Year: 2007

QJ.net has some statistics from the online PC gaming companion XFire that would suggest that something happened in late September/early October that caused a lot of PC gamers to stop playing PC games… XFire’s senior director of marketing suggests it might be Halo 3. Heh.(Louis Wu 18:18:28 UTC)

Bungie has taken to awarding the Recon Helmet to people who make them happy. This has led to people doing all sorts of silly things to try and make Bungie happy. (This will never work; they’ve said, very clearly, that the easiest way NOT to get the helmet is to ask for it.) Stuntmutt looks…

Fourteen new pieces for you today in the Fan Fiction section – busy week!(Louis Wu 15:52:47 UTC)

It’s time for more Anger, Sadness and Envy – Episode 3 of Rampancy.net’s podcast is now available. Trindacut and Narcogen look at Tsavo Highway. 48 minutes, 22 mb – go listen!(Louis Wu 13:21:09 UTC)

Bungie used yesterday’s Game With Fame as fodder for this week’s Humpday Challenge (a bit off the hump). The writeup’s a little… disjointed (in a couple of places sentences just go off in weird directions; looks like it wasn’t ever proofed), but the end result is solid – three wins for Bungie, out of three…

Hawty McBloggy found a Custom Halo Master Chief figure on eBay – made from a GI Joe base. Interesting-looking!(Louis Wu 13:08:12 UTC)

TTL Demag0gue continues the exposition in Chapter One, Part Nine of Reclaimer – Ferial explains why he’s bothering. Sounds like things will shake up a bit next week…(Louis Wu 12:59:56 UTC)

Angela, a character on The Office, heads to Wired Magazine’s offices… and plays Halo 3. Oddness. Thanks, NickLee808.(Louis Wu 12:57:09 UTC)

Halo 3 sold 3.3 million copies in the last 5 days of September – and according to Kotaku, another 434,000 in October. It was the biggest single-platform console game of the month, beating Guitar Hero III’s 383,000 Xbox 360 copies. (If you count the Wii and PS2 sales of GH3, though, it climbs to 1.4…

Last summer, if you visited the San Diego ComicCon, you had a shot at buying a battle-damaged Scarab from WhizKids, only $250. Well… if you missed out on that chance, never fear; as of last Wednesday, you can buy the Scarab Vehicle Pack at your local hobby and game store. You get the Scarab, some…

So last week, we got an email from omfg a cat69 about a funky death he caused; after he died, he dropped his shotgun… which went off when it hit the ground, and killed his opponent. He sent a link to his fileshare, but I passed on the news, because I’m afraid that we’re getting…

Harlan pointed out that there’s a new Top 5 list on MSNBC – the Top 5 Game Swords. Halo’s Energy Sword made the list. (Picture’s credited to Bungee Studios – awesome.)(Louis Wu 12:17:13 UTC)

chrisvioxxx noticed that the circular for Target for Black Friday (the day after Thanksgiving), as seen on the Black Friday Ads website, contains a deal for Halo buyers on Page 6; buy the Halo 3 Edition Xbox 360 for $399, get a $60 gift card for free. (In other words – buy the console, get…