Pwned!
Hmm...I'm setting at work, updating books for our website, as well as checking forums and stuff. I see that things are happening that I guess were inevitable; people moving on and starting things for themselves. That's cool though, we're all friends and I want all you LAMBCLANners to know that I tried to make all you guys feel welcome in the community forums, yet also make a statement as to why some of us left the group. I'm sorry if I hurt any feelings, but like I said, I felt I did my best. However, I don't blame you all one bit for starting your own page...I know I would've! It's hard to organize stuff within a group when you feel like you're in someone else's territory. Right, so anyone interested, check out LAMBCLAN's new forums, and see what's happening with their group.
Now for my take on this excitement! When I first heard that Gears wasn't going to allow you to take your friends into ranked matches with you, I wrote it off as a rental. After watching trailers and gameplay videos, as well as checking out the website, I'm excited for the single player, as well as the custom/unranked multiplayer modes. Co-Op also looks to be promising...every level in the game is co-op cabable, so that will make it even more fun. GRAW's co-op was awesome, but there are only a few levels...to play the entire game like that...wow. The richness of the gameplay, as well as the evident passion Epic has for their games resembles that of my favorite game studio, Bungie. I am hoping to get a 26" Sylvania HDTV by then, so that makes me even more excited! I hope it's everything it is making out to be. Here's hoping!
This is the other beauty that I'm excited about in the coming days. It comes out October 31, 2006, and I can't wait. The other books in the Halo novel series were awesome, especially the ones by Eric Nylund, the writer of this new piece. There are some exerpts from the book floating around...I even found the entire first chapter, but here's a nice summary from Barnes & Noble:"The Spartan-II program has gone public. Tales of super-soldiers fending off thousands of Covenant attacks have become the stuff of legend. But just how many Spartans are left?While the Master Chief defends a besieged Earth, and the myriad factions of the Covenant continue their crusade to eliminate humanity, an ultrasecret cell of the Office of Naval Intelligence known as "Section Three" devises a plan to buy the UNSC vital time. They're going to need hundreds of willing soldiers, though . . . and one more Spartan to get the job done.The planet Onyx is virtually abandoned and the perfect place to set this new plan in motion. But when the Master Chief destroys Halo, something is triggered deep within Onyx: Ancient Forerunner technology stirs, and fleets of UNSC and Covenant race to claim it to change the course of the Human-Covenant War.But this reawakened and ancient force may have plans of its own . . . "
For you OXM subscribers, or was it GAME INFORMER? Anyway, one of them has a 7 page writeup on the book in this month's issue. That's all for now! Check out our website for updates, including our newsletter as well as membership updates. Give us a shout in our forum, and make sure to check out the SBG Community Podcast if you haven't already! (get it in iTunes here: http://phobos.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewPodcast?id=191529045)
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