Month: September 2008
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Ensemble breakup – the fallout
Lots of Halo Wars discussion this morning – Avateur noticed a Kotaku article talking about the new structure of Ensemble (and how it’s reminiscent of Bungie’s situation), Narcogen did his own analysis of the situation over at Rampancy.net, and SteelersX07 pointed out that the Halo Wars site has some reassurances from Dave Pottinger, Halo Wars…
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Fan Art: Cortana 2
Hawty McBloggy continues her Cortana fan art exploration with a new piece today – I like it!(Louis Wu 14:02:26 UTC)
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Community Montage – Your Help is Needed
on our forum, kanbo is currently taking votes for the music to be used in an upcoming project he’s trying to put together – a montage made up of clips from HBO visitors. Go read about it, then toss in your two cents for the music!(Louis Wu 13:54:29 UTC)
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Yes, Virginia, there ARE winners.
Wow, very cool. So back in July, GamePro put up a huge Halo Wars spread, and offered a Halo 3 Special Edition Xbox as the grand prize in a promotional sweepstakes. Looks like an HBO reader, Michael Callicutt, won that contest! If you’ve ever seen those offers and thought “wow, I wonder if anybody ever…
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GET UP GET DOWN AND BEND OVER!
Teebaging is the new BLACK! Get down and Do the Jordkulan dance. TEEBAG ém all
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Microsoft Closing Ensemble Studios After Halo Wars
What started as another one of those rumors within the span of a day became a confirmed truth: following the release of the upcoming Halo Wars RTS game for the Xbox 360 console, Ensemble Studios, known for the Age of Empires RTS series of games for Windows, will be shuttered. A new studio, like Ensemble…
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Showdown Results (9/6)
Overall, this weekend’s Showdown was a success; it progressed smoothly without any significant lag to hinder the games. While the teams remained constant and the same, the three matches varied greatly, spanning different gametypes and maps.
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Podtacular Rec vs C1nder Recap
Hey Everyone! Podtacular’s Recreation Clan recently played a fun match against the guys over at C1nder. C1nder is the remnants of many different clans, come together to create a more perfect version of the past. Mostly made up of miscreants, degenerates, and krankydoughnuts we seek a better vision of gaming. They aim to make new…
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Marissa’s Bunny: Fairfax Visits HBO
If you were at PAX this year, or followed PAX coverage, you might know about Marissa’s Bunny; he RickRolled the crowd at the Jonathan Coulton concert, for example (5:41 in). Marissa is a baby girl who was diagnosed with infantile spasms last winter. Her father decided to raise awareness for the disease by sending Fairfax…
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Halo Custom Edition Update
Dennis Powers sent word that the Halo Custom Edition Game Archive saw an increase of 136 new maps and assets in August – two you might want to take a closer look at are Midship by CLS_GRUNT and Seclusion by il Duce Primo, Massacre, Dano, and DSalimander. Lots and lots of cool stuff!(Louis Wu 19:45:28…
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Halo fan hosts draw-a-thon
The artist behind the webcomic ‘Pixellated Pupils’ is currently hosting a 24 hour draw-a-thon to raise money for a move to LA. Swing by AngelicLionheart’s forum post for details – if there’s some Halo artwork you always wanted but didn’t know who to ask to get it… here’s your chance!(Louis Wu 19:38:57 UTC)
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Where’s the Chief yields prizes
My7hos offered a wallpaper to pete_the_duck for winning the first Where’s The Chief contest – there should be another one soon.(Louis Wu 19:35:49 UTC)
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One Rule Future
Foto has only one rule:Don’t be a jerk.I know some of you were confused and I’m not sure why. Here’s the definition of jerk taken from dictionary.com:a dull stupid fatuous person
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Author Meets Subjects at DragonCon
Tobias Buckell, hard at work on the next Halo novel, took time out to post a shot of himself at last weekend’s DragonCon, bracketed by the Master Chief and an ODST. Very cool! (That’s Blue Realm and Adam Grumbo, from the 405th forum, in the UNSC duds.) Thanks to TTL Demag0gue for the heads-up.(Louis Wu…