Year: 2006
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Last shot at that orange helmet!
Briar pointed out that the Halo helmet auction on eBay (we mentioned it last week) ends in less than an hour. If you want this, get over there now! (Current bid is $285.)(Louis Wu 19:38:55 UTC)
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Re… something.
Sometimes, a One One Se7en is released that is funny, but depressing, at the same time, because it is SO true. Today’s is one of those strips.(Louis Wu 14:37:58 UTC)
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Priorities.
Wow. There’s not a lot to say about this… except ‘wow’. (Specific article mentioned is here.)(Louis Wu 14:24:26 UTC)
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Friday’s Fanfic
Twelve new stories for you in the Fan Fiction section. (There were a lot more – but it seems that folks are forgetting that there are rules about submissions…) Go read.(Louis Wu 14:15:44 UTC)
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Just have an Excel window ready for cover.
More blogging goodness, over at Dead Man’s Hand – a great piece on teamwork (or the lack of it), more discussion of quitters, and a 22 Questions interview (well, 21) with Bungie’s Shishka. You’ve got a few more minutes before the boss is back, right? Thanks, Dweezle.(Louis Wu 13:43:01 UTC)
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From Griefing to N00bs
XerxdeeJ stopped by to point out new content at Tied the Leader – an exhortation to Adopt a N00b (Do it! Suck ’em in!), and another look at dealing with people who, for whatever reason, are killing themselves continuously in your game. Good stuff!(Louis Wu 13:26:56 UTC)
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Microsoft And Modchips, Part III: Imports
Yesterday I responded to Ozymandias’ reasons why he couldn’t endorse modchipping for adding new functionality, such as that supported by the excellent Xbox Media Center software, because it would harm Microsoft’s business model, in which they subsidize the hardware and depend on you buying software and accessories. The assumption here is that every hacker who…
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Corrupt
Last week, bryboy remix’s video ‘Corrupt’ passed the MPRRS with flying colors – but we wanted to get hold of a higher-quality version before we released it. That came in today – so we’re posting it, in both WMP9 format (79.4 mb) and QuickTime format (79 mb). It tells the story of a disillusioned man…
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Weta Workers involved with Halo
Charles Walsh is (like the rest of us) dying for more info about the Halo movie – so he went digging around on the Weta Workshop website. He found four people who are (publicly) working on Halo assets: Greg Broadmore, Brad Goff , Daniel Falconer, and Stephen Crowe. It’s not a LOT of info… but…
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Submit your questions for Alex and Ryan from the Codex Series!
I’ll be interviewing Alex and Ryan at The Codex Series on Saturday August 5th. The Codex is a series of very well done machinima shows that is now on it’s second season. It’s also been featured on MTV among other places. Got a question you’ve always wanted to ask about the Codex, or maybe about…
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Submit your questions for Alex from the Codex Series!
I’ll be interviewing Alex at The Codex Series on Saturday August 5th. The Codex is a series of very well done machinima shows that is now on it’s second season. It’s also been featured on MTV among other places. Got a question you’ve always wanted to ask about the Codex, or maybe about machinima in…
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Submit your questions for Alex and Ryan from the Codex Series!
I’ll be interviewing Alex and Ryan at The Codex Series on Saturday August 5th. The Codex is a series of very well done machinima shows that is now on it’s second season. It’s also been featured on MTV among other places. Got a question you’ve always wanted to ask about the Codex, or maybe about…
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Backboned.
Bungie matched up against another gaming studio when their planned opponents for this week’s Humpday Challenge backed out at the last minute – and clearly, they went hunting for a studio that hadn’t actually had time to play Halo yet. (Because, I dunno, maybe they were… making games?) It was a rout – but apparently…
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Humpday: Backbone Entertainment
Last night Bungie took on one of our multiplayer designers’ former employers in a Humpday Challenge. This challenge proves emphatically that, at least when it comes to game designers, we’re awesome. It also proves that one Multiplayer Designer might not be enough.
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Halo 2 in Under 2 Hours
Cody Miller is reporting over at High Speed Halo that they have finally whittled down the overall time of their Halo 2 speedruns to under two hours. Congrats to Jeff Cousin for getting the run that finally pushed them under the 2 hour mark.
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Community Member of the Month: Quality Jeverage
BrentGamer does his first interview for member of the month with Quality Jeverage: the artist behind Weekly Porridge and nerd role model. We get to learn how he got here, how he makes Weekly Porridge, and the most pressing question of all: whether he likes waffles or pancakes. Click “read more” for the full interview.…
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Community Member of the Month: Quality Jeverage
BrentGamer does his first interview for member of the month with Quality Jeverage: the artist behind Weekly Porridge and nerd role model. We get to learn how he got here, how he makes Weekly Porridge, and the most pressing question of all: whether he likes waffles or pancakes. Click “read more” for the full interview.…
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Tux Strikes Back.
I love it – Mile5123 stopped by to point out a great piece on his DeviantART site. We heart deadly penguins.(Louis Wu 21:41:25 UTC)
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Prophecy Ep 1: The Threshold of War
Lordstemplar1 submitted Prophecy Episode 1 – ‘The Threshold of War’ to the MPRRS recently, and they gave it a thumbs-up. (You might remember the trailer, which came through a couple of weeks ago.) This one sets up the story – action’s a bit light, but tension is building. It was originally submitted encoded with the…