. I love Guitar Hero and Rock Band as much as the next gamer, from the casual to the hardcore, but this is a little excessive. Explore with me the origins of these reasonable facsimiles employed by mock […]