Thursday, August 28, 2008

The pangolin

The pangolin is a mammal that eats ants. It is known as the"Scaly Anteater" for good reason. The pangolin is covered in sharp plates, when it curls up into a ball it is practically impenetrable. Interesting fact: The Giant Pangolin has a 2 foot long tongue that is anchored to its hips. The pangolin is an awesome animal.

Here are some links to pangolin information.

http://www.vulkaner.no/n/africa/pangolin.html

Wednesday, August 27, 2008

Halo "sentinel" enemy(with pics)





The "sentinel" is a flood containment drone built by the forerunners. Sentinels are large, flying drones with simple, color-coded identification. Silver sentinels shoot orange lasers and are called sentinel minors. Gold sentinels shoot blue lasers and are called sentinel majors. These pictures are screen shots from Halo CE. They are from a modified single-player map. Due to a glitch, the majors in these shots are silver. Enjoy!

Tuesday, August 26, 2008

Super Funny Video

You should really see this video. It is a lot of dogs doing funny things. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=At3cU20WYIM
If you like it please tell me.

Monday, August 25, 2008

Halo "Hunter" Enemy

Hunters are rare, powerful, covenant-aligned enemies in the Halo series. Its impossible to mistake them for something else, they're just too big. Hunters stand a good 12 feet tall, but are almost always hunched over in a defensive position. They wear grey armor and have orange flesh. They wear a large, metal shield on their left arm and a huge "fuel rod cannon" on their right arm. Explosives work very well against hunters, but are very limited in supply. Hunters always work in pairs and one will get very aggressive when you kill the other. Their shield deflects everything but rockets and their cannon is very powerful. I think hunters are the most powerful(and coolest looking) enemies in Halo.

Friday, August 22, 2008

'Halo' synopsis/important characters

Halo is a great game made by a company called Bungie. It is a first person shooter with online multiplayer. The single-player campaign is set around the year 2550A.D., when humanity is fighting a losing war against a collection of alien races known as "The Covenant". You play as a cybernetically enhanced human super soldier known as a "spartan", this spartan's name is name is "john-117" or "master chief". Shortly after starting the game you are introduced to "Cortana", a computer A.I. construct. Later, you discover an alien parasite known as "The Flood" which seeks to consume all life in the galaxy. Then you are introduced to "343 Guilty Spark" another construct, but made by an extinct race known as the "forerunners". 343 Guilty Spark (a.k.a. "spark" for short) looks a lot like a very large, floating, blue, night light and always seems to fly off to fix one thing or another right before you get swarmed by about a hundred flood, he also talks to himself all the time. I think this is a great P.C. game.