Month: September 2007
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Don’t Forget To Change Your Spoiler Settings
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Just a reminder– now that Halo 3 is out, if you’ve played it, you’ll want to edit your spoiler settings so you aren’t missing out on posts that include spoilers. Login, go to My Account, click Roles, then choose one (and only one) item that reflects your preferred default spoiler display for the front page.…
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Do Something Amazing, Win Prizes
Planet Halo is running a contest in partnership with the US Air Force called “The Do Something Amazing Movie Contest” (free registration required). Create a one-minute Film Clip in Halo 3 (which limits this to multiplayer, since clips can’t be made in Campaign), save it to your File Share on Bungie.net and send them a…
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It Had a Good Run
Halo 2 remained the most-played title on Xbox Live from the week it came out until Gears of War released, two years later. Gears has held the top spot since then – until now. Major Nelson posted the top 10 most played titles for Live this week (through Friday), and as expected, Halo 3 has…
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RT: Those annoying questions…
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So Burnie’s kid is at that age where he asks a lot of the hard questions parents just don’t know how to answer. It’s been a bit of a double whammy for him, as Jason is at that age now too, so he gets it at work and at home. Halo 3 – 865/1000
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A Throne Fit for the Chief
Halo fans have done a lot of creative art work, from armor and weapon recreations to more traditional art. Last night bs angel sent word of a rather unusual piece on eBay right now – a Master Chief-engraved toilet seat. Bidding ends about 36 hours from this post, with a current bid of $20. The…
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Halo 3 coverage from the community
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Me and Foo Mo Jive had a chance to meet a lot of members of the Xbox Live community. A few of them have their own podcast and website. I added some of their audio and pics, take a look. Subscribe: (iTunes) (RSS) (Odeo) (Digg it!) Audio Download Link: Episode #115 – Halo 3 Midnight…
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Phooey.
So last night, it was reported that the IWHBYD skull was ‘found’, after ‘countless hours’. (Never mind that the game’s been out for well under a week.) In Halo 2, this was the toughest skull to crack; in fact, because there’s probably an element of randomness in the triggering, nobody’s EVER figured out a consistent…
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Check Google Tomorrow
Heh – Sane Intolerant found an unused skull in Halo 3. (Louis Wu 13:44:55 UTC)
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Not as good as the original
Geek.com reviewed Halo 3 – they believe that if someone remade Halo with Live functionality, this game would be instantly overshadowed. (Louis Wu 13:36:30 UTC)
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Halo 3 Dethrones Gears Of War
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Major Nelson had to take a break from putting up the Live Activity weekly totals for awhile due to Xbox Live maintenance, but the latest list shows Halo 3 in the top Xbox 360 game slot, above Gears of War. Halo 2 retains its spot as the top original Xbox game, ahead of Battlefield 2:…
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Don’t smacktalk a Ninja
Well, yesterday was Friday, so it was time for another Bungie Weekly Update – Luke used it as a way to address a number of issues that have come up over the past few days, from achievement glitches to tempest-in-a-teapot scandals. Worth a read – either at B.net, or in our Weekly Update Archive. (Louis…
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Mister Warhol
Jared Rea pointed out some Warhol-like Halo art, done by the same person who created a set of Mister Chief cupcakes a few months ago. If you want to make your own, she’s even supplied the stencil. Coolness!(Louis Wu 13:08:29 UTC)
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Halo 3 Content Floods Live Marketplace
A bucketful of Halo 3 content made its way onto Xbox Live Marketplace today. First, Morpheus pointed out a Campaign demonstration video, which can be found in the Game Videos category (check new arrivals). Weighing in at 224 megs, Jonty Barnes and Jay Weinland demonstrate one of the large battles from the game. Next, the…
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HBO: Successful Adult Entertainment Outlet
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The Anennberg School for Communication at USC’s Online Journalism Review interviews Claude “Louis Wu” Errera at HBO about what it’s like to run an online community for a game like Halo, and why mainstream media outlets have been slow to pick up on trends in that area in the article Lord of the Ringworld. OJR:…
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IWHBYD Skull finally found. Unlocks Hayabusa head armor.
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It’s amazing how thousands of gamers work together to find a little easter egg hidden in a huge digital world. Halo trickers and map explorers have been looking for days for the last white skull in Halo 3’s campaign known as the “I Would Have Been Your Daddy Skull”. This skull will unlock the coveted…
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IWHBYD Skull finally found. Unlocks Hayabusa head armor.
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It’s amazing how thousands of gamers work together to find a little easter egg hidden in a huge digital world. Halo trickers and map explorers have been looking for days for the last white skull in Halo 3’s campaign known as the “I Would Have Been Your Daddy Skull”. This skull will unlock the coveted…
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Thoughts And Feelings On Halo 3
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GameSpy stops playing Halo 3 just long enough to wax lyrical about the game. There are viewpoints from several staffers, but here’s one that stands out. Associate Console Editor Sterling McGarvey was bitten by the bug that disables the Resume feature when moving a hard drive from one console to another: It’s not all rotten…
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A Terminal Condition
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The Hushed Casket told you how to get the armor permutations; if you now need to find all the terminals (without looking yourselves, you lazy bastards) check out the 7th Columnist’s terminal guide.
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How Halo Graphics Evolved
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GameSpot has a nice feature out that lets you compare in place screenshots from all three Halo games so you can see the changes in the graphics; very slick. Check it out.
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Bungie Confirms Halo 3 Runs in 640p
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The latest Bungie update covers a number of topics, including achievements and skulls, but the real revelation is that unlike most Xbox 360 games, Halo 3’s native resolution is 640p, as rumored: Naturally it’s more complicated than that. In fact, you could argue we gave you 1280 pixels of vertical resolution, since Halo 3 uses…