Posts Tagged ‘Halo’
Engaging the Halo Prophecy
<![CDATA[They say that those who don't know their history are bound to repeat it. And there's a less well-known but corollary idea, that people who create realistic fictional content end up pulling their ideas from recent events. But every once in a while, both ideas converge: a piece of speculative fiction, drawn from elements of…
Read MorePassion Week Pwnage: An XBOX Live Experiment
<![CDATA[ Wow, that hurt. See yesterday, I experienced a rude awakening: I realized I’m no longer any good at video games. This was a painful realization to me, as I’ve thought of myself as being good at video games for a long time. I grew up playing them, and I’ve enjoyed video games in one…
Read MoreLinks to make ya think: A&E edition
<![CDATA[So one of my favorite shows to scrounge for clips from on the internet (since I don’t have cable TV) is called Mythbusters. They’re basically science geeks having fun trying to prove (or disprove) whatever theory du jour is floating around. Everything from the mentos and Diet coke craze to whether or not bulls in…
Read MoreReality is key to quality entertainment (just ask Sam Fisher or Jack Bauer)
<![CDATA[The entertainment industry is a multibillion dollar industry. Film studios, TV networks, and video game developers are competing for our attention, and when they succeed, they are rewarded handsomely. But many of the biggest successes in the field of media and entertainment have one thing in common – they are grounded in reality. Not “reality”…
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