Hello and welcome to the first official project of 2009, the Fable 2 Marathon. Joining the full cast this time we have special guests FSR Ghost and none other than Dark Elf.

Now for the bad news. Fable 2 seems to be inconsistent with its frame rate at times (normally lots of grass, the title screen and other random things). When this happens the audio/video sync is lost and there is a minor video glitch. I will be doing my best in editing to undo the damage. I have confirmed that the cause of the problems is Fable 2 itself and not anything wrong with the capture equipment/settings.

Putting that aside I am proud to announce that this marathon will be available in HPAW’s new HD format.

 Fable 2 Marathon Part 1 (HD/720P) [60:22m]: Download
 Fable 2 Marathon Part 1 (SD/iPod) [60:21m]: Download

Part 1:

Some of you may have noticed that I have uploaded two high definition test videos to YouTube in order to test the new “fmt=22″ format (aka 720P). These tests do not mean that HPAW will be presented in high definition. In fact they pretty much mean the opposite. I have found that processing time is over 4x longer for HD content and the files sizes will be in the multiples of gigabytes. It would likely take over 24 hours to get a video from filming to online if we filmed in HD as opposed to the current 3-5 hours.

HPAW in HD:

In other news the Gears of War Marathon is now back on the server and downloadable in its original WMV format.

UPDATE: Full marathon downloadable via Bittorrent

Well this concludes our Fallout 3 Marathon but we have only scratched the surface into this huge game so pick it up if you liked what you saw.

In this bonus video we have some fun and give our impressions of the game.

 Fallout 3 Marathon Final Thoughts [23:25m]: Download

Yesterday we completed the filming of our Fallout 3 Marathon. We now have over 12 hours of game footage.

We have taken some the the suggestions and comments given to us in this past week (even World) and I have increased the video bitrate, raising the quality level but making the files a little larger. What does this mean to people you watch on Youtube, most likely nothing, download the high quality ones. Just right-click and and select save as or save target as depending on your browser.

 Fallout 3 Marathon Part 8 [59:17m]: Download
 Fallout 3 Marathon Part 9 [59:17m]: Download
 Fallout 3 Marathon Part 10 [59:17m]: Download
 Fallout 3 Marathon Part 11 [59:28m]: Download
 Fallout 3 Marathon Part 12 [59:49m]: Download

UPDATE: Filming of Part 8 and onwards will begin shortly, in the mean time Part 7 is now online.

Today I begin the presentation of the Fallout 3 Marathon. Join Mempf, WorldGone Awry, Nw Striker, Teclis and Biske in the post-apocalyptic world of Fallout 3.

Overall length of this marathon has yet to be decided but currently we have over 7 hours of game footage.

Part 1:

 Fallout 3 Marathon Part 1 [59:59m]: Download
 Fallout 3 Marathon Part 2 [59:33m]: Download
 Fallout 3 Marathon Part 3 [59:48m]: Download
 Fallout 3 Marathon Part 4 [59:36m]: Download
 Fallout 3 Marathon Part 5 [59:24m]: Download
 Fallout 3 Marathon Part 6 [59:14m]: Download
 Fallout 3 Marathon Part 7 [59:25m]: Download

As an experiment for a potential new way to release marathons (and maybe episodes) I have made the entire 52 parts of the Kingdom Hearts 2 Marathon available for download for the first time. The files are all in their original WMV quality.

How do I get it you ask? Bittorrent. To be able to download this and future releases you will need to have a bittorrent client. Don’t worry it’s not as complicated as it may seem.

HPAW recommends µTorrent for Windows and Transmission for all other platforms (Mac/Linux). For guides on how to use bittorrent please click here.

Direct Link to Kingdom Hearts 2 Marathon Torrent File

So please download, test and enjoy one of the first and best HPAW marathons.

UPDATE: “This video is no longer available due to a copyright claim by Konami Digital Entertainment Co. Ltd.” Thats right it has finally happened YouTube has removed Part 16 of the Metal Gear Solid 4 Marathon. It seems the rest of the marathon is still there. Part 16 will be available only directly from the HPAW servers.

The entirety of the Metal Gear Solid 4 Marathon is now fully uploaded and viewable.

Part 15:

 Metal Gear Solid 4 Marathon Part 11 [64:34m]: Download
 Metal Gear Solid 4 Marathon Part 12 [61:10m]: Download
 Metal Gear Solid 4 Marathon Part 13 [59:19m]: Download
 Metal Gear Solid 4 Marathon Part 14 [64:45m]: Download
 Metal Gear Solid 4 Marathon Part 15 [58:27m]: Download
 Metal Gear Solid 4 Marathon Part 16 [112:19m]: Download

UPDATE: On Wednesday June 25th we filmed parts 8-11 and tried increasing the brightness due to feedback thus far. This is the reason in the delay on part 5 which I had to edit while still recording the marathon. A typo was discovered in the credits with the music (lists the wrong song) and I have decided not to fix this (6 hour delay) in order to get the part out sooner. Teclis was unable to join us for filming.

Parts 1-7 of the Metal Gear Solid 4 marathon have been filmed and will be uploaded over the next few days. We will be filming more of the marathon in the coming week. Cast includes Mempf, WorldGone Awry, Teclis, Nw Striker and Slayer. We will attempt this marathon on YouTube but as some as you have noticed MGS4 videos don’t tend to last long on YouTube.

 Metal Gear Solid 4 Marathon Part 1 [65:06m]: Download
 Metal Gear Solid 4 Marathon Part 2 [63:45m]: Download
 Metal Gear Solid 4 Marathon Part 3 [62:46m]: Download
 Metal Gear Solid 4 Marathon Part 4 [60:03m]: Download
 Metal Gear Solid 4 Marathon Part 5 [60:17m]: Download
 Metal Gear Solid 4 Marathon Part 6 [69:30m]: Download
 Metal Gear Solid 4 Marathon Part 7 [68:25m]: Download
 Metal Gear Solid 4 Marathon Part 8 [61:54m]: Download
 Metal Gear Solid 4 Marathon Part 9 [60:07m]: Download
 Metal Gear Solid 4 Marathon Part 10 [62:07m]: Download

UPDATE: Marathon has now been fully uploaded and is viewable.

Here it is the long awaited marathon for the long awaited game. This marathon features Mempf, WorldGone Awry, Nw Striker, Teclis and Biske. Only up to part 6 has currently been filmed and the rest will be filmed next weekend. In the meantime we will be posting the first 6 parts. Enjoy!

 GTA IV Marathon Part 1 [62:50m]: Download
 GTA IV Marathon Part 2 [61:47m]: Download
 GTA IV Marathon Part 3 [60:28m]: Download
 GTA IV Marathon Part 4 [61:00m]: Download
 GTA IV Marathon Part 5 [60:55m]: Download
 GTA IV Marathon Part 6 [65:20m]: Download
 GTA IV Marathon Part 7 [60:41m]: Download
 GTA IV Marathon Part 8 [63:17m]: Download
 GTA IV Marathon Part 9 [60:51m]: Download
 GTA IV Marathon Part 10 [61:32m]: Download
 GTA IV Marathon Part 11 [62:22m]: Download
 GTA IV Marathon Part 12 [73:24m]: Download