Month: September 2008
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Game developers need to eat, too
Ross “new Bungie teasers always make me hot” Mills has been scouring the web for Halo news; he found an interesting piece at gamesindustry.biz in which Bungie’s Marty O’Donnell discusses the negative effect that the pre-owned games market has on games development. He acknowledges that it’s hard to gripe when your game (say, Halo 3)…
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I think they’re looking for Recon
It’s Friday, so it’s time for fun over at Hawty McBloggy’s – this week it’s Caption Fun, Round 19. The last one was a month ago – you can see responses from that one, plus a new picture that needs your captioning help. Go play!(Louis Wu 13:15:36 UTC)
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Inside Halo 22
Inside Halo 22 has been posted – there’s a tribute to lost playlists, some mostly interesting top plays, and general oddness. Thanks, Aang Avatar.(Louis Wu 13:11:55 UTC)
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Hours of analysis of 63 seconds
If you’re looking for pixel-by-pixel analysis of the Keep It Clean trailer, the Halo community has you covered. Grunts R Us did a full analysis (though at this particular moment it seems to be offline for maintenance – try a bit later), Xbox 360 Fanboy put together a 2-minute video analysis pointing out some key…
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Halo 3 Assembly Map Preview, from G4
Joe Paulding let us know about an interview with Brian Jarrard that was produced by G4TV from footage collected at PAX – there’s lots of Assembly footage, and discussion about the map and its (lack of a) release date. Go watch! (Louis Wu 12:18:00 UTC)
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Friday Comic Madness
anthraxgoon visited yesterday to point out a new webcomic, X36. Still a little rough around the edges, but it shows promise! Nick Ambrose let us know about The Biased, Chapter 1, Page 6 – the reds start getting answers. And it’s Friday, so TTL Demag0gue is around to tell us that Reclaimer 92 is online…
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Wish you were here…
7theSuper stopped by again with a fun poem – always nice to see fans building on Bungie’s work!(Louis Wu 11:52:58 UTC)
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Friday’s Fan Fiction
The Fan Fiction writers didn’t stop because Bungie was announcing a new teaser – there are six new pieces for your reading pleasure in the Fan Fiction section. And while you’re at it, you might want to check out this forum post by Australian Chaos – he mentions a fanfic he’s been posting elsewhere. Reading…
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Keeping It Clean, Frame By Frame
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So the teaser that Bungie wanted to tease us with this past E3 is now out for download on Bungie.net in the usual flavors of QuickTime and Windows Media. Luke Smith’s post on Bungie.net calls this a “CG-teaser” and the front page refers to it as being for “one of our current projects”. My general…
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Around The Ring Episode 5 – Hugeass With Guest Host!
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Download | Shownotes This is our final stand-alone episode before we get integrated with the main rotation. This week we’re reviewing Hugeass…ITS HUGE! Guest Hosting we have KBC! A member of the podtacular community! Hint: try to make a connection between the blooper music and the name of the map! Enjoy the episode! Shownotes are…
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Take Our Stuff – Status Update
Just a quick note; we haven’t forgotten about the announcement of the Take Our Stuff contest winners. We’ve sorted through the nearly 8000 entries, we’ve tallied judges’ votes… we’re just working out the details before we announce anything. I’d hoped we would finish before the end of the 25th, in order to be able to…
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Happy Birthday Halo 3!
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It’s hard to believe a whole year has flown by since Halo 3 was released! To commemorate the occasion, Hawty McBloggy held a very interesting screenshot competition that yielded some awesome results.
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Huge Revelation in the SI Story
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Check the Bungie.net top news story to see the just-released teaser in the new SI story.
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Double EXP back on track with Legendary Brawl!
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So many targets, so many new achievements. It’s like we planned it this way.
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Fans tackle new trailer with passion
There’s no way at all I’m going to be able to keep up with all the interesting speculation and analysis around the net today. I’ll point out a few useful bits, and then you’re on your own.Gabe Hammond uploaded a copy of the trailer to YouTube, if you can’t download a version from Microsoft.Jordan117 did…
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Halo Decals – Would you buy them?
John Peel, of Sticker Universe, is considering licensing the Halo IP to create Halo decals – and his first project, if he goes ahead with this, will be all of the medals and achievement icons (you can get an idea of what he’s proposing at Halo Decals.com). He’s looking for feedback on the idea; the…
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Overdriftacular 2.0
Back in April, we mentioned a Mongoose racetrack being developed for Avalanche. Apparently, it’s been finished. Thanks, Jared. (Louis Wu 17:37:44 UTC)
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Bungie unleashes new teaser for Halo 3 thingie
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Today at 7:07 PST, Bungie followed through on the next wave of their cryptic teasing with a new video touting, well, something related to Halo 3. Best bets would say this looks like some sort of expansion pack for Halo 3’s campaign, perhaps delving into an auxilliary storyline or just giving us more of that…