Year: 2007
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Spartan Laser, Evolving
On Saturday, we mentioned CitizenErased27 and the work he’d begun on a Spartan Laser replica. Over the weekend, there were a pair of new updates – Saturday night saw some dimension calculations, and this morning we were treated with pictures of the ba…
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More Beta Playlist Updates
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Logon to the beta now and you’ll see that Big Team Battle has moved from training to ranked, and Double Team Training has taken its place in the social playlists. Check Bungie.net for the list of currently active playlists.
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Ambient Audio Imbues Beta With Aural Atmosphere
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Lukems has a new top story up at Bungie.net; this one is about the exceptional audio in the Halo 3 beta. Sound and music have always been strong points of the series, but I have to say that I think so far Halo 3 is taking it to a whole new level; poss…
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Ranks, Medals And Weapons, Oh My
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Sorahn has set up a sort of halo mini-site at halo.sorahn.net; within that there’s a Halo 3 beta subsection where he’s laid out all the ranks, weapons, and medals.
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Beta Matchmaking Update
The Halo 3 Beta matchmaking has gotten some shaking up – there’s a new ranked Big Team option, along with a Double Team unranked playlist. Go read full details at Bungie.net – thanks, sorahn.(Louis Wu 19:40:03 UTC)
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RT: Episode 98
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Red vs Blue Episode 98 “Same Old, Same Old”, is now appearing on an internet near YOU. Early buzz has it breaking it box office records and dominating the overseas market. Take that, Pirates of the Caribbean 3. You do…
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Tickling Ears
Ever wonder about how sound is integrated into Halo games? There’s a great new article up at Bungie.net about this. Give it a read – it’ll open a door or two.(Louis Wu 18:44:21 UTC)
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Double Team Arrives, Ranked Big Team Goes Live
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Big Team Training grows into Big Team Battle and Double Team Training emerges in this week’s Matchmaking Playlist Update.
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Zune questions – now with answers
We’ve gotten quite a few questions about our Zune Giveaway Contest – some of the most common have been added to a new Frequently Asked Questions page on the contest site. As more come up, we’ll add them, too. Please check this page first if you have qu…
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Bang Bang: Audio in the Halo 3 Beta
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When the Beta came out, the kids were like, “OMG that sounds kewl.” Meet the kewlmeisters.
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From Russia, with Pixels
Almost missed this – Funkmon noticed a cool pic at Destructoid – tiny Halo reference, but lots and lots and lots of other videogame references.
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Deus Meus (Spartan Battle Prayer)
A couple of years ago, Elnea created a beautiful song for inclusion in a machinima series being created by some friends. Things changed, and the machinima got shelved… so she now has permission to release this song to the public. It’s powerful movi…
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Blam! Blam! Blam!
Stuntmutt took at look at the detachable turret in today’s One One Se7en.(Louis Wu 16:20:43 UTC)
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Complaining about complainers
411mania.com has a rant about the people complaining about the Halo 3 Beta.(Louis Wu 16:18:53 UTC)
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The Return of the King
Anton P. Nym found a 360Prophecy comic strip on Xbox.ca that might resonate with our audience. Jman pointed out that the most recent episode is also Halo-related (and if you follow the Archives link, you’ll find even more).(Louis Wu 16:12:29 UTC)
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Halo 3 Wishlist
Gamespy has a Halo 3 Wishlist (thanks, The Lamontser). Our forum isn’t very impressed with it.(Louis Wu 16:08:03 UTC)
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I Want Master Chief
Every now and then, someone creates a Halo-related tribute that hits on a lot of levels; maybe it’s funny, maybe it’s touching, maybe it’s emotionally deep. Maybe it inspires you. Maybe it makes you laugh. Maybe it makes you cry. Or maybe… maybe it …
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Overswarm expands into competive gaming in general
We got word from Overswarm, the creator of the Not So Common Sense Halo strategy guide we host. He’s set up new digs at www.overswarm.com – go see what’s up! (Louis Wu 20:54:20 UTC)
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THX on MyGamerCard.net
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Midnight has created a group for the Hushed Casket at MyGamerCard.net. MGC has some amazing stats on gamerscores in general. With the THX group, we’ll be able to keep tabs on what THX’ers are playing and their gamerscore progress. For instance, you …
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Cool Shadowrun MP video
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A good look at what it’s like to play Shadowrun. I know several of you are getting the game. It releases on Tuesday. Hopefully others will give it a try. A demo will be out in early June. Again, I’m looking more forward to this game that any oth…