Category Archives: Halo games

28/100 best games

Posted on May 29, 2012 by Cat

Randomly came across one of those ubiquitous ‘Top 100 Best Games‘ lists earlier and ended up surprised at the number of games I’ve actually played. Having primarily owned the Xbox and the 360 and not played too many classics I … Continue reading →

Posted in Assassins Creed, BioShock, BioWare, Community and Games, Deus Ex, EA, GTA, Halo games, KotOR, Skyrim - Elder Scrolls V, Star Wars, Ubisoft, Xbox, Xbox360 | Leave a comment

Need more soundtracks. Need them now!

Posted on November 15, 2010 by Cat

Having just started a “normal” 9-5 job again I have discovered I’m in need of more orchestral soundtracks from either films or games. Whilst my iPod has over 70GB of music, a large part of it is unsuitable as it’s … Continue reading →

Posted in BioWare, Classical Music, Deus Ex, Dragon Age, Fable, Gun - The game, Halo games, Harry Potter, Hitman, Howard Shore, Indiana Jones, Jesper Kyd, John Williams, Last.fm, Lord of the Rings, Lost, Mass Effect, Music, Oblivion - Elder Scrolls IV, Pirates of the Caribbean, Robin Hood, Soundtrack, Splinter Cell games, Star Wars | 5 Comments

Where have all the gaming posts gone?

Posted on October 12, 2010 by Cat

Amongst several others there’s a draft sitting in my, well, drafts, lamenting on how I jump from interest or hobby to another to come back to it at a later time thus effectively proving my nomadic nature. In that post … Continue reading →

Posted in BioWare, Community and Games, Deus Ex, Dragon Age, Fable, GTA, Halo games, KotOR, Mass Effect, Red Dead Redemption, Rockstar, Splinter Cell games, Star Wars, Xbox360 | 4 Comments

Gamer Banter: A trip down memory lane

Posted on June 17, 2010 by Cat

Gamer Banter is a monthly gaming discussion of multiple bloggers. More info is here and please contact Terry from Game Couch if you wish to take part. June’s topic is set by Terry from Game Couch: What was the game … Continue reading →

Posted in Blog Banter, Community and Games, Halo games, KotOR, Lord of the Rings, Star Wars, Xbox | 14 Comments

Gamer Banter: A rushed love letter

Posted on May 20, 2010 by Cat

Gamer Banter is a monthly gaming discussion of multiple bloggers. More info is here and please contact Terry from Game Couch if you wish to take part. May’s topic is set by Cat at carocat.co.uk: Which game character do you … Continue reading →

Posted in BioWare, Blog Banter, Deus Ex, Dragon Age, Fable, GTA, Halo games, Hitman, Just Cause, KotOR, Mass Effect, Star Wars, Xbox, Xbox360 | 5 Comments

Goodbye Halo 2

Posted on April 18, 2010 by Cat

Microsoft ended the Live support Xbox 1.0 game this week and one of those games affected was Halo 2, a game I’ve played far too much over the years. ‘Fear the CAT‘ lists close to 5000 games played though I … Continue reading →

Posted in Community and Games, Halo games, Xbox, Xbox Live | 6 Comments

Links I’ve been meaning to blog about for too long

Posted on November 14, 2009 by Cat

The title says it all and some of these have been open in Firefox tabs for months! Can you predict review scores? – I can’t believe anyone thought this was worthy of a company! Maybe I should start a company … Continue reading →

Posted in BioWare, Community and Games, Films and TV, Game Politics, German, GTA, Halo games, KotOR, Language, Lost, NaNoWriMo, TV Shows | 2 Comments

Gamer.

Posted on September 17, 2009 by Cat

Went to see Gamer tonight and wasn’t all that impressed [hated it!], but there were a few things that I liked/recognised about gaming: During the first few scenes there’s a ‘teabagging’ bit which made me laugh. The cocky gamer. Society, … Continue reading →

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#TwitLight: Who are you, @chrisbrownsell?

Posted on August 21, 2009 by Cat

TwitLight is a Twitter Spotlight posted every Monday, Wednesday and Friday. Also have a look at all the previous TwitLights and you are more than welcome to take part, too! Welcome to the TGI Friday edition of #TwitLight and it’s … Continue reading →

Posted in #TwitLight, Blog community project, Community and Games, EA, Firefly, Halo games, Lord of the Rings, Star Trek, Twitter, Xbox Live, Xbox360 | Leave a comment

Video Game soundtracks

Posted on March 24, 2009 by Cat

JPLS’ post on his favourite game music got me thinking on what my favourite gaming soundtracks are and why. Game music is an integral part of the game playing experience so it’s hardly surprising that most of the game music … Continue reading →

Posted in Assassins Creed, BioShock, BioWare, Buffy, Call of Duty games, Classical Music, Community and Games, Fable, GTA, Gun - The game, Halo games, Hitman, Jesper Kyd, KotOR, Mass Effect, Music, Oblivion - Elder Scrolls IV, Rockstar, Soundtrack, Splinter Cell games, Star Wars, Stats, Ubisoft, Xbox, Xbox360 | 9 Comments

Say hello to an old friend – the Killerspiele discussion is back!

