*the above video contains language not rated E for Everyone.

Today marks the 5th anniversary of the release of the manliest console ever released, the Microsoft Xbox. It was so incredibly manly, it launched with a manly giant controller, came in all black (the manliest color), and shooter called Halo. The manliness of this game was diminished upon the release of the sequel 3 years later, when online play revealed the vast majority of players to be terribly immature pre-teens with a penchant for inappropriate language.
Blah Blah Blah started on Apple, Blah Blah Blah Xbox Live, Blah Blah Blah Halo 3. There, now you know the history.

Anyway, here is the important news: Bungie.net has announced a Halo 2 will get 2 new mulitplayer maps in the spring, available exclusively through Xbox Live Marketplace on Xbox 360. Now might be the time to upgrade, kids. I’m going to go out on a limb that they’re both maps that will show up in Halo 3 as well, as the idea of them building new maps 2 and a half years after the game’s release and so soon before the sequel borders on lunacy unless they were going for both.

Additionally, a PUBLIC BETA has been announced for Halo 3 Multiplayer. Why in the world would they do this? The complaints about Halo 2 were mostly fanboy whining. I certainly hope that comments don’t derail weapon balance and its instead used to test features rather than gameplay.

EGM’s 3 week Halo 3 Blowout is nearly over. I still haven’t gotten my subscriber copy. What gives Ziff-Davis Publishing? Mail it NOW.

thanks Max Con!

Update! 1up has posted a large screen gallery of hi res captures from the EGM issue. Halo 3 Mutiplayer screens.

Available for only a limited time at the iTunes store, you can get a new short video starring Jack Black and Kyle Gass. Its more or less a commercial for the new Tenacious D album, but its pretty funny. Apparently a much longer version will be available after the album is released.

Click here launch iTunes and download.

Tenacious D – The Pick of Destiny will be released tomorrow!

Ever since Lucasfilm decided to post the The Phantom Menace trailer online 8 years ago, movie trailers have been a staple of the web surfers diet. With that in mind, we launch a regular columm showcasing movie trailers. We may not see all these movies, we probably won’t even like most we see, but trailers are a nice way to kill two and a half minutes.

First up, Fanboys. This also harkens back to the Episode One days, with a tale loosely based on the true geek plot to steal a print of the film.

Balls Of Fury stars Christopher Walken as a Ping Pong champion and criminal king pin.

The Simpsons Movie. The series itself has been getting progressively harder to watch over the years, and this movie looks no better. Perhaps if they’d brought in the genius writing of season 4, we might have something. Alas, Late Night with Conan O’Brien is more like how the Simpsons used to be than how they are today.

… and just for fun, Office Space: Recut

Via Engadget, heres a look at the controller for an upcoming game for Nintendo Wii called “Streetcar GO!” which of course puts you in the shoes of a shinkansen driver.

The above photo is of course a mock-up, but that doesn’t make the premise any less ridiculous. I thought the proprietary controllers for games like Steel Battalion and DK Bongos were whacked!

Those who wish to virtually manipulate a bullet train can do so in February. Read all about it in broken english.

An absolutely amazing rough cut of the Spider-Man 3 trailer has leaked to the web. Many shots are identical to the released one, and theres quite a bit of rough CG and even story boards and green screen in place of final footage.

But the end… oh, the end is where the money is. I guess Sony didn’t want to play their hand just yet, so this trailer is going offline as fast as it went on, but here it is until then:

[Read the rest of this entry…]

An indepth analysis of Microsoft and Epic’s 2006 blockbuster!

This is it. Click the image above for the long awaited first trailer for Spider-Man 3.
Click below for comments!