Month: January 2008

ZZoMBiE13 has taken a shot at the movie industry in the latest installment of Another Halo Comic Strip. (He wanted me to disclaim this one – make sure that everyone knew it was his opinion, and not mine or bungie.org’s, expressed in the comic. I can’t say, however, that I don’t agree with him, so…

XerxdeeJ is back after the holidays, and Tied the Leader has been updated again. Swing by for discussions on sexual orientation and its relationship to online play, a humble thank-you to the crew at Gamertag Radio, and a tantalizing teaser of an upcoming contest you should get ready for. Go read!(Louis Wu 15:16:29 UTC)

Over at Rampancy.net, OldNick (who works in the game industry) has written a rant that tears into Bungie (and every other game company who scripts unnecessarily) for negating the artificial intelligence of its NPCs with scripting. It turns into a screed against artists, but the basic premise (that dumbing down your characters by forcing them…

Wow. Cody Miller converted one of the later cutscenes of the game to ASCII video, with 8-bit mono sound. It’s amazing you can even tell what’s going on… intriguing just for its WTF factor.(Louis Wu 15:08:14 UTC)

TeamXboox has posted their Readers’ Choice Awards for 2007. Halo 3 (or Bungie) was up for 4 awards – they went home with just the Multiplayer Game of the Year. Thanks, Halo Planet.(Louis Wu 15:04:55 UTC)

preinzi created a gingerbread Blood Gulch base – and provided pictures. Check ’em out – it came out great!(Louis Wu 15:00:07 UTC)

zugy pointed out a mod for Halo PC that basically reskins every level. Halo: FTW is (mostly) the work of Pepsi and Nessa, and adds shiny new textures to each level of the game. The HaloMods forum post contains a billion screenshots, or you can watch a fly-through movie for more dynamic info.(Louis Wu 14:56:16…

We’re back to straight puns with today’s One One Se7en. Minor story spoilers, even.(Louis Wu 21:17:52 UTC)

TTL Demag0gue is back with another installment of Reclaimer – Chapter Two, Part Twelve makes you wonder what Viper is up against… (Louis Wu 14:43:37 UTC)

While we’re discussing awards, don’t forget that the Second Foundation 2007 Community Awards have nominees posted, and votes will be accepted until just before midnight (GMT) on January 13. Check out who’s up, and add your vote!(Louis Wu 14:33:00 UTC)

Gamertag Radio has presented their 3rd Annual Xbox Community Awards (the audio was made available yesterday), and three stars in the Halo firmament shone brightly. The Halo 3 Beta took the XBL Marketplace Download of the Year award, Tied the Leader took the Team Community of the Year award, and Hawty McBloggy took the Community…

Nice – there’s a company that makes military patches; one of them (for a detachment of the 15th Helicopter Mine Countermeasures Squadron, based in Udairi, Kuwait) has chosen some Halo imagery to make its point. darthbob found this at Kotaku.(Louis Wu 14:10:59 UTC)

John_117 stopped by to point out a Halo 3 rap he’d put together. You can watch it on YouTube.(Louis Wu 14:05:17 UTC)

RVideo continues with his stunning panoramas – today you can find Last Resort and Isolation on our forum. I find the skyboxes of both to be intriguing.(Louis Wu 13:56:03 UTC)

1UP Features Editor Jeremy Parish, has been posting his personal Top 7 games of 2007, and a couple of days ago he listed Halo 3 as Number 6. What makes this news is the insightful way he’s chosen to pin down the hurdles Halo 3 faced before it even hit the stands. His discussion of…

ZZoMBiE13 is proud of the latest episode of Another Halo Comic Strip – the first strip of 2008 also marks the longest he’s ever stuck with a webcomic. I know I speak for many when I say I hope there are many more!(Louis Wu 20:47:37 UTC)

Joystiq posted their Top 10 Games of 2007 – Halo 3 came in at number 6. (Before you get all upset about that, understand that they felt it was the one game you should have with you on a desert island. It lost points because it was the third go-round, not for anything else.) The…