Year: 2008
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A Halo Fan’s Recommended Reading Primer
Yesterday, SinisterSamurai asked about recommended reading – it started off as a ‘what are some books recommended by the Bungie dudes who worked on Halo?’, but has since branched off a bit – the thread is FULL of recommendations of all sorts of good Sci-Fi (and other stuff). Dave Candland tossed in a list he…
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I miss the shoulder missiles.
Over at Bungie.net, you can see a screenshot that recreates the very first Halo screenshot ever released – in a slightly updated engine. Go look!(Louis Wu 09:52:17 UTC)
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Plan of Attack
K8lunch noticed that there’s a new Larry the Marine up – Larry needs to work on those instinctive responses.(Louis Wu 09:51:46 UTC)
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Chimp Demo Debuts On PSN
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The PlayStation Network may have its work cut for it catching up to the onlin gaming experience offered by Xbox Live, but Crackers the chimp is lending a hand with the demo of Hail to the Chimp, the party game from Wideload, now available on the service.
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A Protocol Best Served Cole
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Nebula nominee Tobias Buckell has been tapped to pen the next Halo novel, Halo: The Cole Protocol, due out in Fall of this year. Buckell published his first science fiction novel, Crystal Rain, in 2006, and followed it up with Ragamuffin in 2007.
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Red vs. Blue: Public Service Announcement #36
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This week, Rooster Teeth releases a public service announcement from the loving cast of Red vs. Blue about all the things not said on the internet.
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Getting into the Game Industry
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The IGDA (International Game Developers Association) has some worthwhile reading if you’re interested in getting into the game industry.
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Seven Billion Kills Before July 7th?
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Here at Bungie.net, some folks are trying to get the Campaign kill count up to seven billion in time for July 7th (Bungie Day).
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RvB PSA #36
The Red vs Blue website has a new PSA online – it’s currently up for sponsors, but it’ll be up for everyone in the near future. It’ll help you a lot in getting along with other internet users! Go watch.(Louis Wu 18:12:47 UTC)
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We’re In the Spotlight!
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We are in the group spotlight again! I think the winsauce has given us some more of that group savoriness.
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Engineer Plushie
You mght remember that last summer, Horus visited our forum with pictures of (and templates for) a Grunt Plushie. He’s back, this time wth an Engineer Plushie – and man, it’s cute. Check it out!(Louis Wu 14:32:39 UTC)
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I tried to think of a good title for this…
Sparkypinball stopped by with word of a film he helped make, interviewing porn stars about their gaming proclivities. A lot of them, apparently, play Halo. The video is safe for work.(Louis Wu 14:25:08 UTC)
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Green Screen map for Halo 3 Machinimators
iGuardian managed to get a teleporter outside Guardian, to a place surrounded with just green. Why does this matter to you? Well, if you’re a machinima creator, this gives you a green screen for use with your Halo characters. Funky! Downloadable map is here, movie showing the effect is here.(Louis Wu 14:21:26 UTC)
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Free Halo 3? Not Hardly.
Everyone’s seen those ‘Get a free Xbox 360 with a free copy of Halo 3!’ ads popping up on websites – most of us realize that there ain’t no such thing as a free lunch. That doesn’t stop people from trying, though – and I read a writeup this morning that should help you decide…
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Terpsichore
TTL Demag0gue told us that it’s Reclaimer Monday – Episode 57 looks at how Viper plans to get control of their base back.(Louis Wu 14:18:05 UTC)
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Halo Wars Monthly Update – and a preview
The Halo Wars Monthly Update was posted on Friday (thanks to Omega for pointing it out yesterday – I feel behind, now). There’s info about the upcoming E3 show (and what will be seen there), info on the Cyclops unit, some strategy advice, and word that the screenshots archive is going to be updated soon.…