Just the mindless blathering of a bored nerd

Bungie’s latest entry in the Halo franchise ensures that we will all be pinned to our 360′s surrounded by empty Mountain Dew cans with blood shot eyes for endless hours.  So what does this mean, you ask?  Like all the previous games of XBox lore, Halo: Reach is an instant classic.

But enough of that. You want a review?? The game is freaking awesome. Go buy it!!!

Hey, I can see my house from here!

Ok. Now for my quick, cheap tip.

Though I’m no expert on the game (yet), I thought I’d just drop one useful firefight tip for beginners.

When you start a round of firefight, you are given your choice of load-out. However, each load-out is balanced so not to make any one overpowered. But since this is either a solo or cooperative venture as opposed to competitive, you can get away with taking advantage of the system to get your dream load-out with unlimited ammo.

Lets say you like the sprinting ability (my personal favorite), but really love the shotgun as a backup to your DMR. No problem! Simply start the game with the Armor Lock ability and stay near your base until you kick the bucket. Next, just select your Sprint armor and go retrieve your shotty.

Viola! You have your precision DMR as well as your handy boom stick! All you have to do now is remain near one of your ammo racks and let those bullets fly!

I hope you enjoyed the cheap tip! If you didn’t…then what the hell are you doing reading this?? Get your butt back to your 360 and play Halo: Reach! =D

So, you’ve got an Xbox 360 and you’re ready to jump onto Xbox Live and get your butt handed to you by a foul-mouthed 12 year old. Only one problem: your 360 is 123,413 ft away from your internet connection. Unfortunately, this is the problem I have.

If it were up to Microsoft, you would have to buy a $99 wireless network adapter. Unfortunately, many people do this even though they may have one on which they’ve already spent good money: their laptop.

So what’s the big idea, yo?

If your lap top was made anytime after the Carter administration, it should be equipped with the ability to go online both wirelessly and wired…um…ly. If we are using the wireless, then the wired port is going unused. We are going to be connecting our Xbox 360 to the laptop through the wired port as if it were an internet source and then piggy back off of it’s wireless internet connection. Note: This is only one application of internet sharing. There are a number of additional ways in which this ability may be used.

Dividing the wallet rape by 10

Besides a laptop, there is one additional cheap item you will need: a crossover cable. Basically, its just a special type network cable, but looks exactly like any other. You can get this for about $10 over at radio shack. It’s a cost, yes, but I’m pretty certain that you’d much rather part with Mr Hamilton than Mr Franklin.

Now lets get this bad boy set up. First I’ll show you how to do this in Windows Vista, then we’ll cover Windows XP. Note: If after following these steps, you are unable to get a connection, either “repair” your connection or restart your computer. Either of these will allow the change to be set.

Windows Vista
Windows XP

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