So I’ve been doing a pretty poor job talking about the shows we’ve been going to this year… this summer in particular was just packed… (Four shows in July? Whhhhyyy??) But I feel like we really should announce these things so lets see if I can get back into the trend…
Intervention (Sept 10-12 • Washington D.C.)
Intervention is a brand new show taking place in the D.C. area in two weeks that is being billed as an “internet convention,” which is to say a con for all the stuff from your online life. I’ll be honest, I don’t normally sign up for brand new shows, but I love the concept. It’s a nice departure from the usual anime/gaming billed shows… I feel like this is the kind of show that can understand where a video game humor/meme site is coming from!
And of course they’ve got plenty of cool guests from webcomics and video games, so I feel like this is a show you should really check out! Also my pal Caldy is going to be there (you know, the artist behind our Falcon Lunch shirt!) so that’s a pretty awesome opportunity in itself!
PAX (Sept 3-5 • Seattle, WA)
You might have briefly caught Penny Arcade Expo on the schedule last week, but in fact I will not be attending/doing a meet-up. PAX is a show I’d desperately love to do in some capacity, but it’s never going to happen because of the way the Penny Arcade Corporation does business.
However if you are planning on attending PAX this year and are a big fan of Halolz, we will seriously send you a free t-shirt of from Ninja-Bot if you wear it during the show! If this is something you’re interested in, send an email to store[at]ninja-bot.com and we’ll get a shirt out to you in time for the con!
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Posted by Shawn Handyside on August 27, 2010 · 1:07 PM
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Hey folks! Ready for another video game giveaway? Good, because we’ve got three copies of the brand new Worms: Reloaded up for grabs!
So how do you enter this time? Well this one’s even easier than usual! All you have to do is “like” the Halolz and Ninja-Bot fan pages on Facebook (you’ve probably done that already) and then share this article (using the share button on the bottom of this post) and you’ll have three chances to win!
Need some links? KA-BAM: Halolz Facebook Fan Page • Ninja-Bot Facebook Fan Page
And don’t forget, each copy of Worms also unlocks the exclusive hat/grenade combo for Team Fortress 2, featuring Worms’ most sacred of weapons… the Holy Hand Grenades!
Winners will be chosen over the weekend! Good luck!
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UPDATE!
Congratulations to Olivier Bourgeois, Mitchell Myers and Justin Chobanian who won the Worms:Reloaded contest! A WINNER IS YOU!!
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Posted by Shawn Handyside on August 26, 2010 · 7:28 PM
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Categories: Contests, Cray-Z Crossovers, Explosives, Heavy Weapons, PC, Secret Items, Spiritual Enlightenment, Team Fortress 2, Uncategorized, Valve Software · Leave a comment (81 Comments) |
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We’ve been meaning to start putting these together for a while… official Halolz spray packs for use in your favorite Valve games! Collect them all! Great for use on Gentleman Heavy’s TF2 Server and other classy places!
This is just pack one, be on the lookout for more soon!
Download now!
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Posted by Shawn Handyside on August 15, 2010 · 7:17 AM
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Categories: 2K Games, BioShock, Bonus, Can't Let You Do That, Gentlemen, Growth Spurt, Heavy Weapons, Left 4 Dead, Nintendo, PC, Playstation, Political, StarFox, Tasty Treats, Team Fortress 2, Valve Software, Weird, Xbox 360, Zombies · Leave a comment (34 Comments) |
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Just got done working up a little art for our Highlander Community Challenge team! Will our squadron of nine lead Halolz to victory? Only time will tell!
Click here for full size version of the art.
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Posted by Shawn Handyside on August 14, 2010 · 5:04 AM
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Well StarCraft 2 is out, and I imagine all you regular readers would like some way of organizing online meet-ups! Unfortunately I have no real idea how to make a group or a clan or what have you… but I did start a thread on the forums to get us started, and for those who would like to add me to their SC2 friends lists, my Battle.net email is shawn[at]staccatocomic.com.
Feel free to add me and maybe we can get some versus games going!
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Posted by Shawn Handyside on August 4, 2010 · 8:48 AM
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So sometimes when we go to these big conventions, you’ll see groups of protesters outside the show protesting… God knows what. Well I guess the attendees of SDCC decided to do some counter-protesting, and I have to say this particular gentleman stood out (which is something he generally avoids doing).
