Admit it, that’s a pretty awesome pic right here huh?

So I had seen this video posted everywhere on the web here lately and figured we might as well post it on our site too.

Enjoy.

With the teaser trailer and now this poster, it looks to be on the right track…..’nuff said!

It’s no secret how I feel about the Halo series.  I think that the Halo games are some of the most finely crafted experiences in video games today.  With that being said, for a lot of gamers there is one character that is just as famous and loved if not more so than John 117, and that entity is his holographic AI – Cortana.

For those that don’t know who Cortana is, I’ll give you a quick synopsis.  According to the game, she is an AI that is based off of the cloned brain of Dr. Catherine Elizabeth Halsey, the creator of the Spartan II project that begot Master Chief.  Throughout the games, she is usually your only companion that you have in that she provides back story and tactical info as you play through the campaign.  And depending on who you talk to it could be argued that at it’s core, the latest game masks the quasi-love  story between her and Master Chief.

In any event, the folks over at I4U has brought this beloved lady to life in the form of Cosplay – the art of dressing up as your favorite characters from different mediums such as film, games, and TV.

Enjoy the gallery.

For those of you that don’t know what Anime is (shame on you) I’m not going to explain it to you.

What I will do is share with you some cool artwork featuring gaming consoles drawn as anime chicks that I found while reading Gamegirl.com

Enjoy

Ok before you say anything I realize that it’s been awhile since I’ve posted anything in the game section, so I won’t belittle you with excuses. What I will tell you is that at least when I do post something it’s at least interesting.

Today’s game that I want to draw attention to is the newly announced shooter from Deadline Games called Faith and a .45. The game is a third person shooter co-op shooter a-la Gears of War, set against the backdrop of the Great Depression. It features main characters Luke and Ruby in a Bonnie and Clyde-esque theme of them being a set of outlaw lovers on the run. The cool thing about this game (other than the name) is the fact that it is supposed to function very similarly to the way that GOW handled in that a friend can join the game at anytime taking over the role of Ruby.

Also very similar to Gears is the way that if Luke takes enough damage, Ruby can come in and give the “kiss of life” to him to keep him in the fight. One of the other things is that if you were to go at this game alone, the A.I. controlled Ruby is supposed to be able to handle her own instead of just getting in the way (*cough Dom cough*).

To say that I’m looking very forward to this would be an understatement, especially when you consider that I just got the wife to start playing Halo 3 with me and one of her complaints was that it sure would be a lot easier on her if she could see her character all the time instead of the first person viewpoint. Add to that the fact that I’m a sucker for redheads and I’ve got myself the first game of ‘08 that I’m looking forward to.*

*MGS4 goes without saying

• The Creed assassinates sales and rental charts: Sells with the speed of a ninja
• Ubisoft delays Haze and Splinter Cell: Conviction, announces Rainbow Six Vegas 2
• Sony launches PlayStation Store for PC
• Get ready to Black Friday: A list of this week’s best videogame deals
• Imbeciles want to subject the Wii to harsher ESRB ratings

Happening at Kotaku:

• The Orange Box Gets An Xbox 360 Demo Today
• Hitman A Miss With Movie Critics
• Rock Band Guitar Controllers Failing
• Activision “Looking Into” GH Wii Mono Issues
• GHIII Still Driving Music Sales

The word at Joystiq:

• Joystiq Holidaze: the guitar compatibility guide
• The Romantics sue over ‘virtually indistinguishable’ cover in Guitar Hero ’80s
• Reminder: Win a $5K gaming PC from Falcon Northwest
• Unreal Tournament 3 on PS3 has gone gold, likely due mid-December
• Amazon.com’s great Black Friday deals — including Wii supply

• Custom Samus Figure Is Finished, Awesome
• Halo Novel Is A Best-Seller
• Uncharted Devs Wish They Hadn’t Shown It So Early
• Halo 3 Big With The Casual Set
• Not Enough Rock Band To Go Around?

The word at Joystiq:

• Atari expecting layoffs and IP sales
• Watch the one woman Rock Band
• Turok rewards you for team killing with acheviement
• Nega-Review: Rock Band
• Original Nights into Dreams coming to PS2

Over at Destructoid:

• Halo 3 getting 3 new maps December 11
• Myst creators bringing Hex Isle to the 360
• Final Fantasy XIII possibly delayed until 2009
• Does Manhunt 2 make the mentally ill look bad?
• The invisible political commentary of Blacksite: Area 51

It’s been one week since the people at Bungie/Microsoft dropped a little gem known to the world as Halo 3 on the gaming public. In that time, token and myself have spent somewhere in the realm of 30+ hours in the universe of Master Chief and friends, and that doesn’t even include all of the extra/special features the game comes bundled with.

For me part of the whole reason that Halo 3 has been so much fun since it released was all of the crazy insane hype that went along with it, and just allowing myself to get swept away. I remember thinking when I finished the second game that I couldn’t wait until the 360 came out because I was sure that Microsoft would be saving this trump card until their new console dropped. I was a little disappointed when it didn’t arrive as a launch title, but all was forgiven on 9-25-07 at 12:01 A.M. Many people wonder if Halo 3 can even begin to live up to all of the hype that has preceded it and in my opinion the answer is yes. While I do have a few minor complaints; like I prefer the previous character models of Miranda Keyes and Cortana, or I wish I didn’t lose Exp Points when my internet connection hiccups, these things are just insignificant in the grand scheme that is Halo 3.

Another gripe is that the campaign is seems to be shorter this time out than I remember in the first two games. However this can be solved by cranking up the difficulty to Legendary. While token and I completed the game on normal in about 6 to 8 hours, once you switch to Legendary you can see that this is how the campaign was meant to be played.

Where this game really shines though is in the multiplayer aspect. Make no mistake about it, THIS IS HOW GAMES ARE MEANT TO BE PLAYED ONLINE. The online part of this game is absoluetly wonderful. This is where you’ll be spending most of your time. If by some chance you don’t have high speed internet, then this is the game to make you invest in the upgrade. There’s nothing quite like the fun that comes from trash talking your oppenents while you’re filling them full of anything from shotgun rounds to a hearty serving of an elbow to the head as you melee the shit out of them. And don’t get me started on sticking someone with a plasma grenade right before you die so you can enjoy seeing that you “got them from the grave“. There will be plenty of people to just right this off as another first person shooter, and then there are the pc eliteists who think that if you’re not controlling a fps with a mouse/keyboard, then it’s not true gaming. To all those people I say this: meet us online, and we’ll show you what a Spartan is all about.

Yeah. I really don’t think there’s anything more to say.

A hero must rise.

Ok fine I’l admit it, this whole Halo thing has gotten a bit out of hand.