"Two Soldiers Reminisce" seems like something that could have been pulled straight from The History Channel, were the History Channel more focused on things that didn't happen. Two vets talk about the weapons they used during the war with the Covenant and the intricacies of the Brute Spiker. Then things get a little teary when the old soldier alludes to the sacrifice the Master Chief may or may not have made. We're not sure if it makes us want to rush out and buy the game (we were probably going to do that anyway), but it is nice to see video game lore treated with this kind of reverence.
Watch new Halo 3 ad: "Two Soldiers Reminisce"
"Two Soldiers Reminisce" seems like something that could have been pulled straight from The History Channel, were the History Channel more focused on things that didn't happen. Two vets talk about the weapons they used during the war with the Covenant and the intricacies of the Brute Spiker. Then things get a little teary when the old soldier alludes to the sacrifice the Master Chief may or may not have made. We're not sure if it makes us want to rush out and buy the game (we were probably going to do that anyway), but it is nice to see video game lore treated with this kind of reverence.
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it's subtle, yet interesting.
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I personally really, really liked that video on the Marketplace, about the creation of the Diorama from the second ad. I thought it was going to be, like, just Bungie making it and that's it, but it was actually part of the lore and everything, saying it was being built in 2607 or whatever. I was so surprised, and honestly, I think it's one of the most effective of the promotional videos. The narration of it is really touching.
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And why is that so? Input is a key component in games or human-computer interaction, if the input is flawed, so is the whole interaction itself. Not saying that it is flawed in this case, but a game which input fails to satisfy the user can cause the game to be unsatisfactory in it's entirety.
do us all a favor and jump off.
i find controller gaming much more comfortable,
i have had many cases of Mousehand/ keyboard wrist before i retired from PC gaming.
I have never managed to get controller claw.
You be the judge, but i choose comfort/not having carpal tunnel long before i choose precision.
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That's not to say that I don't think he's wrong for saying that, but it's just this ad has nothing to do with it.
That said, I do think videogames are art, and I think the High Art versus Low Art debate (videogames aside) is asinine, and is merely masturbatory discussion for egotistical intellectuals.
I hope I cleared things up.
If someone creates, and calls it art, then I believe it is art.
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By this time he could of easily died of old age. I could imagen that the Spartan'ing process would shorten your life span to boot. Not to mention the stress being a life time solider and enhanced senses would put on you and your body.
*Bricked for being Halo nerd*
Also remeber he is around 40 during the events or Halo 1 & 2, although, he has the physical body of a much younger man due to being in Cryo sleep during long trips on spacecraft months would go by without little change.
These ads are set in the early 27th century, around 40-50 years after the events of the games, the cheif would be around 100, so therefore coukd have died of natural causes.
Who knows, i just cant wait to play the game and find out! :D :D
It's kinda ruined the ending for me now though.
We all know he ends it with a grenade and humanity survives.
I wonder what that E3 commercial was talking about when it says "This is how humanity ends"?
we are all dying.
everyones time will come, even if you live most of your life in some badass neuro/muscle enhancing armor.
el o el
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I think it could go either way, really.
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Gonna have to update the blog just to include this..
-Shid
http://www.grenadehop.com/
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it'd sound more authentic
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On the other hand, they've made some really poignant ads that make something real out of fiction. If any of you watched the last Ken Burns doc on WWII, the veterans behaved very similarly to these actors. They reluctantly recall what went on, and their part in the whole story of the battles and war.
Maybe I'm buying into the hype, but I'd much rather see something different like these ads, than the typical vids of headshots and flying limbs.
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