05.08.08
May 9th: Three Years Later
Tomorrow marks the three year anniversary of UNSCleric.com (formerly known as xanga.com/xbox360 for the first few months). In celebration of this, I have finally made archive posts for this site, so that the right hand side’s archive actually lists all of the months that this site has actually been in operation. Epic, the developers of Gears of War, have also decided to celebrate my three year anniversary by releasing the first-ever gameplay footage of this fall’s Gears of War 2 on late Friday night. Epic announced this a couple weeks ago, but some of you may have missed it, here’s the story.
Gears 2 Gameplay Footage Hits May 9th - Kotaku.com
Gametrailers TV just secured themselves the first in-game footage from the game. The bad news? It won’t be airing until May 9 at 1 a.m. The good news? The footage, which features Marcus Fenix, includes a special introduction by bunny-loving Epic game designer Cliff Bleszinski.
There’s also reports now that 1up.com will have the footage as well, but later on in the day, even though they say they are the first to have it.
Gears of War 2 gameplay video. This Friday. 10:30 p.m. PST. - 1UP.com
That’s all you need to know, really. 1UP’s GameVideos will be the very first place online you’ll be able to see the footage, and we’ll be posting it in all of its HD glory. And trust us when we say you’re going to be blown away. So this Friday, go to dinner, go to the movies, or go play some GTA IV — but whatever you do, make sure you check back here at 10:30 p.m. PST for the exclusive first Gears of War 2 video.

jdubdoubleu said,
May 8, 2008 at 2:19 am
SWEET JESUS!!!!! I THINK I PISSED MYSELF!!!!…I DID!!, I DID!!
3 years huh, well ive been a part of it for almost 2 years now. i think jdubdoubleu deserves some recognition for that huh cleric, whata ya say old chap!?!? No? ok. thats cool, thats cool. well keep it up cleric…and! i! mean! keep! it! up! if you know what i…never mind.
Absolute Muffin said,
May 8, 2008 at 2:57 am
Uh… right. Well… congratulations Cleric! Did you ever expect this site to become as full of awesomeness as it is when you made it?
UNSCleric said,
May 8, 2008 at 3:06 am
haha no. I only made it to organize all the information for myself and a few friends on the upcoming Xbox 360 back in May 2005 when they were about the announce the name and show it for the first time. It was pretty much just a way to organize all the cool things I saw and put all my thoughts in one place so that I could tell a few people online everything I wanted to tell them without having to re-type it all to them.
Then a few months later when the Xbox 360 came out, and Sony started in with their old Dreamcast-killing routine, I wrote that History of Launch article one night, and that’s what really made the site take off, which wasn’t intentional either. A couple weeks later I was IP banned off TXB for pro-Xbox 360 remarks, and at the same time i purchased the domain for UNSCleric.com, and then a couple months after that in Feb 2006 I launched the site here. From there, the site got the gimmick of being more of a anti-Sony/industry corruption site than an Xbox 360 site. All 3-4 times I topped Digg.com was for articles about that kind of stuff and that’s what SDF has attacked my site for each time.
If I have time, I’d like to do an entry on Friday writing about my favorite times the last three years. Hopefully in 24 hours I can do that.
Also, jdub, you and a couple others should keep an eye out on the UNSCommunity…maybe I’ll add some names for the three year anniversary?
http://www.unscleric.com/news/contributors/
Caleb said,
May 8, 2008 at 10:55 am
UNSCommunity FTW!~%
::skakes hands for ankowledgement of the possiblity of getting a nod for being in the UNSCommunity::
Cleric, I am so proud of you and the dedication you have shown in keeping this site up and running, it’s been one the pillars of a community site that I have and will continue to always visit. Again, I know it takes a lot of work and time to do what you do, we are greatful man. Kudos.
Caleb said,
May 8, 2008 at 10:59 am
Whooohooooo! Community Mem-buh!
Thanks again Cleric!
UNSCleric said,
May 8, 2008 at 11:37 am
You’ve been on that list for a long time.