Year: 2008

Jake108 let us know that the folks at Geekscape have put together another installment of Teabag Prevention – this one focuses on Snowbound. There are descriptions of where to find the key elements on the map, and strategies for building up your kill count. If you find it useful, remember that this is #19 in…

We got word from Briar, of Briar’s Armor, that the one-off sniper rifle he built is now for sale on eBay. Starting bid is $115, and you’ve got until September 14 to make up your mind. Worth a look!(Louis Wu 13:50:27 UTC)

Hawty McBloggy found a pretty nice-looking Cortana Faceplate for your 360 while she was trawling the eBay waters. It ain’t cheap, though. And I think it would look better in the vertical configuration than the horizontal one. Go look.(Louis Wu 20:15:55 UTC)

A tutorial at You Noobs Got Owned will show you how you can make a Halo 3 screenshot look like it’s a miniature model. Pretty slick!(Louis Wu 20:02:40 UTC)

So one of the things I did at PAX last weekend was to collect a few signed prints, for folks who weren’t able to make it to the show. I snagged a total of 25 prints – 23 of them are signed (some by multiple people). I just need some help in coming up with…

Brandon found a TRUE HEROES Plasma Blaster (1600×1200, 312k) at Toys R Us, for $14.99 – I’d have to agree with him that it looks an AWFUL lot like a Halo-style assault rifle. (For $15 and a little paint, you’ve got a great cheap prop.) I couldn’t find it in TRU’s online store – but…

RandomSauce let us know that his second ‘MythBusters’ video, a project he does with TURRET BUDDY, is now up on YouTube. As was true last time, there are some pretty interesting tidbits, and watching it might teach you something cool! (It should be noted that not all of the research is accurate; for example, they…

evildoctorwill put together his list of least favorite to most favorite Halo multiplayer maps – from all three games. You don’t have to agree, but give his reasoning a look-over, and add your own comments!(Louis Wu 16:05:37 UTC)

gothi wrote to us about an application he’s been working on that scans your game history for games with assets (video clips and pictures), and then lets you browse them easily. What an amazingly useful tool! Unfortunately, it’s PC-only, but it works fine under Parallels on OSX. There’s a short FAQ to help you get…

John_117 put together another montage; the nice thing about this is that a lot of the action is just plain fun. Not your typical montage! Let him know what you think.(Louis Wu 15:58:09 UTC)

oriol, from Grunts R Us, let us know that they’re back online, with new goodies for you. There’s a “mega Halo 3 Easter egg list” (it’s a pretty impressive list, but – in my opinion, at least – some of the tidbits aren’t really ‘eggs’, in the true sense of the word… which shouldn’t stop…

I’ve been feeling really lousy about my seriously late PAX writeup – this week has been very, very hard from that standpoint. Turns out I’m not alone, though; a bunch of new stuff went up recently. CrypticGuardian, over at Bungie.net, posted a MONSTER 3 hour video of his experience (740 mb!), along with lots and…

Hawty McBloggy let us know that I <3 Halo 3 Screenshots has a new feature – Wallpapers. The section is being managed by Halcylon, and images are being included at a variety of resolutions, and will be added to every week. Check it out!(Louis Wu 20:36:44 UTC)

Have you been feeling a little frustrated about the lack of information about upcoming Bungie projects? You’re not alone. MTV’s Patrick Klepek pointed out that Bungie isn’t talking (Luke Smith said that news has to come from Microsoft), and Microsoft isn’t talking (Aaron Greenberg said that they “hope to have information to share sooner than…

Pyrosmile Productions has posted the first episode of Season 2 (the opening of Halo 2, Cairo Station), along with a blooper reel for members. Go check ’em out!(Louis Wu 20:03:16 UTC)

The newest piece of Halo 3 machinima from DigitalPh33r is a piece called ‘Final Moments’ – it’s viewable on YouTube, and it’s based on the story of the UNSC Marines’ first encounter with a dangerous life form in the first Halo game. Done in the style of the Halo 1 Helmet-cam sequence, it shows a…

lostguru has created a ‘weapon/vehicle sounds song’ – a percussion piece based on sounds collected from Halo – and is wondering about turning it into a video. Go listen, and give him some feedback!(Louis Wu 18:45:29 UTC)

gunluva found a Kotaku mention of a GamePolitics news piece on an 11 year old boy who accidentally killed himself while trying to recreate some events in Halo. There’s an interesting discussion about responsibility in the resulting thread.(Louis Wu 14:41:21 UTC)