Halo Mythic Map Pack and Halo Wars Event
On Thursday February 19th 2009 in the west end of Toronto Xbox community members and Media gathered at the Gladstone Hotel to check out the Halo 3 Mythic Map pack and Ensemble Studios final game Halo Wars. Check out the venue below.
Jeff Rivait was on hand from Microsoft to give everyone a demo of Halo Wars. Unfortunately being very new to the RTS (Real Time Strategy games) I decided it was better off not to embarrass myself in front of everyone so I decided just to watch everyone play.
The new Halo 3 map packed call Mythic Maps will be available with the purchase of Halo Wars CE or you will need to wait until spring to get a hold of them. They will also ship with Halo: ODST this fall. The map pack contains 3 maps called Assembly, Orbital and Sandbox. Check out the pictures below of each of the maps. I really enjoyed orbital and driving around on the mongoose honking the horn!. The best moment of the event was playing oddball on Sandbox and killing DarthAlbert III with 1 second left until victory. I held the skull for 76 seconds to make it respectable but ended up losing. As far as for Assembly I just confused on where to go on this map but had some great matches.
Assembly:
Orbital:
Sandbox:
More photos can be found at IGN.com
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Apparently GameStop has figured out that women are gamers too! Quick to capitalize on this startling discovery, they threw together this LOL customer service video that is overwhelmingly sexist:
Wow. It’s … wow. Not only is it sexist towards women (deer in the headlights?) but towards it’s own employees. By framing this video in a “National Geographic” type setting, they’re basically saying to their employees: “This is a woman. You’ve probably never met or talked to one, so we made this video to help you.”
Crikey!
read morePirates VS Ninjas VS Zombies VS Robots
Now here is the situation a battle between Robots, Ninjas, Pirates and Zombies. Now I give my answer straight up and then justify it enjoy.
The Winner would be a tie Between Ninjas and Pirates. Ninjas will rule the land while Pirates will rule the seas.
Now here is my base assumptions:
Zombies are known to either die in water or to stay away from it.
Robot Circuits with fry in water
Ninjas live in remote temples and rely heavily on stealth so most likely won’t go for direct confrontation.
Pirates live on Ships
Zombies have huge numbers but will eventually dwindle down
Robots cannot build more robots but can salvage broken robots. This makes them repairable but not let’s keep building until we win powerful. Salvaged parts eventually wear down and cannot be reused.
Now onto the actual scenario:
Mad scientist Jonathan Coulton unleashes a secret robot army from his secret lab on skullcrusher mountain. Within 12 hours 90% of the population has been killed by the robots who are now patrolling in search of survivors.
Deep in the Mountain region of Japan the Dragon Ninja Temple scouts return with news of the robot uprising. The ninjas initiate their emergency protocol, sealing off the single mountain pass leading to their temple in an effort to protect themselves from the robots. Raiding parties are sent out in the world to destroy robots. Their stealth and cunning proves better than the programming of robots, for every ninja killed ten robots are felled.
At the same time off the coast of Mexico the Black Freighter notices an ongoing battle in the port town they were preparing to pillage. Looking through his telescope the captain of the ship notices the dead rising up and the robots instantly attacking them. The zombies initially ignore the robot threat but as the robots continue to harass them they respond with violence of their own. The Zombies get decimated by the robots but greatly outnumber them eventually only a handful of zombies remain in the town while the robots lay in scraps. The Black Freighter turns back to the open see avoiding the confrontation.
Years go by, the Pirates survive by pillaging towns and their numbers slightly increase when they find pockets of survivors who join their ranks. The Ninjas on the other hand flourish in their remote temple, Their numbers too grow by finding pockets of survivors and they find themselves opening up new temples as their numbers increase. Zombie numbers steadily decrease over the years through confrontation with Pirates,Robots and Ninjas. The few battles where they managed to swell their numbers are not enough to offset the numerous losses they encounter in all encounters. Robot numbers fluctuate the most. They slowly but surely dwindle but every so often they salvage enough pieces to swell their numbers.
Confrontations between pirates and ninjas are few and far between and rarely if ever leave survivors both sides begin to doubt the existence of each other and thus do not seeks confrontation.
read moreFirst Mass Effect 2 Trailer
Mass Effect was one of my favorite games of 08, yes I was a bit late to the party but it was fanastic! Heres the Trailer for Mass Effect 2
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