Mass Effect 2 in depth review has been posted in the forums.  Give it a look and tell us what you think.  

We're officially starting up our next big project.

With our groundings in Ace Combat, and our successful venture and domination into IL:2 Strumovik, we're making our way back into the First Person Shooting ventures.

We are offering three teams this time, 1/56, 2/56 and 3/56.  Our Xbox 360 team, our PS3 team and our competitive 360 team, respectively.  

We invite anyone interested to come on in and join up.  I will be handling the 360 groups, and Sailboy will be handling the PS3 group.  We're focusing on bringing in a whole new group, so chances to lead will be present.

See ya on the forums then.

Just got the package in the mail.

Thanks to everyone at Ubisoft and to Travis Getz for all the support.  The team appreciates it greatly!

 Hey guys,

Got an Email from Chris Burke over at This Spartan Life.  He's got a cool campaign for his award-winning machinima in the works, thought I would make a mention for one of the best Machinimas out there.

"This Spartan Life NEWS 

*This Spartan Life cast members in "virtual dream date" shocker!*

*After a long hiatus, TSL is back from meat space and diving headlong into game space for a new episode.*
And to promote the new video, we are offering a virtual dream date with our own Amber of the Solid Gold Elite Dancers. The beautiful but deadly Amber has agreed to go on a virtual date in Halo 3 on Xbox Live, with anyone who pledges $200 or more to our *Kickstarter.com* project.
Being an independent media company means always having to be creative with raising funds and Kickstarter is about as creative a fundraising tool as we've seen. So we thought we'd bring something unique to the deal and offer much more than the usual tee shirts and credits in the video. A date with Amber is something a gamer will never forget (if he survives.)

But maybe Amber is too much for you and you'd prefer a more relaxed date. Well then, Fyb3roptik and MC Aero are ready and willing to sweep you off to their multi-player Casbah and show you the most romantic spots. Plus, pledges of $25 or more automatically get entered into one of three *monthly raffles* for a date with a TSL cast member.
Go to our kickstarter.com page for the full details:

http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1948944779/this-spartan-life-award-winning-video-series-new


*About This Spartan Life*
/This Spartan Life,/ the brainchild of Brooklyn, NY-based filmmaker, sound designer and 8-bit musician Chris Burke, is a talk show in game space. Using /Halo 2 /and now/ Halo 3/ as its backdrop, the show is the latest offering in the ever-growing machinima movement, which combines traditional filmmaking and animation with the new worlds of videogames. With a talented team of writers, musicians and filmmakers both locally and around the world, /This Spartan Life/ began as an underground sensation in 2005 and has since become a breakthrough hit, scoring glowing reviews in mainstream media outlets such as Wired Magazine, the BBC, Reuters, BusinessWeek and PRI's Studio 360, major consumer videogames outlets like G4, Kotaku, and Tips and Tricks Magazine, as well as creating a viral sensation online. Described by Wired Magazine as “a mash-up of /The Charlie Rose Show/ and /Doom/,” /This Spartan Life /combines high-brow interviews with the likes of Sex Pistols manager and provocateur Malcolm McLaren with non-stop fragging, hilarious asides and slapstick comedy. For more information, visit _www.thisspartanlife.com_."

Give it a look!

Here's just one rough image for Project 853.  It's a small, small part, but its a cool part nonetheless.

Since Ace Combat 6 is about as stale as French Bread...we're gonna do some fun stuff around here guys.

First up: Operation Shell Back.  Our COO, Tim, will be directing and working with Drew to get us going on a fun little video that will highlight as many of the squadrons on the team as possible.  Script and Plot can be found in the forums.  If you want to represent your squadron, I suggest you sign up and get ready.

As for the other video: It's a secret.  But I've detailed the idea to you guys in the same topic.  We'll be doing both.  Should take about 3 weeks tops to produce both videos, edit them, and then another week or so to get them scored from Joel.  The first vid will be a couple minutes long, Drew and Terrell will be capturing, Will might be helping as well.  I of course, have Red Ring (survey is still being worked on.)  The other video will be about 40 seconds to a minute long, but will require more time, as we gather the necessary footage.  

