Merry Christmas!

Just wanted to wish you guys a Merry Christmas, or Happy Hanukkah, or Cheery Kwanzaa or Happy Holidays! And a good New Year too!

Episode 3

Episode 3 is up on Spriggs!

My Tank is Fight!



I don't know exactly where they're going yet...but watch until after the credits!
Also, because episode 3 was late, they had another video - Studio Filler Time! - put up to show us some behind the scenes.

Studio Filler Time!



Now I haven't done anything with the site or reviews. I'm sorry! But work is piling up. I'm almost through it, so expect some progress after Christmas.

So if I don't get the chance to say so later, Merry Christmas/Happy Hanukkah/Cheery Kwanzaa!

Spriggs

Today I have an awesome Halo 3 machinima for you guys to check out. I know what you're thinking, "Another Halo machinima. Thye're all like RvB." No, they're not, and this one is pretty funny. Just two episodes so far, and there's nothing spectacular about their site, but they are just beginning. Give 'em time.

http://www.spriggshalo3.com/

You can find higher-than-Youtube-video-definition on their site, but if you're as lazy as me you'll click the play button on the two videos below. Warning! Both are borderline work friendly. Swearing. So bring earphones.

Episode One - Spriggs!



Episode Two - Housecall

Major changes

So you may have noticed the front page of Piez Reviews informing you to tune in later. For the time being it's going to be like that until I have a) Finished the other pages b) and finished one review.
I went with a combination of the three colour schemes. Reason? One of them by themselves was not appealing. At all. Some colours begged to be put in with other schemes so I gave into temptation and mixed it up in a bag of happiness to produce the current look.
No news as to either of the reviews. Been busy with the site.

piez Tip of the Day

So I'm playing Halo 3 one day when my connection gives out. Frustrated, I went over to my router to inspect the problem. Failing to notice anything wrong I ran a Network Test on the Xbox 360 itself. Lo and behold, the connection returned.
Something else caught my eye. My NAT setting was set to Moderate. With full knowledge that my "Moderate" NAT setting will restrict whom I play with, I ventured to the Interwebz and to consume mighty knowledge it possesses.
Your NAT setting, when it comes to online gaming, sets the standard of whom you play with. There are three tiers - Open, Moderate and Severe. For gaming, you want Open, so that it is possible to play with everyone, including people with "Severe" setting.
After viewing several sites 'claiming' to have information on how to change your NAT type, I came upon PortForward.com.
This is the site you want to go to if you wish to open your NAT setting up for gaming. The first step is to click on "Routers".
Find the name of your router. Example, I use a D-Link WBR-1310. So I click the link.
Don't be overwhelmed by the sheer amount of choice! Just find the game or console you're having trouble with (e.g. Xbox Live 360) and click the link.
Voila! Step-by-step instructions on how to correct this problem.















I'm going to play Halo 3 again now. :-)

Colour Scheme Decision

Pick a scheme! I'm having trouble deciding.

The site is going through some major changes.

New News and Updates Page (Archived)

http://piezreviews.blogspot.com/

The new place to go for updates for Piez Reviews. Nothing on anysite is done yet, unfortunately, but I am close to deciding a better colour scheme. Once that's done you should expect to see it take effect sooner or later.

New Colour Scheme (Archived)

I've picked out a new colour scheme. The current one is not that great. That is all.

Site Construction Update (Archived)

You may notice the improved site look. I decided to go with a dark green/black look. Sooner or later I'm going to put a cool looking picture for the top where it says Piez Reviews.
I've begun the review for Pull the Pin, but nothing new for Halo 3.
I'm also thinking about putting up a forum - I mean, how could I have reviews without you guys being able to put in your two cents?

Halo 3 Update (Archived)

Really quickly, I'm almost done the campaign section. Getting good marks.

Update on Reviews (Archived)

So I'm beginning my review of Halo 3...the reviews for games will be out of 100.
Meanwhile, the album I will first devour and review is Stereophonic's "Pull the Pin." Based in the UK, not much popularity here in Canada or in the States.
I realize the site hasn't had any updates...hell, who even knows this site exists? I haven't promoted it or anything...I'll wait til Halo 3 and Pull the Pin are up, and when the site design is finished.

Site Under Construction (Archived)

Ok folks...it's up, and I'm still trying to make sense of moonfruit. Afterwards, I'll fix all the pages and begin my first review...on Halo 3. Well, if I'm to review anything it has to be Halo 3.