I have determined that my enjoyment level with playing video games is directly proportional to the amount of people I get to play them with on Xbox Live. Since the H3 beta ended, and the lackluster response of the majority of THX'ers to Shadowrun, there have been fewer and fewer games I've played with people I know. Does anyone want to pick up a few games of Gears either tonight or some in the coming week?

This Thursday the 3rd of May you'll be able to download four new multiplayer maps for Gears of War. The download will cost you 800 Microsoft points ($10) and will become free on September 3rd. Click 'read more' for descriptions and screenshots of each map from Major Nelson:

Save the date. I've met with Midnight and on Saturday, January 6th, 2007th I will host a HALO 1 LAN at my place starting at noon. You can play until noon on Sunday at which time I'll begin chainsawing you with my Lancer.

This LAN will be like the others. No H2 allowed. No Guitar Hero 2 allowed. No laser pointers anywhere near my cat. Gears of Wars. What to do? I say we'll experiment with a little GoW LAN action. However like H2, since we can play GoW MP online at any time, we'll be making the most of Hang 'Em High and Damnation.

Bring TV's and XBOXEN. Bring fold up chairs. Bring snacks and drinks. Chaos will be bringing cookies.

Regular local attendees are expected plus these special guests:

Midnight and BattleBitch are flying in from California. jayWHY is flying down from Philly. D4RE B34R and D1ESEL are driving up from Auburn. A few others have mentioned driving a few hours to attend the LAN but are still unconfirmed.

For those coming out of town, you are welcome to crash at my place as long as you've made arrangements with me.

Thoughts?

I've created an "event" post for this LAN at: http://hushedcasket.com/node/1551. But, let's keep all communication in this thread for now. Equipment list started below. Reply to this thread and let me know what you are bringing.