Month: July 2007
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Decorum, Dignity and Sophistication
Games Digest has a list of academic subjects that could benefit from the study of video games; Halo pops up for Etiquette. Um… yeah.(Louis Wu 11:58:28 UTC)
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Battle-Damaged Scarab
Bungie posted an article showing off the huge Scarab that WizKids is selling, in very limited quantites, at ComicCon this week. (There are 500 of ’em, and they’re going for $250 each.) There are stories about this piece at Gizmodo and TeamXbox, as wel…
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Info about Halo 3 continues to emerge
I’m leaving tomorrow; the last week has been a blur. Downside for you – Halo news lags, sometimes. I took off midday yesterday; let’s see what’s popped up since then. There’s an in-depth story about upcoming features in Halo 3 (including some that cou…
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Halo-related Goods at the Comic-Con
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Down in San Diego, there’s a bunch of Bungie and Halo-related goings-on. Click to check out a quick itinerary.
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WizKids Will Unveil Exclusive Scarab
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At this week’s San Diego Comic-Con, WizKids will unveil the biggest Clix collectible they’ve ever created — a Battle-damaged Covenant Scarab.
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RT: Comic from…Comic…Con
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So I’m posting this update from our booth (1231) here at San Deigo Comic Con. Are you here? If so, how the hell are you reading this? Stop looking over my shoulder. How rude! Lame jokes aside, today’s comic is indeed posted below. It’s totally true. Ju…
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No longer drunk and swollen
Eurogamer has good things to say about Halo 3, in their summary of E3; interesting change of heart over recent articles. Thanks, Walshicus.(Louis Wu 17:30:46 UTC)
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Usage Stats from Nielson – Halo is Big on PC
There are some interesting stats in this report from Nielson, about video game play; I’m not sure I understand them. It breaks out time spent playing video games on consoles (by console), and on PCs. On the Console side, Xbox + Xbox360 take up 25% of …
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Sneak Peek at Gentle Giant Busts
Heh – Ain’t It Cool News wrote up the Preview Night walkabout at San Diego ComicCon – and there are some Halo shots, with a pretty prominent ‘No Pictures’ icon right in front of them. I’d bet these make up the Gentle Giant Master Chief Mini Bust Case P…
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Ours goes to 12.
The BBFC (the British equivalent of the US ESRB, a rating entity, though their version has more legal clout than ours does) has rated Halo 3 (specifically the Limited Edition) as ’12’ – the same rating they gave the Halo 2 Expansion Pack. (They didn’t…
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A Big Letdown
Advanced Media Network gave out its Best and Worst Awards for E3 2007 – and Halo 3 picked up just a single award: Most Disappointing Game. Ah, well.(Louis Wu 16:20:07 UTC)
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Xbox 360 HD-DVD Drive Now $179 with 5 Free HD-DVDs
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http://www.microsoft.com/Presspass/press/2007/jul07/07-26ComicConXboxHDDVDPR.mspx?rss_fdn=Press%20Releases The Xbox 360 HD-DVD drive is being cut from $199 to $179 and being offered with five free HD-DVDs during the months of August and September. See…
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Halo 3 for 3 Sweepstakes
Xbox.com is holding a series of sweepstakes – you’ve got a shot at winning copies of Halo 3, books, schwag – and a Halo 3 Xbox 360 console. Grand Prize winner for the last round gets some amazing stuff, including an “Xbox 360 Halo 3 X-shaped Ibanez Xip…
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MLG Dallas Rebroadcast
MLG is rebroadcasting the Dallas Video on Demand footage; if you missed the gameplay last weekend, here’s your chance to catch it! Thanks, 3Suns.(Louis Wu 10:11:48 UTC)
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Meet you at the bottom, okay?
Hellhawk sent along a couple of dozen new Cortana snippets for the Halo 2 Dialogue Databank; lots of great stuff! Go listen.(Louis Wu 10:09:01 UTC)
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Bungie Podcast now on iTunes
If you didn’t listen to the Bungie Podcast on Monday because it wasn’t on iTunes, now’s your chance to hear all the Grunty goodness. Thanks, Luke.(Louis Wu 10:07:04 UTC)
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Halo: Portable Podcast 10
Halo: Portable has posted another podcast – hosts this time around are Tex and Mintz. E3 musings, Comic-Con discussions, and more. (They know the sync is broken; they’re working on it.) Thanks, Tex.(Louis Wu 10:04:36 UTC)
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EA Sports Nascar ’08 (Xbox 360) First Impressions
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Long story short, I like it. A good way to describe this game would be to compare it to previous versions, namely Nascar ‘06 for the original Xbox. So far I would recommend sticking with the oval/tri-oval courses (which are, by far, the majorit…
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Submit Stuff for Episode 122: EGM Editor Dan Hsu Interview!
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So we’re finally back with the listener show, the way Podtacular is meant to be. YOU are the one that makes the show! This Thursday night we’ll be talking to Dan Hsu, Editor in Chief at EGM (Electronic Gaming Monthly Magazine). Dan is a huge Halo fan …