Posted on March 19, 2009 by Cat

Those who know me know that I like to play video games. I like a variety of games, as the list of my favourite Xbox games shows, as well as many 360 games, such as Dead Rising, Oblivion, Mass Effect, … Continue reading →

Posted in BioShock, Call of Duty games, Community and Games, Computer, Condemned, Dead Rising, Game Politics, GTA, Halo games, Killerspiele, Life in general, Mass Effect, Microsoft, Oblivion - Elder Scrolls IV, PlayStation3, Sony, Twitter, Winnenden, Xbox, Xbox Live, Xbox360, XL LAN | 8 Comments

Some statistics about the music I listen to.

Posted on March 8, 2009 by Cat

I’m sure I’ve mentioned a few times that I absolutely love stats and my curiosity was sparked when I came across this post on tumblr. I’ve added some bits and removed others, however. Unless stated otherwise all the following exclude … Continue reading →

Posted in Anime, Buffy, Classical Music, Doctor Who, Gamerscore, Halo games, Hans Zimmer, Howard Shore, John Williams, Last.fm, Linkin Park, Lord of the Rings, Ludovico Einaudi, Music, Pirates of the Caribbean, Podcast, Soundtrack, Star Wars, Stats | 15 Comments

Afrika

Posted on December 26, 2007 by Cat

Over the last years I’ve never had much of an interest in another console than the Xbox or the 360. Sure, there are some games I feel like I’ve missed out on, such as Eternal Darkness on the GameCube and … Continue reading →

Posted in Afrika, BioShock, Community and Games, Dead Rising, Halo games, PlayStation3, Sony, Viva Pinata, Xbox Live, Xbox360 | 3 Comments

November ’07 digest Part 1

Posted on November 19, 2007 by Cat

Just incase you have missed it, this is what I’ve been blogging about in the first two weeks in November: In Gaming: Assassin’s Creed finally [?] out this week The wait is over and the game is finally out. Mass … Continue reading →

Posted in Advert, Akismet, Assassins Creed, Blog, Blog community project, Community and Games, CSS, Ctrl-Alt-Del, Facebook, Films and TV, Funny Stuff, Halo games, Ignition, Life in general, Mass Effect, Meme, MySpace, One Tree Hill, Soundtrack, Splinter Cell games, TV Shows, Wordpress.com, Xbox Live, Xbox360 | 6 Comments

Couple of things

Posted on November 13, 2007 by Cat

All of these have been sitting on my desktop for weeks and don’t really warrant an extra post: Gee, thanks for telling me I should stop spam! Via Halolcats. More one for the Halo fans! ;) I wish I remembered … Continue reading →

Posted in Advert, Akismet, Blog, Community and Games, Funny Stuff, Halo games, Life in general | 18 Comments

The October ’07 digest.

Posted on November 3, 2007 by Cat

October’s been a month in which I didn’t blog much again, but there were a few changes to the blog and my live. This is incase you missed any of it. I’ve moved, watched Heroes [amongst other stuff] and played … Continue reading →

Posted in Akismet, Assassins Creed, Blog, Christmas '07, Community and Games, Films and TV, Glasses, GTA, Halo 3 screenshots, Halo games, Heroes, House, Housemates, Life in general, Lost, Mass Effect, Moving, Star Wars, TV Shows, Wordpress.com, Xbox Live, Xbox360 | 1 Comment

Blame Halo 3

Posted on October 31, 2007 by Cat

This is an excellent parody on people that are playing too much Halo 3, myself included. Oh and as we’re on the subject of Halo 3, head over to my new ‘My Halo 3‘ page which has my stats and … Continue reading →

Posted in Community and Games, Halo 3 screenshots, Halo games, Xbox Live, Xbox360 | 7 Comments

I have the keys!

Posted on October 5, 2007 by Cat

As of yesterday I finally have the keys and can start moving and setting up furniture. Not too sure if the actual move is something to look forward to, but the final result will be worth it. View of the … Continue reading →

Posted in Community and Games, Glasses, Halo 3 screenshots, Halo games, House, Moving, Xbox Live, Xbox360 | 17 Comments