Month: September 2007
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Ken Taya Talks Cultural Differences
Japanese PingMag has an interview with Ken Taya, Environment Artist on the Halo 3 team. It’s an interesting read from a Japanese-American about the differences between Japan and America, and how those differences have affected his sense of game design. Take a look!(Louis Wu 11:23:44 UTC)
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Friday’s Fan Fiction
Five new pieces in the Fan Fiction section this week… light load!(Louis Wu 11:18:20 UTC)
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Montage Contest at GamingVidz
GamingVidz just passed its 2nd Birthday – 730 days on 7/30, and they decided that this warranted a montage contest with a $730 prize. You can read all the details on the Contest Page. (No deadline set yet, that I can see.) Thanks, Tony Montanna.(Louis Wu 11:12:15 UTC)
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Podtacular 126
Big Goalie Dan lets us know that Podtacular Episode 126 is out – discussion of Halo 3 and the Halo Wars video released recently. 51 minutes, 35 mb. Go listen!(Louis Wu 11:07:17 UTC)
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McFarlane Talks Halo Toys
TeamXbox interviews Todd McFarlane, designer of new Halo toys and the Halo 3 controller. The first two pages are mostly about his failed baseball career and his entry into the world of comics, mainly Spawn, but by page three he’s talking about how they make figures from the information Bungie sends them: We’re developing figures…
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Robert McLees: Author Of Lies, Damned Lies, And Half Truths
Bungie.net’s latest feature is an interview with Robert McLees, artist-turned-writer who maintains the Halo Bible. What’s the Halo Bible? Funny you should ask: For lack of a more romanticized description it is the ponderous collection of lies, damned lies, and half-truths from which the entire Halo Universe is constructed. It is the tome which informs…
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Unauthorized Epsilon Player Gets Eight Thousand Year Ban
homicidal insomniac blogged something he came across in the Se7enSins.com forum; the aftermath of one of the unauthorized Epsilon players that The Hushed Casket mentioned awhile back. The upshot? Banned. Until December 31, 9999. Not just the XBL gamertag, but the console as well. So, yes: it is possible to override the per-gamertag restriction on…
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Get your Halo 3 and help out Podtacular too!
With September 25th fast approaching, it’s almost a sure bet that copies of Halo 3 will be flying off the shelves at stores across the globe. If you’re expecting to grab a copy on launch day, it’s probably best to pre-order your copy now and ensure that you’ll get one. We’ve set up links with…
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RT: Too famous to post.
Hey guys, Gav here. At the moment Geoff is busy showing Spike TV around the new Roosterteeth Office (Which looks super sweet by the way). So busy that he can’t post the comic today. Luckily his favourite and lovable British intern once again comes to save…
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The invincible metal bra…
Games Radar has an article on ridiculous realities we accept with almost no question in video games. Two of the tidbits they make fun of are prevalent in Halo. Thanks, Mike Carson.(Louis Wu 21:07:54 UTC)
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Bad Crazy vs Good Crazy
Bungie.net has an interview with Robt McLees about the Halo Bible – as well as some weapon sheets culled from that document. There is a boatload of information in those weapon sheets… and in the interview. Read carefully. Thanks, Duncan.(Louis Wu 20:21:37 UTC)
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Taking Leaks Seriously
Wow. Not really sure how to explain this one succinctly. Start at The Hushed Casket, I guess (thanks, Rampancy.net), to learn how a bunch of people got unauthorized access to the Halo 3 Epsilon. Then swing by homicidal insomniac to see the followup – Microsoft banned both the gamertags, AND the Console IDs, of those…
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Halo Universe: Covenant Weapons
In the wake of looking at some of the UNSC weapons, here’s a look at the fiction behind some of the Covenant’s weaponry.
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PraetoriaGuard Launches Trinity Website & Trailer
For over two years the PraetoriaGuard has been working on a groundbreaking machinima series, and now, two weeks before Halo 3 breaks every sales record, Trinity is being launched.
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Crack the Code
Pedro the Penguin noticed a contest at the UK version of Xbox.com; they’re giving away 150 pairs of tickets to the London Premiere of Halo 3, all you have to do is crack the code. (To make it a little harder, they’ve done something really creepy with the Master Chief’s animation on that page; he’ll…
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Trinity Trailer
The Praetoria Guard has released a trailer for Trinity, an upcoming machinima series. There is, in fact, an entire website devoted to the series. Swing by, read about it, and then download the trailer from the Downloads page – I have to say, it looks promising!(Louis Wu 16:01:58 UTC)
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360Zine Previews Halo 3
GamerZines has put up episode 10 of their 360Zine – it contains a 5 page Halo 3 preview, along with a 10 question ‘Ultimate Halo 3 Quiz’ (‘ultimate’ might be a bit premature). I aced it – can you? (The download links on the main page point to episode 9, not episode 10 – but…
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Upcoming Videogames Live Album To Feature Halo Music
Videogames Live has announced that EMI Classics will be publishing an album of the concert series’ greatest hits, available this coming October 15. Music from Halo will be featured. Check the press release for all the details. Thanks again, Wu, this time in #hbo.
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VGL Announces Greatest Hits Volume One
Interesting. Video Games Live has announced that they’ll be releasing an album in October. (Are they still called ‘albums’?) It will include medleys from all the games they play live in concert – including Halo. Music is performed by the Slovak National Orchestra, the Crouch End Chorus, and Martin Leung, the ‘Video Game Pianist’. Release…
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Candland: Bungie Is Not A One-Trick Pony
Video Gaming Refugees Blog Confessionals has a two part interview with Bungie’s interface guru, Dave “Evil Otto” Candland. It covers a wide range of topics, but perhaps of most interest to fans now that Halo 3 is almost in our hands is– what will Bungie do next? Evil Otto: Well, who knows? I’d love to…