Midship underneath the Purple Reign?

Midship reborn?

Halo developer Bungie is showing off a new Halo 3 multiplayer map at the Penny Arcade Expo.

Those fortunate enough to be at PAX can visit the Bungie booth for a chance to play Assembly, previously known as Purple Reign. It’s still in development and Bungie says they haven’t yet set a release date.

They have also released a stack of screenshots, and the new map looks a lot like Midship — one of the most popular Halo 2 maps. It’s certainly not an exact replica, but it does look close in some places.

Can’t wait to read about how this map plays once some of those fortunate enough to be a PAX write up their thoughts.

I think my Xbox is sad

The life of a gamer has its ups and its downs.

Some weeks, it feels like I just can’t play enough to satisfy my hunger for achievements and urge for beating games. But I’ve found that over the past few weeks, I haven’t had hardly any desire to pick up my controller or pull my PSP out of my backpack.

I realized how little I’ve been playing yesterday when I checked bungie.net for the first time in weeks.

Is that a rocket in your pocket?

One of the best Halo 3 features is the ability to take screenshots – or videos – and share them with other players. This is one of the favourites I’ve taken.

In retrospect, this would have made good art for the ‘Xbox’s gay banhammer’ rant found here. Hindsight 20/20.