Submitted by codemaster525 and Ed Abell
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Posted by Shawn Handyside on July 23, 2010 · 12:16 AM
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I’ve seen my fair share of jokes around this guy’s dancing at E3, but really you just haven’t experienced it until it’s set to Guile’s theme!
By jaroshbarksdale, submitted by Chris R.
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Posted by Shawn Handyside on July 10, 2010 · 11:48 PM
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Doctors Warn that Steam Sale Could Lead to Possible Health Concerns
By Halolz Senior Budget Gaming Correspondent Mike Moore
Valve recently announced that they will be running a sale on a large number of the game available on their downloadable game store Steam, which is slated to run from June 24 to July 4.
While Valve says on the Steam storefront that, “While we do not keep statistics on groin pain, there are no reports of injury or death as a result of playing games on Steam.” Some Doctors are still wary.
“While players are unlikely to break a bone playing a game, they should be concerned with other possible health issues that could arise,” said Dr. Farnsworth, who studies nerd and gamer health issues. “Playing all these games indoors could lead do a vitamin D deficiency, as well as something I call ‘lazy fat-ass syndrome.’”
He suggests that anyone playing to play games for a long period of time should invest in vitamin supplements or, “Move your gaming outside. Pick up your DS or PSP and go play under a tree, or if you have to play a Steam game play it on your laptop outside.”
The doctor also noted that gamers should be careful not spend all their money on games during this sale, otherwise they might not have enough for food or electricity. “Sometimes we forget how expensive things can be because they are on sale. How terrible would it be to lose your electricity, or pass out from malnourishment, because you spent all your money on games that you now can’t play because you have no electricity or are unconscious?”
When asked about gaming outside on an iPhone the Dr. Farnsworth stated, “That’s not a real gaming device. The games are so short of that thing that if everyone was playing games only on that, we wouldn’t have all these gamer health concerns.”
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Posted by Shawn Handyside on June 30, 2010 · 9:16 PM
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![[CONTEST] The Secret of Monkey Island Special Edition](http://www.halolz.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/06/halolz-dot-com-thesecretofmonkeyisland-specialedition.jpg "[CONTEST] The Secret of Monkey Island Special Edition")
Hey remember when we had that Halo Reach beta code giveaway a while back? Well we’ve got another giveaway for you fans of classic adventure games, ghost pirates and three headed monkeys!
We have two copies of The Secret of Monkey Island: Special Edition (for Steam on the PC) to give away, and to enter all you have to do is follow @Halolz and @StacMasterS on Twitter and tweet the following:
I've entered to win a copy of Monkey Island:SE by following @Halolz and @StacMasterS! Follow both and retweet this for two chances to win!
Copy and paste that in a tweet, and you’ll have two chances to win! We’ll be picking the winners at the end of Monday!
Good luck!
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Posted by Shawn Handyside on June 27, 2010 · 4:34 AM
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New Instrument for Rock Band 3 Leads to New Guitar
Hero Instrument Announcement
By Halolz Senior E3 2010 Correspondent Mike Moore
During E3 Harmonix announced a number of improvements that are coming to their latest edition to the Rock Band series, Rock Band 3. Perhaps chief among them was the inclusion of a new keyboard controller, and a pro difficulty mode that more closely simulates actually playing the actual instrument.
Upon seeing the positive reception these additions have gotten from the press, Activision has decided to incorporate a new instrument into both the Guitar Hero and Band Hero series of games, the vuvuzela.
Activision hopes to take advantage of the instruments new found popularity at the World Cup in South Africa saying, “Everyone has been talking about this vuvuzela horn instrument lately. So we thought since it’s obviously so popular that it would make a great addition to our Hero franchises.”
From what we were able to discern from the Guitar/Band Hero designers, the vuvuzela will work much like the singing does. But instead of matching the pitch of the singer vocals, the player will need to match a varying level of loudness.
“We are also looking to possibly have harmonizing of the vuvuzelas, if players have multiple vuvuzelas hooked into the system at the same time,” the designers also noted.
[Image courtesy of Olybop]
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