Month: January 2008

Over at Rampancy.net, Narcogen wrote up an article that examines the Halo 3 soundtrack, and how it reinforces gameplay and your emotional ties to the action that happens onscreen. It’s a great read – I can’t wait for Part 2!(Louis Wu 15:28:37 UTC)

ZZoMBiE13’s weeklong Halo destruction series continues – today’s Another Halo Comic Strip has a cameo from a DIFFERENT Halo comic. (And one of the best UNSC ship names EVAR.)(Louis Wu 13:45:37 UTC)

Hawty McBloggy spent a lot of time perusing screenshots collections at Bungie.net, and put together fifteen of her favorites. (Three came from Bungie’s Favorites list, but the rest were all dug out by her.) Some really cool shots in there! (Louis Wu 13:37:52 UTC)

James Center is selling off a bunch of his Halo paraphenalia; swing by his eBay auction for the details. Books, cards, posters – it’s all in there!(Louis Wu 13:35:59 UTC)

Avateur noticed a relatively new feature on Xbox.com – it’s an article suggesting ways to grab some of the Halo 3 achievements. Give it a read! (Louis Wu 13:34:50 UTC)

Elnea’s posted Episode 120 of her Halo Action Figure Theater. Protip: do not let drugged people near Zombo-O-Tron 9000s. (Louis Wu 13:33:12 UTC)

Keegan came by with some pictures of his low-budget Halo 3 armor – looks great!(Louis Wu 13:27:25 UTC)

J23 pointed out that Major Nelson has announced the next entry from the US Army – Heavy Weapons. I couldn’t find a consistent way to navigate to this, but the ‘Heavy Weapons’ banner is in heavy rotation (no pun intended) on the LIVE blades of your 360; it shouldn’t be hard to find. Once you…

Sep7imus ran across a fun magazine cover at The Onion… it’s a parody, yeah, but it hits a little close to home.(Louis Wu 13:06:16 UTC)

Flud stopped by to point out ‘Halo 3: Knocking on Heaven’s Door’, from The DuoGroup. Available in high-quality streaming DivX from their site, or on YouTube. It’s actually a pretty nice piece of work! Go watch.(Louis Wu 19:24:09 UTC)

Sticky Keys and TheIronChef have put together another Halo 3 data script – this one compares some key statistics in multiplayer to another gamertag. Check out the documentation link; it’s interesting to see how they calculated their values! Thanks, BuckHijo.(Louis Wu 19:10:27 UTC)

mrsmiley let us know that the next Larry the Marine is out – looks like he’s got access to some advanced tools!(Louis Wu 18:58:19 UTC)

According to Xbox360Fanboy, you can pick up a copy of Halo 3 at Best Buy this week for just $38. Noice!(Louis Wu 18:56:01 UTC)

I’m a little confused; news all over the web has Activision claiming that Call of Duty 4 was the biggest-selling title in 2007, with “more than seven million units since its launch in November” (the official press release is here, at GamesIndustry.biz, for example). But didn’t Major Nelson tell us 3 days into January that…

Remember – One One Se7en contains Halo 3 spoilers these days. Nuggets of wisdom, too. (Annnnd… that’s it for a bit. I’ve got jury duty today, which is why all queued news is being posted before 7 am my time. Be good.)(Louis Wu 11:50:56 UTC)

Another Halo Comic Strip kicks off the actual multpart storyline today – come and meet the monitor of Installation 06. And some friends.(Louis Wu 11:49:16 UTC)

A few weeks ago, we mentioned a ceramic sculpture being crafted by SnprTw – she’s finished it, and posted a final picture in our forum. Great work!(Louis Wu 11:45:36 UTC)

TrueDarkFusion let us know that Forge Hub is running a ‘Shell Shocked Contest’ – Forge a map based on a historical battle, win prizes. (No D-Day maps allowed.) Check the contest page for full details, including prizes. (Louis Wu 11:43:45 UTC)