Taken From: Humpday: Dudes vs. Dudettes

Humpday: Dudes vs. Dudettes

Posted by KPaul at 2/8/2007 3:10 PM PDT

This weekend some Bungie/MS fellas took on a unique challenge from some friends of ours. TheDonWan told us about a woman who’s studying women in gaming and that she would like to observe a gaming session where there were a decent amount of women. Since we routinely play some Thusday night Halo 2 in an MS building on the Redmond campus, we set up a Saturday session where we could do this. We didn’t intend for it to end up being a guys versus girls thing (especially since it was quite clear that the girls would toast us) but it sort of ended up that way due to a temporary reversion to childhood maturity levels.

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Taken From: Deadly Night - HBO LAN

Deadly Night

Posted by KPaul at 1/4/2007 2:50 PM PDT

HBO LANs are the stuff of legend. I’ve been to plenty of LANs, all of them were a lot of fun and good times in general. But there’s nothing quite like an HBO LAN. You could drop me in a LAN party where everyone gets a 52” plasma screen, a Xenon with the latest Halo 3 MP build, an all-you-can-eat buffet that stretches a mile and an open bar, and it still wouldn’t compare with an HBO LAN. Actually, if someone sets that up, I’ll totally be there.

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Taken From: Child’s Play Charity Dinner

Child’s Play Charity Dinner

Posted by KPaul at 12/18/2006 5:00 PM PDT

Child’s Play is a charity organization run by the Penny Arcade guys. As with every successful venture, it was originally founded to settle a grudge. To date, Child’s Play has raised well over a million dollars in toys and cash. Last night they hosted their charity dinner, for which the main feature is the auction that raises an absurd amount of money.

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Taken From: Humpday: Hollywood Halo

Humpday: Hollywood Halo

Posted by KPaul at 10/26/2006 6:24 PM PDT

This week Bungie almost failed to recruit enough players for the Humpday yet again, but luckily we found a way to get enough players and met the fellows over at Hollywood Halo.

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Taken From: Community Spotlight: Zoom Demon

Community Spotlight: Zoom Demon

Posted by KPaul at 10/24/2006 4:12 PM PDT

<KP> I have a sandwich.

<Zoom> I have rice and orange chicken

<KP> Damn, trumped

<KP> Interview?

<Zoom> We can do the interview during our virtual lunch.

<KP> Alright. Who are you? What do you do in “the real world?” Remember? That place with fall damage?

<Zoom> Are we starting the interview now?

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Taken From: Bungie Weekly What’s Update

Bungie Weekly Update

Posted by KPaul at 10/13/2006 1:15 PM PDT

Frank’s set along his responses to all of your questions and even came through with a Mister Chief this week.

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Taken From: Penny Arcade Expo 2006

Penny Arcade Expo!

Posted by KPaul at 8/28/2006 4:20 PM PDT

Friday, Saturday and Sunday were dominated by PAX out here in Bungieland. PAX is a gaming “festival”, in their words. There were a ton of events going down all weekend, you could go to them all and never feel like they were getting repetitive. There were all sorts of games on display from video games, tabletop games to role playing games. Along with the displays in the exhibition hall there were many panels , of particular relevance to Bungie fans were one in which Frankie participated and another which the RvB guys hosted. Of course Tycho and Gabe (Penny Arcade’s founding fathers) participated in a few panels of their own. They even had various tournaments running the entire time (including Halo 2) and musical concerts on Friday and Saturday night.

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