Month: February 2008

aklay47 and some friends put together a Master Chief costume… and filmed it in action. There are parts of this that are… really weird. Check it out!(Louis Wu 14:12:25 UTC)

Tied the Leader is back (thanks, XerxdeeJ) – go read an ode to ranked play (“you only learn how to play the game better if you are losing”), and a very nice desktop picture, complete with notes on how it was created.(Louis Wu 14:04:50 UTC)

Yesterday, BuckHijo pointed out (on our forum) H3 Th3 Most, a website devoted to pointing out which players have gotten the most ______ in Halo 3; drop in your gamertag, and increase the info pool. (This uses the Halo API developed TheIronChef and Sticky Keys.) It wasn’t working all that well yesterday, so I didn’t…

bit-tech.net has posted an article about ‘The Art of Repetition’ – how to make a storyline more immersive, and how Halo 3 did with this. (The basic argument – that it’s hard to reconcile the idea of a supersoldier with your average beginning player, as he gets lost, shoots the wrong thing, and basically doesn’t…

The MLG Canada website has posted a summary of what’s going on in the Halo 3 Pro Circuit Ladder – if you’re trying to catch up on your favorite pro team, check this out.(Louis Wu 13:46:57 UTC)

Bungie’s posted their newest podcast over at Bungie.net (and on iTunes) – 45 minutes, 51 mb. They’re talking to Christian Allen, Bungie’s new Lead Designer, about where he came from (Ubisoft/Red Storm/US Military) and what he brings to the table (apparently, the ability to die a lot in Halo 3). This was recorded before last…

Over at Rampancy.net, there are a bunch of new pieces of sheet music available for download – swing by and grab Impend for strings and keyboard, One Final Effort for piano, Black Tower for keyboard, and Never Forget (partially incomplete).(Louis Wu 13:40:01 UTC)

ScienceDaily has posted an article about some research that shows that video games, especially games that let you acquire territory, are more rewarding for men than for women, as judged by activation in the brain’s mesocorticolimbic center (normally associated with reward and addiction). It was a small study at Stanford, but they’re planning a larger…

BlitzSnake let us know that Neurons 2, a sequel to a Halo 1 machinima he created last year, is still on the way – you can watch a trailer at HaloTube.(Louis Wu 13:32:17 UTC)

Mr. Titan has written an editorial over at Planet Halo entitled ‘Should Bungie Make a Halo 4?’ He basically decides “sure, if they innovate this time around.” Go read his reasoning. (While almost anything is possible, the likelihood, in my opinion, that Bungie will make a Halo 4 is up there with the likelihood that…

I dunno about you, but lately Stuntmutt’s One One Se7en comics have been scaring me.(Louis Wu 20:13:08 UTC)

This was submitted a LOONNG time ago – but for some reason, I never got around to posting it. Last June, OdieTurbo sent along an Excel file which shows off the floorplan of the Pillar of Autumn, created in conjunction with some fan fiction. I don’t think I’d have ever considered Excel as a creation…

Jenny Wright created this cake for her husband’s 26th birthday – it was her first try, but she hopes they’ll get better as time goes on. Tasty!(Louis Wu 18:02:16 UTC)

In early November, Jadis Faust sent along a bionicle Elite, based on Tina Leyk’s artwork. The picture we got compares source and product directly.(Louis Wu 17:59:24 UTC)