Heroes among us

Halo 3 Beta Delay

According to Frankie at bungi:


Crackdown Delay: We Know!
Posted by lukems at 5/16/2007 5:22 AM PDT
Frankie writes:
With any luck this will be a short delay. People entering the Beta through other methods - Friends and Family, Rule of Three and so on, are unaffected.

Halo 3 release date

According to xbox.com the release date for all editions of Halo 3 is September 25th. This is over month earlier then the original not official release date listed for November. That puts us 4 months and 9 days from the release as of today. Merry Early Christmas to all the Halo fans out there.

The Halo 3 Beta is about to begin

Players from all over the world will get their shot at playing the multiplayer of Halo 3 in less then 12 hours. I will be one of those players. I was sorta excited about it until about 10am this morning. Thats when I listened to the EGM live podcast. Just hearing them talk about the beta and the fun they were having, the new control scheme, the maps, the man cannon?, and how they were not sure they could go back to Halo 2 after playing it. I wanted to play it then. I was tempted to take a vacation day on Wednesday so I could play it all day long. I didn't, but I will definetly be devoting alot of my time to it over the next several weeks. My coverage will appear here, on the podcast (That's Good to Know), and on the website Popular Distractions. Hope to see you online.


PS: I am not sure how it will work, but I am planning on using the video capture ability added to Halo 3 to post some video on my xbox live gamertag. I know they are viewable, I am just not sure if its only on xbox live or if you can see them on xbox.com, I will keep you posted. My gamertag is JCrichton77

Falling behind sucks....especially with Smallville

Smallville has been one of my favorite shows since the day it first aired. Over the years I would miss an episode here and there but catch it reruns. This year I missed a few too many I think. Then tonight I went on youtube and found a bunch of videos for the finale and a BIZARRO episode? ??? Does that really exsist? Either way I am psyched now. I have 2 episodes on tape and the finale this week. Take a look at these videos and see what you think.

Is Kevin Rose leaving Digg?

Is Kevin Rose planning on leaving Digg? After reading this story on wired it seems more and more likely. I have been a fan of digg since I started listening to podcasts. I hope its not going to happen, but if it does I wish Kevin the best in his future endeavors.

*Check out the wired blog post linked above for more on this story*

Spider-man 3 *spoiler alert*

Two Villans and two heroes?

Spiderman 3 was the second movie I have seen so far this Spring/Summer (Hot Fuzz being the first), and if it is any indication this is going to be a great summer for movies. The story picks up what seems to be maybe a few months up to a year after the end of the second movie. Mary Jane is still on Broadway. Spider-man has cleaned up NY and everyone besides Jamison loves him. All good things must come to an end and things start to go bad at least for Mary Jane. This is the begining of the tail spin that her and Peter, and even Eddie Brock Jr go through. As in the first two movies the special effects are spectacular. The new additions for this movie, Thomas Haden Church (Sandman,Flint Marko, Topher Grace(Venom, Eddie Brock Jr/Venom) and Bryce Dallas Howard (Gwen Stacey) fit in perfect in each of their roles. Now I know the character of Gwen Stacey in the comic books was more developed and has more to her then what was shown in the movie, but I feel they got what they needed out of her, leaving her character open to become more developed and more a part of the story in future movies. The movie flows really well. It has its ups and downs in the begining. One minute a huge action sequence, next an emotional scene with MJ or Aunt May. The comedy was definetly there as well, especially in the scene with Bruce Campbell. Stan Lee also makes an appearence and if you say you didn't see him, stop reading this blog.

Overall the movie the movie is worth the $5-$10 you spend on it. The story is good, the effects are great and just the final fight scene is worth at least half your admission. So go see Spider-man and get the season started off right.