May 23
Lindsey Stirling is back, teaming up with pianist William Joseph, to give us a very classy, very energetic cover of the main theme from Halo. I always love these videos. Not only are they great arrangements but just great to watch too. Both performers as well as the editing pay close attention to showmanship, making …
May 19
Vsauce3 recently released a video that featured 4 video game demakes that I think might interest everyone. These games include demakes of Halo, Super Smash Bros., Team Fortress 2, and Left 4 Dead. They’re kind of cool, though I think for most of these, the benefits of modern video game technology and design. For example, …
Mar 15
These never made sense to me. Growing up, one of my friends would abuse the rocket jump in Halo 2 to get to unreachable sniper positions. Also, this video has probably taught me everything I need to know to operate a rocket launcher. As well as making fast space ships.
Feb 28
A couple of really cool facts about the Halo series. Some of this I think a lot of people knew, like how Halo was going to start as a real-time strategy game but others I couldn’t even believe. Like how there was a chance that Halo would have been on the DS. That would have …
Feb 02
There really are so many different ways to approach a stealthy game, which this video highlights quite nicely. Though I didn’t see Dishonored being shown there (the mask may have been too much) but other than that I thought this was a nice tribute to sneaking up on people and stabbing them in the back.
Feb 01
Earlier this week I played the public beta for Dust 514. The idea behind it is that it’s a Battlefield-esque first-person shooter that is influenced by the MMO Eve Online. When I first heard of this game a few years back, I was kinda blown away by the concept, but now that I’ve actually gotten …
Jan 30
The health bar is one of the most ubiquitous parts of gaming culture. Numerous t-shirts, memes and web comics have made this gaming mechanic an icon. For all its popularity, the health bar enjoyed a surprisingly brief life in the gaming world. Originally games did not use health, they used lives. Lives were easy to …
Jan 13
Martin Leung is known throughout the video game world as the video game pianist. I’ve featured his works before on this site, but recently, he has been uploading new video game arrangements like crazy. Here’s just a few of them, but be sure to check out his YouTube page to listen to them all.
Oct 30
Finally the action is moving away from being Starship Troopers to being the Halo we all know and love. Master Chief is here and according to the internet, he’s like 15 years old. Also, I love the cadets reaction to him, priceless. One last note, I hate how Kat was taken out in Halo: Reach. …
Oct 21
After watching this video, Cameron and I really got a chance to take in the lore of Halo trying to figure out what all the stuff happening in the background was, using the wiki to look up dates and planet names and stuff. I know I said this before, but it is something that makes …
Oct 08
This is video game music performed like you have never seen it before, in the form of a marching band! Yep, this is Ohio State University’s halftime tribute to video games ranging from Space Invaders, to Mario, Zelda, and even Halo. By the looks of it, something like this would have taken forever to keep …
Oct 07
This reminds me a lot of Starship Troopers. Right down to the brainwashy type government and 14 year old soldiers (okay, they look 14). This series is starting to look pretty good, can’t wait til we see some more Halo-ish stuff.
Sep 22
I am often very conflicted about this kind of thought when it comes to any kind of storytelling, video game or otherwise. While it is important to keep the narrative open to anyone, I feel like it might cheapen the experience for people following the story. Kingdom Hearts 3D for example, tries to workaround this …
Sep 04
It really does sound like it 343 is making a Halo version of Other M. So just to start off, I think Master Chief is a calm, cool, collected person with absolutely no flaws whatsoever. So, if he experience any kind of weakness I’m going to yell and complain all over the internet about how …
Aug 31
Now this is the kind of game I want to see. All these major video game characters against…I don’t really care. Also, instead of a fighting games, I really do think that Sony should have made a third-person shooter. This video shows us that it would actually be kind of badass to have Nathan Drake …
