Halo: Art Of War

Confirmed. This June 28th, Bungie will be releasing 9 new maps on cd for $19.99. But get this, the first 2 maps will be available as a free download to Live users by late April, with two additional maps for sale ($5.99) at the same time. The remaining 5 maps will be available as a paid download on the day the retail package hits the stores. By the end of the summer, you can get all of the maps free. The first two maps are Containment and Warlock, the two additional maps available for purchase are called Sanctuary and Turf. The last five are named Terminal, Relic, Elongation, Gemini and Backwash. According to Bungie, “The retail disc will contain extras, including a documentary, a cool project from our cinematic and animation team, every Halo 2 update released so far and possily one or two other little treats.” More info here.

Can you believe this, there’s this guy named Eisen Feuer who’s making a series of battle strategy videos for TalkXbox.com called….wait for it…HALO 2: The Art of War. Wait a minute, this sounds very similar to a blog I know. People how about we start being original and try not to copy everyone else. I know this is hard, but with some hard work, we can do it. So, in light of this, I’ve decided to post a series of strategy videos called…wait for it…Unique 2: The Art Of Originality. It will include sections such as:

1) The Art Of Innovation
2) The Art Of Coming Up With Your Own Ideas
3) The Art Of Freshness (I especially like this one)

It’s interesting, if you’re a level 14, your worthy to go into battle with Eisen Feuer of the Panzer Faust Clan. But if you’re a miserable level 11 in Team Slayer like me, you’re gonna have to wait.

Alright, making fun aside, I just saw the trailer and I must admit, it rules big time, and hopefully he’ll release the videos soon. Hey, I’m pretty sure he wasn’t trying to copy the name of my blog, you know what they say, like minds think alike….

I just found out, there’s these group of guys similiar to Red vs. Blue known as The Codex. Instead of comedy, they do more of an action-adventure drama, following the Halo story just before the Covenant invasion of Earth. I just saw the trailer and I can’t wait to download the rest of the movies. Episode 5 was just released, this and the rest of the videos available here.

Bill Gates was awarded an honorary knighthood by Britain’s Queen Elizabeth II today. The Queen pronounced the Micro$oft founder as a “Knight Commander of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire” for his contributions to business and to healthcare throughout the British Commonwealth. I’m kinda happy for the guy cause he has made many contributions and has helped many people, at the same time, I’m just against his way of making business and the way he realized his wealth. Now that he’s a knight, he joins Frodo, Sam, along with Merry and Pippin to take part in the battle against Sauron’s forces that have laid siege to Minas Tirith, the capital of Gondor. Upon their safe return to the Shire, Bill Gates will become Knight of Gondor, son of Rohan…

Now this is a real Halo fan! Stephen Loftus is on the initial phase of building his own Pillar Of Autumn Cruiser. He even made technical drawings of the ship. I can’t wait for this behemoth of a model to be finished. This other guy even made a Lego Pilar Of Autumn. Check it out.