Month: August 2006

Major Silva noticed another Eric Nylund interview, over at Gearheads of War – only very brief mentions of Halo material, but a good read nonetheless!(Louis Wu 23:39:27 UTC)

Swing by Bungie.net for official info (well, sort of info) about the latest Halo novel, “Ghosts of Onyx”. (Yes, Amazon UK got it right a couple of weeks ago.) There’s really nothing else in the news post except for the title… and a teaser about cover art. Go read!(Louis Wu 21:55:05 UTC)

TheGhost wrote to let us know about a contest he’s set up over at his Halo 2 Vista forum. Challenge: Complete the entire course of Yoyorast Island’s race mode in the shortest amount of time possible. The winner gets $25, either via PayPal, or in the form of a gift certificate. You’ve got until September…

Wow. Ninja 0n Fire posted stats for the various playlists on XBL as of today… and Team Carnage is nearly tied with Team Snipers in number of games played. Read the whole list in his forum post on Bungie.net, or in KP’s on our forum.(Louis Wu 20:02:54 UTC)

The drive to clear out the Miscellaneous Art queue continues – another 30 images went up today. (Well, more than that if you count variants. But who’s counting?) A pretty wild range of stuff is in there – action figure art, sketches, 3D renders, paintings… you name it. Some of it is KILLER. I went…

On September 6 and 7 (that’s next Wednesday and Thursday), in Austin, Texas, the Game Writers Conference will be held. It’s not for the casual gamer – registration is $400 (and goes up to $500 after next Tuesday), with only a $50 discount for students… but if you’re interested in game writing, this is the…

Some great writeups about MGL Orlando over at MLGPro.com – a look at the Karma/Strongside battle for the 1v1 Championship, and a thrilling play-by-play of the Carbon/Final Boss matchup for the 4v4 Championship. Next best thing to being there! Thanks, 3Suns.(Louis Wu 12:57:51 UTC)

Mike Hill stopped by our forum to ask for feedback on a new Warthog variant he’s working on – awesome wheels! We’ve added the image to his gallery here, as well, but be sure to give him feedback on the render in the forum thread.(Louis Wu 12:50:35 UTC)

Clearview Pro sent along a trailer for an upcoming movie called ‘City of Evil’. It didn’t pass the MPRRS – mostly because more than one reviewer apparently felt that trailers aren’t worth releasing, that machinima makers should focus on making movies, not trailers. It missed a passing grade by the slimmest of margins, and that…

XerxdeeJ stopped by to point out that Tied the Leader sat down with the Podtacular crew for a blog/podcast crossover; Podtacular Episode 78 has ‘deeJ as a guest-host. (There’s also a pretty funny open apology that has nothing to do with that crossover.)(Louis Wu 12:03:31 UTC)

KP spent his weekend like a lot of gamers did – he enjoyed the Penny Arcade Expo to the fullest. The difference between you and him? He was paid to enjoy himself. You can read his take on the whole shebang over at Bungie.net. (Mostly, he discusses the Halo-related portions of the expo.) What are…