Year: 2007

Vinx let us know about a Halo 3 comic he found on DeviantART – heh.(Louis Wu 19:33:12 UTC)

This is just… silly. Hawty McBloggy found someone who will bump your achievements, rank, or experience… for a fee. Say WHAT?(Louis Wu 19:24:39 UTC)

Jake Seaton’s coming to the end of his 9 day romp through Halo 3 – he’s not particularly happy with Mission 8. Do you agree?(Louis Wu 13:07:42 UTC)

Fragclone was first with word of some new McFarlane Spartan figure variants – they’ll be including CQB and EVA armor variants in the Series 1 release next spring. Nice!(Louis Wu 12:07:10 UTC)

Over at Variety.com, there’s an article by a videogame critic which worries about how to write videogame reviews for a mainstream audience. He makes some interesting points, though a lot of it comes off as rationalization, to me. Give it a read.(Louis Wu 12:04:31 UTC)

PEZ pointed out a strategy article by Refanius over at halowiki.net – it’s called “Halo 3 Thinking in Single Encounters”, and it might help you get better at your Halo 3 tactics. (Louis Wu 12:02:13 UTC)

Z pointed out a Gameplay vid by ThaggleS – Double Team on Construct. I’m having trouble understanding the allure of films like this now – unless it’s for people without Halo 3 (or without Live), because an uploaded Saved Film would show you exactly the same gameplay – and more – for a much smaller…

Sane Intolerant pointed out that Halo Toy Box #99 and #100 are up – the end of the Origins storyline, and a remake of his first comic. Go see.(Louis Wu 11:45:09 UTC)

Black Six was the first to mention a short piece at MSNBC that looks at the top 5 most memorable video game songs. Halo’s on the list. (Everything else is pretty old – the newest of the remaining four is FF7, released 10 years ago.)(Louis Wu 11:37:37 UTC)

Bleet Tameheart let us know that Roomies had a Halo reference this week – but you might have to start at the beginning of the story arc to actually understand it. (Don’t worry, it’s only a couple of extra strips.)(Louis Wu 11:35:01 UTC)

Matt6908 wrote to tell us that High Resolution Halo has posted all but two of the Halo 3 Rank images (they’re missing General Grade 3 and 4) in high resolution (1000×1000). There are also some other items, like medals and HUD pieces – poke around!(Louis Wu 11:28:19 UTC)

Calliope got word that musicnotes.com is marketing the official sheet music for Halo (they’ve got the Halo theme and the Halo theme (Mjolnir Mix). Cost is about $5 each (a little more or less, depending on which one, and whether you’re a ‘Digital Club member’ or not).(Louis Wu 11:25:13 UTC)

Spartan Jag pointed out that Master Chief Sucks at Halo 3 (Part III) is now up – it made me laugh.(Louis Wu 11:13:37 UTC)

TTL Demag0gue stopped by to say that Abstrakt, the relatively new blog devoted to artistic screenshots taken in-game, now features a guest ‘artist’ on Fridays… and he’s the first one. Go visit to see the new work!(Louis Wu 11:12:49 UTC)

Captain Milk let us know that red rant has a new podcast up which discusses Halo 3 in depth – he’s featured as a cohost. An hour and three quarters long, 60 mb. Go listen!(Louis Wu 11:11:01 UTC)

Wow. Sep7imus was faster noticing the Bungie Weekly Update than my RSS feed was. Happy Birthday, Luke and Frankie! (Ya big cheaters!) This one is mostly housecleaning: explaining how the ranking system works (again), working on why the Marathon Man achievement doesn’t unlock for everyone, an explanation of Bungie Favorites, some lack of pants, a…

It took WAY too long – but the 2007 Guilt O’ Lantern Official Contest Page is live. Go check out the prizes we’ve got lined up for you… and get to planning!(Louis Wu 20:23:41 UTC)

The lesson from today’s One One Se7en is “make sure nobody gives Stuntmutt a copy of the Strategy Guide”.(Louis Wu 17:30:56 UTC)

Australia’s PC Magazine compared Bioshock to Halo 3, to see which was the better buy. I can’t argue with the analysis, because I haven’t played Bioshock… but to call Marty’s sound design ‘beer’ to Bioshock’s ‘wine’… eh. Thanks, Anton P. Nym. (Like Steve, I’ll let you see what they decided on your own.)(Louis Wu 17:04:42…