It probably says something about the state of Japanese game design that the biggest story out of this year's Tokyo Game Show has the Halo name on it. We had as many questions as you after Microsoft took the wraps off Halo 3 Recon yesterday. Luckily, Bungie community honchos Brian Jarrard and Luke Smith were kind enough to answer a few of them today (and scoff at the rest). Without further ado... A Spartan he ain't. How am I going to get this thing? Recon is a standalone retail disc; no...Read Full Story

A little padding goes a long way.  That's what researchers found when trying to find out how helmets can provide better protection from blunt force contact.Scientists at Lawrence Livermore National Labs, one of the government's top research facilities, said by adding just a quarter-inch, or even an eighth of an inch, of padding, helmets had a 24 percent reduction in force to the skull."When you look at the accelerations that can cause injury, just a small increase in thickness can knock that...Read Full Story

Now that Halo 3: Recon has been announced players around the globe are demanding more information about the game.  And, for once, Bungie has given us some. Speaking to Joystiq, Bungie Studios Community Director Brian Jarrard cleared up some questions about the game and gave some interesting information.  Perhaps the biggest reveal of the interview was that people should “think of Halo 3: Recon really as two games in one”.  Why?  Well, I’ll let Jarrard explain: Joystiq: Speaking of maps, there...Read Full Story

Following on from Bungie revealing Halo 3: Recon at TGS they have released a list of FAQ’s to answer the commonly asked questions that have bombarded them since the announcement.  The list confirms that Recon is not the ‘Mythic’ map pack (which is slated for an early 2009 release) but a full standalone game based on the events in New Mombasa leading up to Halo 3, but it will include the ‘Mythic’ map pack on the disc for those that are prepared to wait rather than buy them separately in...Read Full Story

This is cool. Apparently this guy found a way to be able to wear those Master Chief helmets that come with the Halo 3 legendary edition. You're probably thinking they should have been wearable in the first place, but hey now you can do it yourself. It doesn't look very easy, because you have to take apart the whole helmet, but it's a solution to the ever-growing complaints that people want to wear the little helmets.Thank you for subscribing to my blog!Read Full Story