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Halo 3 launch with photos from Redmond, Microsoft Company Store and the Halo diorama

791 days ago

Here we go. Millions are blogging about Halo 3 as I write ths. Sony Defense Force put out a less than entertaining review. I hoped for a bit more, but it was short and sorta boring. For the real reviews, check out metacritic.com, or just go out and buy a copy. Now for the photos. I went to Redmond Town Center (RTC) last night for the Halo 3 midnight launch. My photos aren't that great. I really suck these days at night shots. I slept and then got up early to catch the launch at the Microsoft Company Store. I love playing games, but there's something about a launch night that gets me stoked. Bonus: The Microsoft Company Store had two sections of the big diorama you've been seeing in videos on display. Check out those photos for a glimpse. Halo launch at Redmond Town Center Halo launch at the Microsoft Company Store Halo diorama at the Microsoft Company Store Enjoy. Have fun. Play safe. Don't forget to reload.

Is Sony Home? Not until 2008.

796 days ago

From Wired Blogs by an American expat in Japan: We have some not so big news from TGS here. The PlayStation 3 Home is to be delayed until 2008. Word on the street is that this is due to an overwhelming lack of interest. It appears the game development community, while voicing support for Home, has failed to produce any game spaces in Home. “It’s really disappointing,” stated Phil Harrison, EVP of Sony Europe in an interview with on Thursday. “We thought we had something here. Imagine sitting around watching trailers for the latest EA sports game in your virtual living room, and then walking on down to the EA pub for a virtual drink and chips with star athletes and celebrities. What could be better?” Apparently, a lot. Not only has support from developers been mediocre, but there’s little interest from the gaming community as well. The number of active avatars in the virtual space fell off 56% from the initial beta – this includes the fact that Sony has ramped up ...

Here but not here.

796 days ago

Hey there. I'm still here, I've just been absent from posting on my blog. Now with Halo 3 coming out next week, I'll be even less here. I'm taking Tuesday off work, as it's a national holiday. :)

I'm in the Simpsons

878 days ago

It's the latest in "create your ____ avatar" flash tools following South Park, M&Ms and countless others. The Simpsons Movie web site has a flash tool to create yourself in the Simpsons world. Give it a try. I had to tweak mine in post-production after creating the initial model on the site. What do you think?

Stringer speaks about the PS3

892 days ago

Howard Stringer was interview by the Financial Times and spoke about the PS3. According to Howard, people have bought fewer PlayStation 3s than it looks, and they’re happy with what little they’re getting out of the system! :) At least he's no longer calling it a Mercedes. “I think PlayStation 3 is following a particular trend of 1 and 2, and if you looked at the history of it, it’s a very similar history. It takes a long time for producers, and more time because of the cost factor, to embrace the full bandwidth of PlayStation 3. It’s only using 20% of it right now. And producers will always wait to see how it’s going, and once they use the full bandwidth the games experience is stunning. And while people have not bought as many PlayStation 3s as it looks, it is no different from PS2 and PS1 in terms of percentage of sales, and it is an experience that is dazzling. People who play it, using only 20% of the bandwidth, are perfectly happy playing it and their games will get ...