Month: March 2008

Omega continues his compilation of a Brute driftwood arsenal – he found a Mauler in the swamp. Strange swamp…(Louis Wu 22:33:56 UTC)

It’s Adam Grumbo Day, I guess. One of his suits of Master Chief armor is back up on eBay (the original buyer has decided to resell). Buy it Now price is $7500 (what he originally paid for it), but it’s up for best offer, as well. Thanks to Mid7night, who found this on the 405th…

If you’re playing in the Grifball Spring League, you might want to swing by Grifball.com and check out the schedule – first week games through Thursday are scheduled now (first games are tonight!), and the entire first week should be up by tomorrow. Get Hammered!(Louis Wu 20:13:51 UTC)

Computer and Video Games has a short preview of Halo Wars up right now – thanks to P1 Groupe Italia, who found it at the Halo Wars website.(Louis Wu 20:10:25 UTC)

So last Friday, Bungie mentioned, at the very end of their Weekly Update, that the latest podcast (with Chris Butcher) was available for download. They’re reminding you again today, which suggests that maybe a few of you missed it. Go listen – it’s a good interview! (There’s also a clip with Major Nelson.)(Louis Wu 18:17:15…

If you watched the Contamination trailer last week, and wished you could see it in higher resolution… swing by GamingTV. There are WMP9 and QT download links with 640×480 versions. Thanks, trigger119.(Louis Wu 17:10:07 UTC)

Rock Opera Jr pointed out that Halo got a mention in today’s Angry Robot webcomic.(Louis Wu 17:02:57 UTC)

Podtacular is shutting down its podcast in April; they’ll still be represented by Pod TV, but JVB and foomojive are moving on. Read the details, and the rationale, at Podtacular.com. We’re gonna miss you guys! Thanks, Kia.(Louis Wu 16:30:56 UTC)

Deimos Fawkes noticed that the Big Bad Toy Store will be selling an exclusive Violet CQB Spartan from McFarlane, as part of the Series 3 batch coming this fall. No pics yet… but you can preorder. (You can buy the entire regular series 3 set (8 figures) plus their exclusive for $94, saving a few…

Last week, we mentioned a Dell computer commercial that showcased Adam Grumbo’s custom Master Chief armor (among other things) – but the link we provided had no sound. Adam posted a new version soon after – but we didn’t hear about it until this morning, when Crisis Panda dropped us a line. Go watch with…

Larry The Marine has discovered one of the problems with snagging vehicles designed for other races… thanks, 2phast.(Louis Wu 13:40:35 UTC)

TTL Demag0gue stopped by to announce that Reclaimer 35 (he’s switching away from Chapter/part designations) – Ferial tries to rationalize his actions. Do you buy it?(Louis Wu 13:00:50 UTC)

The Milawukee Journal Sentinel has a story about US soldiers in Iraq playing shooters to relax. The continual misnaming of ‘Call of Duty 4’ as ‘Call to Action 4’ makes me wince… but other than that, it’s an interesting look at what soldiers see are the similarities – and the differences – between video games…

QuickTactical released a trailer for Infiltration. At least one fan wasn’t impressed – but watch it for yourself to decide!(Louis Wu 11:56:40 UTC)

A few days ago, a story surfaced that Lockout was being remade for the Legendary map pack. Evidence was presented in the form of a cover from a Dutch gaming mag. Frankie quickly shot it down as fake on the NeoGAF forums (thanks, BolognaFire)… but that didn’t stop the story from getting picked up on…

Lordstemplar1 stopped by with a ‘Video Update’ of what Dispatch films is doing – it seems to take inspiration from lots of existing work (Sodagod’s Inside Machinima, DigitalPh33r’s work, even the ForgeHub Video Tutorials). Tells you what the group is up to, and gives you another chance (whether you want it or not) to watch…