Year: 2006
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Kittymanjaro.
It’s Wednesday, so Bungie will likely be playing a Halo Humpday Challenge against some unsuspecting group tonight. Stuntmutt offers some suggestions on how the selection process works in today’s One One Se7en.(Louis Wu 15:33:15 UTC)
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Halo 3 Nostalgia Trailer
Justin Durban sent us word of a ‘Nostalgia Trailer’ edited by HolmesG. – which uses Justin’s music as the soundtrack. It’s a nice piece of work, and quite short – so we’re hosting copies here (WMP9 | QuickTime) – 7 mb each. Give it a watching!(Louis Wu 15:14:44 UTC)
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Game-Spectrum.com Interviews KPaul
Game-Spectrum.com recently had the honor of interviewing Bungie employee, Kevin Paul, more commonly known as KP. After threatening to stab me in the face, the interview went pretty well.
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XBOX 360: 1080p and HDDVD $179
From a Microsoft press release:Xbox 360 HD DVD Player and 1080p SupportMicrosoft announced pricing and availability details for the Xbox 360 HD DVD Player in Japan. The accessory will launch on Nov. 17, 2006, priced at Â¥19,800 (estimated retail pri…
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Who’s The Boss?
In his latest blog entry, Narcogen takes a look at ‘boss battles’, and tries to figure out if any of the existing characters from Halo 2 would make good candidates for a Halo 3 boss battle. Interesting – but maybe the vision is too narrow?(Louis Wu 13:51:44 UTC)
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XBOX 360: 1080p and HDDVD $179
From a Microsoft press release:Xbox 360 HD DVD Player and 1080p SupportMicrosoft announced pricing and availability details for the Xbox 360 HD DVD Player in Japan. The accessory will launch on Nov. 17, 2006, priced at Â¥19,800 (estimated retail pri…
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Redefining the way we play games
Peter Moore talked to News.com about where Microsoft’s console empire stands, and what’s in store – Halo, as could probably be predicted, plays a pretty big role. Some of his answers may leave you scratching your head.(Louis Wu 12:39:19 UTC)
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XerxdeeJ Gains the Lead
Over at Bungie.net, the Community Spotlight has been turned on XerxdeeJ, of Tied the Leader. Don’t mind the beads of sweat; that spot is HOT. If you’re not a regular reader of TTL, read this to see what you’re missing. If you ARE, read this to learn a bit more about TTL’s head honcho. (And…
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You’re Not The Boss Of Me
If Halo 3 were going to have boss battles, who would your opponents be? That’s an idea that occurred to me after participating in an HBO forum thread that started out talking about a rather idiotic article wondering if Halo 3 would suck, and ended up morphing into a discussion of boss battles. I’m not…
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Will Deimos Be Next?
Russian news site Novosti says that the Russian government is planning on launching an unmanned mission to the Mars moon of Phobos in 2009. The vehicle is expected to arrive on the moon in 2010, and depart for Earth in 2011 carrying soil samples. The story doesn’t say whether or not the Russians expect to…
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Episode 81: Customs and Callins
Download | Show Notes It’s the Customs and Callins show, where we talk about the top few custom games, play back some interviews with commentary this week by CapnKrunk, and read back some tales from the foxhole. We also play an interview with Queso Man, DrThom, Painkilla05 and GLewis by proxy, members of Team US…
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Community Plank-Walk: Xerxdeej
Arrrr! It be “Talk Like a Pirate Day” and to celebrate we dropped anchor in the port of Tied The Leader to flap jaws with Xerxdeej, he who claims to be a full-beard pirate! Read on to learn about his crew and how shivered be his timbers.ÂÂ
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Episode 81: Customs and Callins
Download | Show Notes It’s the Customs and Callins show, where we talk about the top few custom games, play back some interviews with commentary this week by CapnKrunk, and read back some tales from the foxhole. We also play an interview with Queso Man, DrThom, Painkilla05 and GLewis by proxy, members of Team US…
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Arg.
Sigh… I thought I was going to get through today without having to mention that it’s International Talk Like a Pirate Day. (Is there also an international Dress Like a Transvestite Day? How about a Snuffle Like an Aardvark Day?) Halo Heads 8 references the ‘holiday’ specifically, so… thanks, Paul Maestri. (Thanks a LOT.)(Louis Wu…
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Romeo, Where’s the Art For?
Well, it’s not EMPTY, but the Miscellaneous Art queue has just dropped in size by 30 images. Swing by to see a fun collection of sketches, renders, paintings, collages, and more. There’s some awesome stuff in there this time! (I’m only 2 weeks behind! w00t!)(Louis Wu 17:15:55 UTC)
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Pie: Chapter 1
Mike Rouse, of Machine-Enema, submitted ‘Pie, Chapter 1’ to the MPRRS yesterday. It passed, handily; it’s different from a lot of machinima out there. It has a powerful storyline, and a clever use of mods. The video has a distinctive (and intentional) look to it; it adds nicely to the atmosphere of the film. It’s…
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VGL Hollywood Bowl Details
The Video Games Live website has a new press release that contains a list of all the ‘industry luminaries’ that will be present at the VGL Hollywood Bowl show on Thursday night. If you were on the fence about going… check this out.(Louis Wu 14:18:41 UTC)
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RT: Who Watches the Watchmen?
Today’s comic deals with something that has affected every single one of us in the office – Burnie’s placement on the TSA Watchlist. It sucks. Apparently just travelling with him makes you an accomplice to whatever fiendish and dastardly schemes he’s no…
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Building something with an impact
Dean Takahashi spent some time with Hamilton Chu, who was the producer for both Halo and Halo 2, before leaving to help found a new studio called Giant Bite. (We mentioned them in March.) He talks about the future of the new studio, and a bit about what made Halo and Halo 2 special. Give…
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For Some, Life After Bungie Bites
Dean Takahashi caught up with Hamilton Chu of Giant Bite to talk about life after Halo. Chu spent three and a half years working on Halo; before that, he was part of the Oni team. Now, he and Bungie alum Michael Evans are cofounders of Giant Bite, which is working on a project but is…