Posted by Josh on Oct 8, 2009 in Band News
As an update and response to my previous blog post about Halo 3: ODST, I just want to say it’s awesome. I love it. It met and exceeded all my expectations. Our Halo specific podcast episode is coming out today so look forward to that later.
Posted by Josh on Oct 5, 2009 in Podcasts
Wow, a new podcast! We skipped episode 7 and went to episode 8. The guys discuss the long dry spell of episodes, band news, the recording industry, cell phones, and various other topics. Show outtakes included at the end. Check back later this week for Ryan and Josh’s “Halo 3: ODST Special”!
Break music:
Diesel Houdini – http://www.myspace.com/dieselhoudini
Posted by Josh on Sep 20, 2009 in Band News, Uncategorized
It’s been years since I’ve sat down in front of my television with the express intent to play Halo 1. I would say almost too many years. 
That’s sad really, because that game kindled something that I haven’t really felt since. It was a great game in it’s own right for the simple fact that it blew away any of my expectations that I had in regards to my return to console gaming. Being a hardcore FPS fan on the PC, I wasn’t sure what to anticipate with this bastardization of my favorite game genre. FPS on a console? PISH POSH! Still, it worked, and it worked well.
There was something about that game that I could sit for hours and days just replaying through the campaign. The first night I beat it my father walked in and said, “You beat it already? That was a waste of $50.” I laugh now because my father was the one who got me into gaming and shares that passion with me. So it wasn’t an off-hand remark saying “You wasted money on that stupid video game,” but more of a “I think the developers screwed you.” But I enjoyed it, every minute of it. So much so that I returned to that world over and over again. Both in singleplayer and in co-op with friends. Sometimes on the hardest and sometimes on the easiest, I beat Halo: CE more than any other story campaign in any game. I never grew tired of it.
Then came Halo 2. By now I had a community of friends who enjoyed playing multiplayer with me, but would still do co-op runs all the time as well. They shared my passion. Yet Halo 2 fell short for some reason. In hindsight, the game felt more linear and directed than the first game. In all honest, I think I’ve only beaten that game about 3-4 times over the years. I know in itself that can be a lot, but still. When compared to how much I played it’s predecessor, that’s nothing. I felt like there was something wrong with me. And again the same thing happened with Halo 3. Was there something I was missing? Some small detail that I didn’t enjoy to it’s fullest? Dammit, what’s wrong?
It took until I was talking with Ryan on the podcast a few episodes ago to make me come to a psuedo realization. Halo: CE had this almost “open world” aspect to some of the levels that I loved the most. These huge areas that I could take on in almost any fashion. When I think about it, almost all of my fondest memories are on Silent Cartographer driving circles around this huge island and attacking things I knew I was supposed to come upon later.
Or in the level Halo where you first land on the ring and have this huge world to take on in any way you’d like. It was liberating. It was like a mini sandbox for me to play in as much as I’d like. It was a false freedom that I cherished in trying to push the boundaries in as much as possible.
So now it’s time for ODST to release this Tuesday. Once again, I’m excited. It sucks that I can’t spend the time I want to with it upon it’s release like I would when I was younger, but after hearing about this open hub-world and the sandbox-like gameplay, I am truly excited. It’s as if Bungie has gotten back to the roots it started with in this series. So hopefully this will help me get back to mine. Man, I want to play some Halo 1 now. Anyone up for a game of co-op?
~Josh Britt
Posted by Steve on Sep 14, 2009 in Band News
Someone was kind enough to upload videos of one of our summer shows at the beach cottage. Check them out in the videos section!
Posted by Steve on Sep 2, 2009 in Podcasts
Josh takes a break from podcasting and Steve poorly mixes the podcast in his stead. Ryan, Mike and Steve talk upcoming video games, the patriot act, and zoo animals. I hate talking politics, because I’m just some guy on the Internet with a microphone who doesn’t know anything about politics.
Posted by Josh on Aug 20, 2009 in Podcasts
This week Steve is back! He tells us a bit about his trip to foreign lands plus we all talk about Schodtapalooza postgame results. Various other topics include Windows 7 (again), new movies, Twitter, Halo games, and more!
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Posted by Josh on Aug 11, 2009 in Podcasts
Finally got back to recording a real podcast this week. Josh, Mike, and Ryan sit down and talk about various topics from beach outings, to the Hadron Super Collider, to the upcoming Holiday season’s sales, to a whole lot more. Download and listen now!
Break Music:
Geometry Wars Background Theme
Posted by Josh on Aug 4, 2009 in Podcasts
The guys can’t podcast this week, so Josh is going to kick off a first of many musically centric shows. Josh has picked 5 songs from underground artists you can find on the internet. Some song can be downloaded for free from the artist, some need to be purchased. Enjoy the show!
Take Me Home by The After Midnight Project
Another Sunday Morning by I Come To Shanghai
Dropping Out Of School by Brad Sucks
All Along The Watchtower by Bear McCreary
Posted by Steve on Jul 28, 2009 in Band News
Josh’s last post inspired me to come up of some movie photoshops of my own. I think the one of Josh turned out pretty well, the one of Ryan kind of sucks (sorry Ryan). Also color corrected the one of me that Josh did to match the source image, because I’m anal retentive.
Posted by Josh on Jul 27, 2009 in Band News
So I got bored and decided to photoshop a couple band members into various films using images from our recent photo shoot. Kudos to those who can name which movies (they seem pretty easy to me).
~Josh
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