Year: 2007

Wow. Okay, there’s no WAY we’re going to be able to satisfy everyone’s desire to be front-paged with their latest Foundry creations – we’ve gotten dozens of announcements about map remakes, or fun gametypes, or whatever… our front page just isn’t that big. Someone really needs to set up a database somewhere for Forged creations;…

Ooh, cool. Bungie’s posted a Foundry Sketchpad – a PDF of the level, with some blocks for scale. You can sketch out your ideas while you’re at work/school, so as not to waste your non-Forging time. Heh. Thanks, Avateur.(Louis Wu 22:21:13 UTC)

Man, that O’Donnell guy sure can talk! If you didn’t get enough Marty in the Dolbycast we mentioned earlier, swing by Bungie.net for their newest podcast, in which Marty spends over an hour discussing how Bungie would have collapsed if not for his brilliance. (No, not really. He’s a pretty modest guy. His biggest fault…

Dolbycast, a podcast focused on home theater topics, has interviewed Marty O’Donnell – and it’s a pretty fascinating talk. Why Bungie does what they do, surround sound and its effect on your enjoyment of entertainment, who makes him coffee… there’s lots of good stuff in there. Just under 10 minutes long, it’s streamable, or downloadable…

Captain Spark sent along another few dozen dialogue snippets – this time Brutes and Grunts. Go listen in our Dialogue Databank! (These are also available from his newly-retooled website.)(Louis Wu 15:26:43 UTC)

GameSpy nominated Halo 3 for Game of the Year – and in an effort to learn a bit more about it, interviewed Frank O’Connor about how Bungie thinks the release has been received. Give it a read!(Louis Wu 14:54:19 UTC)

TTL Demag0gue has posted Wednesday’s Reclaimer comic – Chapter Two, Part Nine shows that the Viper team is in real trouble.(Louis Wu 14:44:06 UTC)

Red_Breast was the first to notice that Nielson has released their annual collection of Top 10s for the US; fourth place on the PC Titles list is a tie – between Halo and Halo 2. Red_Breast linked to a PDF for the lists, but you can read them online at PR Newswire. (Video Games are…

The news of the morning has got to be Foundry – it is amazing how many different things people have done with this map, and it’s only been out for a day. Yesterday, we mentioned a reconstruction of Midship. Mattus made one too. And Masterchief2829 rebuilt Foundation. profhalo worked on Prisoner. LX925 got OUTSIDE Foundry,…

Heh – #Butcher has attempted to recreate Midship, using Foundry. Color scheme’s all wrong, and the edges aren’t rounded… but it looks like he did a pretty good job! (For those without a sense of irony, my criticisms are in jest.) Grab a copy and check it for yourself.(Louis Wu 20:13:05 UTC)

Remember when Chris Carney showed up in Containment? Looks like he’s in Standoff, too. (That’s one of the (at least) two eggs Frankie mentioned in last week’s Eurogamer chat… anyone find the other?) Thanks, Devin Olsen.(Louis Wu 20:09:37 UTC)

Today’s entry for Another Halo Comic Strip is also DLC-related. Totally different joke, though. (I’m pretty sure I’ve met that guy on other maps, though. He hangs out in Matchmaking.)(Louis Wu 20:01:00 UTC)

Business week has posted their Most Important Products of 2007 – and Halo 3 is up there (#16), alongside 6 cars, 4 Apple products, some computer hardware, and a razor. Thanks, McGrude and McKeeganWRX.(Louis Wu 19:56:56 UTC)

Today’s One One Se7en Advent offering is DLC-related. Surprising? Nah.(Louis Wu 19:52:01 UTC)