Blam in Halo
An interesting observation at Marathon's Story today, concerning Bungie's continuing use of the word BLAM! in Halo. Death alert, scripted event, random motivational message? You decide.
Rampancy
Death by intelligence.
Recent Videos
| Title | Date |
|---|---|
| Bazzite Backlog Blowout Pt 2 | 01.24.26 |
| Bazzite Backlog Blowout | 01.17.26 |
| 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 |
Sheet Music
| Title | Transcriber | Date |
|---|---|---|
| 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 |
|---|---|
| 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 |
Butcher Addendum
At risk of being tabloidishly (that isn't a word, but it will do) concerned with the comings and goings of someone, Freewill pointed out that Myth community leader Butcher is likely bound for Bungie West, based on a few comments made by Alex Okita. Best of luck in San Jose, Butcher!
Next week, webcam pictures that reveal the sordid details of Bungie East's weekly milk delivery , and we blow the lid off the bat boy scandal. Stay tuned. ;)
Miscellany
Two tidbits for your consideration. First off, Red Hot Ryan is polling for interest in a dedicated Marathon 2 source code page, so if you're among those deciphering the code and wanting a more concentrated source of information, let him know:
- Forum: Poll: Would you guys care?
Next, an update on the Shugashack.com poll: as of this writing, Halo is a mere one percent behind Team Fortress 2, and the total number of votes has risen quite a bit since this morning. We've got a fight on our hands, it seems... don't delay, vote today!
Butcher Ascends
Chris Butcher (aka Butcher) has posted in our forum that he's moving on to bigger and better things. Much bigger and better things... Somewhere in the Heavens? ;-)
- Forum: Thanks for all the fish
Poll Smash!
CaptShazbot posts word of a most anticipated game poll at Shugashack.com, and you guessed it, Halo is among the offerings.
More specifically, Halo is the second place offering, barely beating out Duke Nukem Forever and being whomped on by Team Fortress 2. Brings tears to my eyes... but the poll isn't over yet. Go forth, poll smashers, and edumucate the heathens!
- Forum: Vote for Halo!
Freewill @ MWSF: Further Information
Freewill (Miguel Chavez) passed us some more information on the video material he recorded while at MWSF. We're trying to get our file hosting situation straightened out, so in the mean-time we're linking to the download area at Halo.Bungie.Org. To download the material, Mac users will want to option-click the links and PC users will want to right-click and then select Save target as from their menu.
You'll need QuickTime to view the movies. Steve at Bungie.Org also wanted people to know that the same files are available at their Hotline server, hl.bungie.org.
YAHS: The Halo Vault
Luxor from the Vault Network let us know about their new site, Halo Vault. Be sure to check it out. (YAHS = Yet Another Halo Site )
Freewill @ MWSF
Freewill, a long-time Bungie fan who has been present at a number of Bungie-related events and booths, has prepared a good amount of video material from Mac World Expo, San Francisco. You can download it at Halo.BOrg, currently.
Halo vs. Tribes 2: Dynamix speaks
Those of you who have been participating in our forum within the last week are probably aware of the recent bit of comparison between Tribes, Tribes 2 and Halo. The website Evil Avatar recently cornered Tim Gift of Dynamix and performed a short interview with him about the similarities and differences between Tribes 2 and Halo. If the article scrolls off the news page, you can probably still catch the same interview material in their forum. Kudos to CaptShazbot for informing us of this.Remember you're representing the Halo community, so go with an open mind, patience and maybe a grain of salt. Tribes 2 does look interesting and it will be a bi-platform release, last I checked, but we'll just have to see whether it can live up to Gift's statements. I'll likely purchase Tribes 2 to get me through the period until Halo is released, and have been a Tribes gamer for a year or so now. However, I'm still keeping my bet firmly on Bungie and Halo.
A Linux Port for Marathon?
SlashDot.Org, one of the primary news sites for geeks on the Internet, posted a news item on the Marathon 2 source-code GPL release. Kudos to Bravehamster for making them aware of this.
As posted by Marathon's Story, the article has received a goodly number of responses - Marathon is well remembered. Of significant note is that Jason Pellerin (Bungie's SysAdmin) posted a reply:
What we need now is a Linux port(Score:5, Informative)
(by blam! on Tuesday January 18, @11:20AM EST (#90)
(User Info)
As Bungie's SysAdmin and resident Linux enthusiast, what I'd really like to see is a Linux port. I want to play Marathon again, dammit!
My C skills are not the best, but I can contribute space for a cvs server, time to manage it, and time to manage patch submissions, builds and testing. And a mailing list and bugzilla db, if those are needed.
If you want to get in on the fun, please email me at m2linux@bungie.com.
He later updated with the following information:
I've set up an anonymous cvs server here:
:pserver:anonymous@beetle.bungie.com:/home/m2linux/cvsroot
login: anonymous
password: pfhor
module: m2linux
...for your source-tree grabbing needs. To submit patches, talk about plans and ideas, etc, please write me at m2linux@bungie.com.
All of you penguin-heads get crackin'! The more software developed for Linux, the more attractive Linux will be to both developers and to other users out there.
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