Xbox Addict Plays Halo Kiosk
Jeremy has posted pictures of him playing Halo at a local kiosk in the Xbox Addict forums. (Thanks HBO)
Rampancy
Death by intelligence.
Recent Videos
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| Bazzite Backlog Blowout Pt 2 | 01.24.26 |
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| Spatial Outpouring Pt 5 | 01.10.26 |
| Spacial Outpouring Pt 4 | 01.03.26 |
| Spacial Outpouring Pt 3: Rampancy Rescues... | 12.27.25 |
| Spacial Outpouring Pt 2 | 12.20.25 |
| Rampancy Test Stream | 12.14.25 |
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| 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 |
Halo Video Review At GameSpot
Kudos to HBO for noticing GameSpot has added a Halo video review. It's 82 MB large and is available in MPG and WMP format. Alternatively, you can stream the video in Windows Media or Real Player format.
More On Myth III And Nimda
The Myrgard Times has been covering the Myth III/nimda issue fairly well and Drunkbob has noted some important information:
Two very important notes about this whole virus thing: First off, do not run the uninstaller, this is apparently how the virus is primarily activated. Secondly, the Myth III demo is also infected.
Also, Rohan wrote a post at MWA guiding users how to rid of the virus. This should be a fine solution, but there will likely need to be some action taken by Take2 or Mumbo Jumbo.
Poll At GameSpot
There's a poll at GameSpot, asking in light of Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 3 coming to the PC, which of these other high-profile console games would you most like to see brought to the PC? Of course, Halo is an option. Halo is currently winning with 30% of the votes (nearly 2000).
Nimda Virus Perhaps An Install Shield Issue
ax sent us a link to the installshield.is6.general newsgroup, which is currently discussing the nimda virus. Apparently, this may not be an issue limited to the Myth III CD because it is likely an issue with Install Shield. Rick Lowe writes:
I just found it tonight.
We run NAV CE 7.51
W32.nimda.enc(dr) found on ikernel.ex_
Wonder if this is due to a bug in the latest virus def update?
A few months ago after an update, NAV found a virus on bat files.
Even ones on the NT Resource kit CD.
The next update which they put out quickly fixed this problem.
Hopefully this is what we have here.
ikernel.ex_ is the infected file, which is on the Myth III CD as well as in the Installer Shield files.
Spoiler-Free Myth III Manual Excerpts At MBO
Forrest at Myth.bungie.org is reporting that Zandervix has posted some portions of the Myth III manual in their Asylum. If, like Forrest, you're on a Macintosh and haven't had any opportunity to play Myth III yet, this might be the only way to get your fix right now.
GameSpot Reviews Myth III
GameSpot has reviewed Myth III and gave it a positive 8.4 out of 10 rating. Overall, they were impressed, but the scores were affected by bugs and missing features:
Myth III's major shortcomings are its lack of new multiplayer content and a number of technical issues. Mumbo Jumbo is preparing a patch to resolve the significant outstanding issues and plans to release its map-making tools, which should allow the community to convert popular existing third-party maps and mods, like the World War II mod, and make entirely new ones. But many of the planned multiplayer features, such as new game types and the ability to play different tribes of units against each other, have been dropped entirely.
You can also read the GameSpot Reader Reviews, which has had seventeen contributions and an overall rating of 8.7 out of 10 at this point.
Myth III Infected With Nimda Virus?
Rumor is that Myth III is infected with the recent nimda virus. SunStyle's post at MWA informs and warns:
I just Had couple of friends complaining about nimda virus... i end up checking my computer and i'm infected by same virus... I talk to a couple of other friends, they all say their computer is fucking up! I tell them to run virus software, they all got same virus! Guess what we all have in COMMON? We all have installed Myth 3 full!Also if you goto here http://www.mcafee.com/anti-virus/viruses/nimda/default.asp?cid=2444 it says:
McAfee.com has noticed an increase in the prevalence of the Nimda worm during the week of 10/29/01 - 11/2/01!Correct me if i'm wrong, but the myth 3 was realeased 2 days b4 demo? And demo was release on 10.31.01! So That would explain the sudden increase on this virus
This is definitely not something you want to ignore. Coffee and ax have confirmed the virus's presence on their hard drives. This doesn't look good.
It's too early to conclude whether or not this has affected all or most Windows users, but a recall for Myth III could be in order if this proves to be more than coincidence.
UPDATE: ax has sent us an image that shows the nimda virus on the Myth III CD. This is not a scan of ax's hard disk, but of the CD-ROM itself.
TeamXbox Compiles New Xbox FAQ
TeamXbox's new FAQ is so cool it gets its own server: http://faq.teamxbox.com/. It covers questions about where to buy an Xbox, about the hardware and the games.
GameSpot Gives Halo A 9.7
Despite minor complaints about framerate issues, and the lack of bots, GS liked Halo plenty. Interesting, in fact, that most of the other reviews haven't carped about the missing bots that much.
But aside from that, the review gushes from the get-go and doesn't stop:
Even if you bear in mind the company's well-earned reputation for creating excellent games for the Mac and PC, Bungie's epic Xbox first-person shooter is of such a staggeringly high level of quality that you can't help but be surprised. Halo is a complete thrill ride from beginning to end, an experience perhaps best described as a 16-hour-plus version of the siege scene from the film Terminator 2. Those who've spent the last few years looking for a first-person shooter as good as Rare's GoldenEye 007 or Valve's Half-Life will be happy to hear they need look no longer.
Of course, nobody ever praised Half Life for unseating the king of story shooters, Marathon, but then again not everybody has the benefit of perspective.
Thanks to Louis Wu at HBO who spotted the item.
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