Year: 2008
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Forging Foundry
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It’s “Five Degress of Foundry” as I share my trials, tribulations and triumphs while using Forge over the holidays.
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Halo 3 Tourney – Confusion Reigns
Okay, this one’s messy. Last week, we posted a note that said that a tournament that was originally scheduled to be hosted by Xbox.com and the US Army had been cancelled, and that you should ignore all the press releases that were appearing around the net on other gaming sites, because they were being posted…
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Gamertag Radio Community Vib3s Event
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Our buddy Godfree at Gamertag Radio let us know that they’re coming up on their 3-year anniversary and are going to celebrate in serious style. And you’re invited! Tons of community leaders and members will be there including JVB and myself. There will be some really great giveaways including Xbox360 Elites and games EVERY HOUR…
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Send in Stuff for This Week’s Show: Multiplayer Tips and Map of the Month: Foundry
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I know, you’re wondering when you’ll get Callins and Tales from the Foxhole, right? Well we’re working on it and plan to have it out before Sunday this week for your listening enjoyment. Show’s been recorded and CapnKrunk is working on the slew of voice mails. In the mean time… If you could give us…
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A Halo helmet, from DoC ByTeS
A couple of days ago, we mentioned a helmet being put together by DoC ByTeS – he went and sent us the final pics that same day. Pretty gorgeous work… (Louis Wu 13:51:57 UTC)
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It’s not easy being green
ZZoMBiE13 has been making some changes in the way his characters appear in Another Halo Comic Strip. Today’s offering gets explicit about that.(Louis Wu 13:02:33 UTC)
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Of Ancient Greek Monsters, and Modern-Day Nightmares
Over at Rampancy.net, OldNick continues to draw lessons from the pool of wisdom that is Bungie Development. Can you build a game that’s polished AND on-time? Now THAT’S a tough question.(Louis Wu 12:39:43 UTC)
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Instant Respawn – a Video Forge Tutorial
TheShadyGnome let us know that the second Forging 101 Video Tutorial, ‘Instant Respawn’, is now available on YouTube. Watch it for tips on making your Forge creations the best they can be! This is the second in Flem Productions’ series of video remakes of the text tutorials at ForgeHub.com.(Louis Wu 12:37:14 UTC)
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1v1 Tourney at Halownage
Halownage is putting together a 1v1 Halo 3 tourney – takes place on January 24 and 25, it’s free to register, and there’s a small cash pot. Check out the details on their forum. Thanks, Laniphoria.(Louis Wu 12:29:05 UTC)
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IGN Editors Love Halo
IGN’s Hilary Goldstein and Nate Ahearn posted their Favorites for 2007 – Halo 3 made both lists. (Goldstein placed it at #8, while Ahearn ranked it second, behind CoD4.) Thanks again, Planet Halo.(Louis Wu 12:27:15 UTC)
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Gamespy’s looking forward to Halo Wars
Gamespy’s put up a Most Wanted Games of 2008 page – and like TXB and Game Informer before them, they’ve placed Halo Wars on the list. Thanks, Planet Halo.(Louis Wu 12:24:09 UTC)
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Someone to Watch Over Me
Elnea’s posted Episode 113 of her Halo Action Figure Theater – sometimes, you have to wonder about the honor of your average Spartan. On the plus side, it looks like O’Hara might actually be rescued.(Louis Wu 12:17:45 UTC)
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Martin Van Buren Hates This Game
Mariachi turned up a video called ‘Martin Van Buren plays Halo’ – wins points for creative use of absurdity. Swing by YouTube to watch.(Louis Wu 12:15:33 UTC)
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Episode 143: Call of Duty 4 vs. Halo 3 Smackdown, Part 2 of 2
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Download | Shownotes Wrapping up the Halo 3 vs. Call of Duty 4 show, we take a thorough and fair look at how they compare in multiplayer. Like in part 1 we have CapnKrunk, Dialpex, and CaMaRoGuY579 joining us to compare two of the greatest FPS games ever to grace a video game system.
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Montage Man
Raptree stopped by with links to a trailer and Part 1 of a machinima project entitled ‘Montage Man’. (It has nothing to do with montages.) Pretty nice work! Go watch. (Louis Wu 23:30:37 UTC)
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First Forgery Challenge
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One thing I wanted to try in this group was the occasional “Forge Challenge.” What is that you say? Read to find out.
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MLG on ESPN
Whoa – Major League Gaming has signed a deal with ESPN – it’s the big leagues, baby! Thanks, BuckHijo.(Louis Wu 22:20:35 UTC)
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IRIS Overview available from Ad Agency
Wow, very nice. thebruce found a full overview of the IRIS campaign, as set up by AKQA, the agency tasked by Microsoft with its creation. Very slick – a fantastic way to get a handle on how this campaign went, if you missed it last summer!(Louis Wu 21:50:42 UTC)
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Wizard – now playable in UT3
Over on the Epic Games forum, Zubren posted screenshots (and a download link) for a new mod he’s created for Unreal Tournament 3 – Halo’s Wizard has been ported to the PS3. Nice!(Louis Wu 21:39:08 UTC)
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Going Commando.
Last Friday, Bungie mentioned that they’d be unlocking the Commando shoulders for all LIVE users – trust Stuntmutt to find a tasteless way to riff on this in today’s One One Se7en. Honestly…(Louis Wu 20:48:01 UTC)