Month: May 2011
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Comm Chatter Video Offering
Tuesday offerings on Bungie’s Comm Chatter: video 8 from the Forge Café Recap series – another night of community maps – and a commented video of gameplay on Synapse, a new community map you’ll run across in several playlists (the Arena, Double…
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Crate Googly Moogly
Morpheus wanted to share one of his greater moments in Reach gaming. I laughed. Go check it out!(GrimBrother One 21:12:53 UTC)
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‘Halo: Reach’ Slow-Motion Animations
Those crafty, creative modders: HaloMods made a slow-motion video of two “Reach” animations. Here’s the kicker: Instead of slowing down the clip, the modders slowed down the actual animations. Of course, anything in slow motion has to be set to “Char…
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Playtime Looks Like a Trailer Full of Fun
CruelLEGACEY Productions sends word along that they have released the second trailer for their recently announced “Playtime” machinima. Looks awesome, go and check it out!(GrimBrother One 20:47:27 UTC)
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Cute Noble Team Cake
Akahoney made this adorable Noble Team cake for her nephew’s 13th birthday. It’s a chocolate cake with a vanilla cream cheese filling. It might not be the most impressive creation, but it made me ravenously hungry for cake. And if I hadn’t just downed …
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‘Bullet Holes,’ original song from ‘Halo: Faith’ soundtrack
Last Thursday, composer Daniel Ciurlizza posted “Bullet Holes,” a new song from the “Halo: Faith” fan film, on his YouTube account. If you haven’t already, go check it out!(Hitmonchan 20:15:31 UTC)
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Interview with ‘Halo: Faith’ actor Anthony Ingruber
GuysGirl.com sat down with Anthony Ingruber, one of the actors from the “Halo: Faith” fan film, to discuss his current and future work. Intentionally vague about his role in “Faith,” he told the site he plays an “[a]dmiral who informs the elite marine …
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Romeo: One Shot
Hedgemony’s long-awaited Romeo: One Shot comic is now online (five pages per post, just follow from the first). Makes me want to boot up ODST, I’ll tell you that. (There’s even a Fan Tribute section – a Romeo tribute vid, plus screenshots and artwork, …
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Some GDC Vault Vids go free
The Game Developer Conference Vault has made some popular video talks free – you can now watch David Aldridge’s “I Shot You First: Networking the Gameplay of Halo: Reach” online without having a subscription. The notes from this talk have been availab…
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Tyrant’s Mythic Tips and Tricks Vol III
Tyrant’s back with a new collection of Mythic Tips and Tricks – this one focuses on Pillar of Autumn, just in time to make this week’s big challenge just a bit easier. It contains a plethora of tricks and exploits that will allow you to speed through a…
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Conceptualizing
DukeLehto7 from the Waypoint forums noticed the blog of concept artist Kevin Prangley. Some nice work in there, some of which might look pretty familiar. Go and give it a look!(GrimBrother One 15:31:13 UTC)
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TSW Map Code Competition Update
MaxRealflugel tried to give away a Defiant Map Pack last week – but nobody wanted it. 🙁 So he’s adjusted the contest parameters; he’s looking for a cool screenshot from Halo: Reach. His favorite one will win the submitter a Defiant code, and have the…
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Fire Team Zulu: Cornerstone
There’s a new challenge up at Fire Team Zulu – Cornerstone runs you through Tip of the Spear on Normal… but without a HUD (or ammo, really). It’s part of Normalcy Week – a collection of challenges coming this week that are played on Normal difficult…
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Halo [R]Evolved – The Maw
SonGhoharotto has finished up his rewrite of the first Halo story, incorporating canon material from later works. The Maw went online last night, and has met with forum praise – go give it a read!(Louis Wu 13:09:24 UTC)