Oh...and the IL:2 video will be produced after we finish the first two.  

Should be some fun projects to keep you guys interested while we wait for AC7 and MW2.  

 Not sure, aiming to find out.

I had my 4th RROD.  That's total BS.  I'm getting sick of having to deal wth such horrible hardware problems that I cannot even get to play a working console for even a year.  I'm no "fanboi."  I started with Nintendo and SNES, I've had a Nintendo 64, I had a PS1, I've owned a PS2, I had an XBox, I've got a PS3 and 360.  I play them for the games, not the image.  Microsoft has great online service, great games...but their hardware fails something fierce.

So.

I want my stuff fixed.  And I intend to prove that 360s are worse than we've all imagined.  

Story can be found here:

http://consumerist.com/5362543/are-all-xbox-360s-doomed-to-fail-student-survey-aims-to-find-out

 I was in 7th grade.

I was sitting in my homeroom class, waiting to start another hum-drum day of school in regular old Kansas City.  It was just another day in regular old America.

Some kid came into our room...I forget who, don't remember the details...probably didn't know the kid.  He told us to turn on the news, some plane crashed into the World Trade Center.

It was pretty non-chalant at that point.  People were a tad bit worried, but to us, an accident happened.

We watched the TV for about 20 minutes.

The second tower was hit.

It was pretty clear at that time, this wasn't some sort of accident.  More information poured in.  A plane had hit The Pentagon...and more information came in about a downed plane somewhere in Pennsylvania.  

4 aircraft..

It didn't end there.  The Principal came on the speaker.  Told us that we were allowed to go home if we felt it was necessary.  I didn't go home.  It hadn't set in yet.  It was something on the TV, it was just something that couldn't have happened.  

It doesn't matter on ideology.  It doesnt matter political preference.  

It happened.

3,005 American lives were ended on September 11, 2001.

5,068 American Soldiers have been killed since the start of the War on Terror.

25 American civilians have been killed due to enemy action since the start of the War on Terror

332 British Soldiers have been killed since the start of the War on Terror

116 Canadians Soldiers have been killed since the start of the War on Terror

325 other Coalition forces

11,525 Iraqi Security Forces personnel have been killed trying to bring their country out of ruin

4,576 Afghani Security Forces personnel have been killed trying to bring their country out of ruin

300 civilians have been killed by Terrorist acts in Turkey, Spain and the UK since September 11th, 2001.

an estimated 95,000 Iraqi civilians have been killed during the war from ethnic and war violence

an estimated 49,600 Afghani civilans have been killed due to the War on Terror.

 3,269 people have died in Pakistan due to war violence

1 former American FBI agent is missing in Iran

400 people have died to Terrorist attacks in Indonesia

596 people have died to Terrorist attacks in North Africa

8,875 people have died to religious conflict in East Africa

293 Americans were killed from the 1993 CIA shootings, Battle of Mogadishu, Khobar Towers Bombings, USS Cole bombings, the first World Trade Center bombing, Karachi gun attacks and the 1998 United Stated embassy bombings.  

It doesn't matter what you were doing that day.  It doesn't matter if you adhere to a different faith than your fellow man.  It doesn't matter what you believe about what our goverment has done, is doing, or will do.

Somewhere in the world, on September 11th, 2001, Osama Bin Laden and his cohorts sat in a cave, waiting.  They sat around, waiting for news of their deeds.  3000 murders later, they praised God for the Hand that Stains their Blood.  

I will Never Forget

I will Never Forgive

I will Always Remember.

I thank all those for their service, all those that dedicate themselves to the ideal of freedom

 Looks like this World War 2 Fighter/Bomber simulation game has finally been released for the Xbox 360, PS3 and PC.  

The Sins & Saints has already been online, dominating the skies (at least in simulation and arcade.)

If you are at all interested in joining us in our Preservation Wing, contact Draux for information, or hit us up on the forums.  

Different time, different birds, same professional standard.