Year: 2006
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News from Halo Orbit
Xerxes, from Halo Orbit (one of the Old Guard – a German Halo website that’s celebrating its 6th birthday today) wrote to point out a few things. They’re running a contest right now – submit artwork and win special ranks on their forums or a place on their team for a Bungie Humpday Challenge. There’s…
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Grunt Costume
Awesome. Norumu stopped by to post some pictures of a Grunt costume he created a year ago for a ‘nerd convention’ (not my words). Cardboard and duct tape for the win!(Louis Wu 14:42:07 UTC)
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FFA Tournament – Fight Like a Girl
In case you’re wondering the title is right. Fight like a girl!!! Our Community neighboors, The Cavegirls, are having a fund raising FFA tournament. The proceeds of that tournament will be directed to the fight against breast cancer. So why not help out and have some fun with them!? huh? The tournament will take place…
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When Artists Want to Mess With Your Head
Wow. Bungie fans are nuts. Omega was scanning over some hi-res promo pics, pixel-by-pixel, it seems, when he ran across a Marathon logo tucked into a corner of the Halo 3 Assault Rifle. On an image that’s almost 2500 pixels tall, the logo takes up a square that’s 18×18 pixels… meaning that on a 720p…
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FFA Tournament – Fight Like a Girl
In case you’re wondering the title is right. Fight like a girl!!! Our Community neighbors, The Cavegirls, are having a fund raising FFA tournament. The proceeds of that tournament will be directed to the fight against breast cancer. So why not help out and have some fun with them!? huh? The tournament will take place…
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MLG Playoff Preview Coverage
There are a couple of stories out there about the MLG Playoffs – a big one at MLG’s own site (thanks, 3Suns), and a smaller one at Amped eSports. Lot of money on the line!(Louis Wu 10:19:52 UTC)
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Special Ted – Episode 4
3:34 Minutes From HBO Special Ted is a hilarious trip through the troubled life of Ted as he works in the fast food and automotive industry. Don’t starve yourself (or your friends) of a laugh. PSP – 12MB Pocket PC – 7MB iPod – 19MB
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Matchmaking Update
In case you didn’t know, there have been some interesting changes to matchmaking recently. Team SWAT is now suddenly ranked (huzzah!) and the Team Carnage playlist has been switched out with a list from the Real Custom Games Bungie group. New game types include a game with tons of vehicles, a diplomacy oddball game, and…
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Matchmaking Update
In case you didn’t know, there have been some interesting changes to matchmaking recently. Team SWAT is now suddenly ranked (huzzah!) and the Team Carnage playlist has been switched out with a list from the Real Custom Games Bungie group. New game types include a game with tons of vehicles, a diplomacy oddball game, and…
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The Mackies – 2006 Nominations
The Mackies (annual machinima awards) nominations have been posted – and a few Halo projects are up for stuff. CROSSFIRE’s ‘Desolate’ has been nominated for Best Picture, Best Cinematography, Best Sound Design, and Best Independent Machinima, Red vs Blue are up for Best Voice-Acting Performance, Best Writing, and Best Series, and This Spartan Life is…
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A Bankable Franchise.
It’s Comic Day, apparently. And if you’re going to have Comic Day at HBO, you have to remember One One Se7en, right? Stuntmutt goes back to the motherlode that was X06 for today’s strip.(Louis Wu 18:51:32 UTC)
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Golf Evolved
goatrope noticed that today’s Penny Arcade also has a Halo reference – nice shot at EA.(Louis Wu 12:51:08 UTC)
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More Fanboys
Pixellated pointed out another couple of Halo-related episodes of F@NBOY$ – we mentioned one two days ago. I suppose it’s not surprising if one of your three main characters is a 360 Fangirl that you’d use the Master Chief a lot…(Louis Wu 12:49:12 UTC)
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Halo Assault – Teaser
Slimby noticed a Halo Flash vid that will act as the intro to an upcoming game – looks promising! Check it out.(Louis Wu 12:46:11 UTC)
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Submit Stuff for Episode 85: Customs and Callins
Well it’s time to prep for my favorite show: the customs and callins show! So I’m gonna go preheat the oven and dice some onions… I got this custom where nobody’s allowed to use guns… just harsh language Got a better custom than this? (Man, I sure hope so) If so, send it on in!…
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Podtacular Heat Lamp: Painkilla05
This month BrentGamer sits down with Painkilla05, famous internet DJ and IRC op. Find out what’s up with Podtacular’s IRC channel, his awesome podcast Podtacular Radio, and whether he works better than tylenol. BrentGamer says: How life in the Podtacular IRC going? Painkilla05 says: You know, everyday stuff. Talking to the IRC general visitors and…
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Community Spotlight: Louis Wu
The mother of all spotlights with the father of the Halo community. This week I take a new approach: real-time chat, permitting me to achieve heights of jerkery not previously possible. Read on for some insight into what makes Wu tick, as well as volley after volley of insults.
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Episode 84: Tips show with special guests from Halowiki.net
Download | Show Notes It’s the Tips show, halowiki.net ruthless edition. As usual we gots the man, JVB as co-host, and this time we have Sigafoos and Brathnok from halowiki.net ‘s WikiRiot podcast. We talk about tips people sent in for campaign, multiplayer, and specifically Map of the month: Zanzibar. Actually we go nuts for…
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B.net Intervwu
More Bungie.net content for you today, an extensive interview with everyone’s favorite admin, Louis Wu. It’s done in a new format for the Spotlights, via instant messenger, so it’s a bit more relaxed and insult-laden. Alright, a lot more insult-laden. I’d really like to see some feedback on this format (though all you Wu-ites are…
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Submit Stuff for Episode 85: Customs and Callins
Well it’s time to prep for my favorite show: the customs and callins show! So I’m gonna go preheat the oven and dice some onions… I got this custom where nobody’s allowed to use guns… just harsh language Got a better custom than this? (Man, I sure hope so) If so, send it on in!…