Month: September 2007
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More armor pics from James Falcon
James Falcon sent along another batch of pics of his armor in progress – this time we’ve got forearm guards, the start of his S108 Sniper Rifle, and some pics of him messing around with his AR5. Check ’em out!(Louis Wu 20:22:31 UTC)
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Does It Come In Lightish Red?
Whoa. A One One Se7en that references Halo 3, Red vs Blue, and Marathon, all at once! Watch the overload! (Speaking of Marathon – have you submitted your entry for the 7 on the 7th Contest yet? Deadline is in 8 hours!)(Louis Wu 19:55:43 UTC)
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Halo 3 Tourney in Texas
G-Kon (Arlington, TX) is hosting a Halo 3 Tournament on September 29th; 1v1 and 4v4 will both be supported. Registreation is $15 pp/per event. Check the website for more details.(Louis Wu 19:44:45 UTC)
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New screenies at Gamersyde
Remember those hidden screenshots on Xbox.com? Gamersyde has giant versions of ’em… along with a very nice Multiplayer shot, as well. (Red Team FTW.) Thanks, Mike Carson.(Louis Wu 18:15:16 UTC)
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Bungie Store Gets a Redesign
A redesign is taking place over at the Bungie store–check out the work in progress.
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Bungie Store Gets A Redesign
A redesign is taking place over at the Bungie store–check out the work in progress.
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Don’t Believe The Hype
Gamers With Jobs urges gamers not to expect too much from Halo 3, because nothing can live up to the hype. While examining the extent to which our appetites are dictated to us by the omnipresence of information about AAA must-sell titles, it does seem that some of Julian “rabbit” Murdoch’s theses say more about…
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Halotosis
A thoughtful, well-written article (typo in the first line notwithstanding) can be found over at Gamers with Jobs; Julian “rabbit” Murdoch discusses how Halo 3 simply CANNOT live up to the level of hype that’s been generated. The line that resonated most with me was his description of Guitar Hero 2; even though he enjoyed…
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He Needs A Microphone
XerxdeeJ at Tied the Leader interviews the Master Chief himself, Steve Downes, for the second time. Head right on over and download it!
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Those are his orders.
Swing by Tied the Leader for a special treat today – XerxdeeJ has a 12-minute interview with Steve Downes, who plays the voice of Master Chief in all three Halo games. Sound quality is awesome, behind the scenes discussion is beyond awesome. 11.5 mb in MP3 format – go grab a copy!(Louis Wu 11:40:44 UTC)
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Halo 3 Albania update
Dave Bergland let us know that the next Halo 3 Albania Project Webisode is now online (or you can watch it on YouTube) – it’s the second half of the ‘meet the crew’ segment.(Louis Wu 11:30:50 UTC)
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Brainstorm
RPG-TV.com jumped right on the Wikipedia edit thing we mentioned yesterday – today’s comic extrapolates. Thanks, chewpathingy.(Louis Wu 11:24:29 UTC)
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Kubrick Action Figure Theater
Elnea bought some Kubrick Spartans, and decided they’d fit nicely into her Halo Action Figure Theater. I think she’s right.(Louis Wu 11:22:08 UTC)
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Add the countdown to your .sig
RVideo pointed out a small gif you can include in your .signature that will show a countdown to Halo 3 with each pageload. (Don’t save a local copy; all you’ll get is the time to Halo 3 from when you saved it. You need to use the URL he provides.)(Louis Wu 11:18:53 UTC)
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Getting a look at who killed you
The Australian Herald Sun has an article about the Saved Films feature of Halo 3, with some discussion from Frankie about the game in general and what Bungie tried to do with it. Give it a read!(Louis Wu 11:15:38 UTC)
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Halo Epsilon Access Leaked
The Hushed Casket has details on how some people with access to the Epsilon build of Halo 3 got duped into offering access to the game to unauthorized persons by getting access to those users’ gamertags on their own consoles, and using that gamertag to download the build. Check the story for full details; there…
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Investigator Calls Halo 3 Manual A Trade Secret
Back in August, gaming website Kotaku posted scans of what purported to be a leaked Halo 3 manual on their site. Not knowing if they were genuine, they put them up and let the readership decide whether to give them credence or not. Now it seems that Internet Investigator James Young has sent Kotaku a…
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Firing Squad: Perfect Halo 3 Launch Key For MS
John “JCal” Callaham has written another of Firing Squad’s quarterly updates on the console wars; the page on the Xbox 360 has a number of suggestions to Microsoft on how to win the console wars. FS thinks a flawless Halo 3 launch is important: Even though the game has gone gold there are still things…
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Halo 3 Epsilon Leaked!
The following article contains pictures, albeit fuzzy pictures, of gameplay from Halo 3 Epsilon. This includes multiplayer in-game shots, menu shots, and shots from one level of the campaign. If you do not wish to see them then go no further. Furthermore, THX and its staff did not participate in their procurement, nor do we…