Year: 2008
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6′ MC Statue on eBay
PlasmaFire ran across an auction on eBay for one of the 6′ Halo 2 statues that pop up occasionally. It’s in decent (but not perfect) shape. Starting bid is $700, and the auction closes in 2 days. Go look!(Louis Wu 12:57:36 UTC)
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Getting an early start
Speaking of home-made costumes, Nola pointed out this one, at a site called ‘Coolest Homemade Costumes’. Bulky… but definitely cool!(Louis Wu 12:54:58 UTC)
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Building your own helmet
Instructables has an article up on how to build a cardboard Master Chief helmet. Just in time for Halloween! Go read it.(Louis Wu 12:52:30 UTC)
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Submit your Stuff
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We are back in the rotation again and we are recording on Sunday, which means it’s time to hear what has happened in the community from the time we left the podcast. Send in your Tales from the Fox Hole for a chance to be on the show. Use the Big Green button to submit…
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Visit the Front Page NOW!
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A mysterious countdown on Bungie.net’s front page counts down to 7:07 AM PDT on September 25!! What will happen? Discuss in our forums!
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Tip of the week
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this week i will make a list of things that you should know for campaign. hopefully it will help in some way.
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TU2 FAQ
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Now that the Halo 3 update has had time to sink in, many of you have questions. Fortunately we have answers.
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7 on 7 – clarified
There’s been quite a bit of confusion about the new ‘7 on 7’ achievement, and what you need to do to earn it. SketchFactor stopped by our forum today with a clarification:The real scoop now is that you just need to hit the #7 in EXP in ANY playlist on the 7th of the month.So……
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Wait, you were serious?
GU Comics takes a shot at the recently-unearthed Halo MMO today – thanks, Ross.(Louis Wu 15:33:43 UTC)
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Halo/Army campaign wins award
Halo has won yet ANOTHER advertising award – this time, though, it’s not the Believe campaign. IAB’s MIXX Awards were given out last night – and the Bronze award in the ‘Brand Awareness and Positioning’ category went to Universal McCann for the U.S. Army Halo 3 Experience campaign. Thanks, MarketWatch. (Louis Wu 14:57:16 UTC)
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Security/Katana achievement update
Yesterday, we mentioned that folks who didn’t have the Security helmet or the Katana were finding that these armor permutations unlocked with gamerscore increases from NEW achievements. Upon closer examination, there are actually two requirements, not just one: you need to have 1000 gamerscore from Halo 3 achievements (as we said yesterday), but you ALSO…
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Halo MMO Concept Art
Kotaku posted a huge collection of concept art, ostensibly from the scrapped Halo MMO we mentioned yesterday. These range from interesting to downright silly. gunluva was the first to notice, but the thread I started (I hadn’t seen his post) got a lot of heated responses. Join in and add your own comments!(Louis Wu 14:39:42…
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Security Helmet/Katana more accessible
Fyrewulff confirmed that the added achievements available as of today have a side benefit – if you are below 1000 gamerscore, you can use the new options to get hold of that Security helmet. (There’s no guarantee it’ll work for everyone – but it worked for him; he got two achievements that pushed him over…
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Gamasutra uncovers cancelled Halo MMO
Gamasutra has posted a short piece that investigates a cancelled Ensemble Studios project… and concludes that it was a Halo MMO. Go check out the details!(Louis Wu 13:44:16 UTC)
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TTL Tuesday – it’s back!
Tied the Leader, quiet on the blogging front for a bit, is back with a sizeable update. There’s a reminder about the Tied The Leader Foundation, and the latest fan-driven efforts to aid its mission. There’s a huge, picture-filled recap of ChicagoLANd 3.0, a TTL lanfest that took place over Labor Day weekend in (um……