Bungie drops the first screenshots for the Halo 3 Heroin Heroic Map Pack, which will be ready as a download on Dec. 11. Check out the Q&A with Bungie's design team on the maps. I must admit, I dropped off Halo for a bit, after playing it straight for like two maybe three weeks, just to get a breather (and I admit, for Bungie to sort out the community medals pages and for n00bs to drop off).

So I found solace in the second Ghost Recon Map Pack I still hadn't even downloaded, some Arcade games (The long and short of recent entries is Battlestar Galactica sucks and just for the fixed camera angle which has you literally pegged to ur tv trying to look up, Word Puzzle is kinda dumb at first and then kinda freakin autisticallly hard after, that new big shiny ball game is fun for when u come back from a party and just wanna chill for a bit (see too drunk every time I played too even remember the name l0lz).

Then came Assasin's Creed, which is something everyone who has an HDTV and an Xbox 360 needs to pick up (apparently u fcucked if u got the PS3 version which seems to crash) -it's stunning, and yes, a bit repetitive at times, but made up for by incredible visuals (it's the first time I play a sandbox game which has a 'human' draw distance -u can see everything in detail until as far as you would normally be able to see). Any of u ever felt sick climbing up a spire? I tell u, when he takes that jump away from a wall to grab something sticking out above you, I feel my stomach turn lolz!

Oh and all the crap u read about the fighting? Not true, it's a very slick fighting system imo, which uses your eyes (left stick) to focus on an opponent (say out of a group of five assailants), and then coordinating your (counter) attack, which again play out incredibly nice before you. And you do get attacked from all angles by multiple opponents, I read somewehere that baddies would take turns and just act lame -so not true. I guess with all the games coming out for Xbox 360 right now, some reviewers are cutting corners, esp with the huge games (get ready for the haters on Mass Effect for instance).

So here I am, enjoying long (vertical) strolls through ancient Jerusalem and along come ur neighborhood pushers, handing out free smack on a street corner near you. Hm, looking at the screen shots below, that would be pure heroin, uncut cocaine and homebrewed PCP. I'll so fall off the wagon.

Foundry..


Rat's Nest..


and Standoff.