Month: January 2009

cbwilliams17 stopped in to point out a teaser for his new series, ‘The Sierra Conspiracy’ – forum response is pretty positive! Go watch.(Louis Wu 14:57:16 UTC)

Looks like Hawty McBloggy is going to be keeping track of the ‘Halo 3 Fails’ series… and that’s fine, because it’s pretty funny. Check her writeup for Episode 6. Go watch all the crazy things that can happen when an attack goes wrong…(Louis Wu 14:53:21 UTC)

HeavenlyYeti pointed us to The Sound of Music, Episode 1, from IceXP. Personal opinion: clever idea, taken much too far… but watch it and decide for yourself.(Louis Wu 14:52:21 UTC)

Wow, very cool – swing over to Music 4 Games for news that should please Seattle residents. At the Video Games Live performance coming up next Saturday (the 24th), Marty O’Donnell will be on hand for the live world premiere of the music from Halo 3: ODST. Lucky! (There’ll be plenty of other celebrities there…

The last episode of Darkspire’s Matchmaking series was released a couple of months ago – but Episode 18 is up now. Vince and John find themselves in a dangerous place… filled with needles and horchata. Funny stuff! Thanks, Master Ph0bia. (Louis Wu 14:27:00 UTC)

Last month, we mentioned a wedding that would be centered around Halo – yesterday was the big day. Apparently, it went pretty well. Thanks, Hawty!(Louis Wu 14:26:39 UTC)

shisno34 was the first to let us know about Arby ‘n’ the Chief S3E06 – Arby’s upset with NXE, and the Chief is very very sad that some armor is missing. Do you have YOUR katana?(Louis Wu 14:26:18 UTC)

The Competitive Video Games team let us know that a 3v3 Slayer tourney will be taking place tomorrow, January 19, at 3pm CST. Again, no prizes, just fun. (Louis Wu 14:25:54 UTC)

Hawty McBloggy ran across an eBay auction for a 7-foot bronze Spartan sculpture – starting bid is only $2900! What are you waiting for?(Louis Wu 14:01:52 UTC)

1UP.com has an article from Halo Wars’ Dave Pottinger that outlines ten interesting facts about the game, and its development. Go read to see how some units made it in while others didn’t… how certain strategies were encouraged by interface design… how one side might fight differently than the other. (Louis Wu 14:01:12 UTC)

Two comic updates for you this morning – The Catfish told us about the next episode of 2501 (‘The True Mainframe’), and anthraxgoon let us know about X36 Chapter 1 Issue 12, and a new posting schedule. Check ’em out! (Louis Wu 14:00:19 UTC)

It’s Friday, so it’s time for another Bungie Weekly Update – and this one is pretty meaty. There are a few extra tidbits, but the majority of the space is devoted to discussion of this week’s full-studio playtest of Halo 3: ODST. Absolutely worth a read! (As always, you can grab a copy in our…

Pete Cooner stopped by with a few pics of the early progress on their real-life Warthog. Check out the pics, and be sure to check out the blog!(Louis Wu 00:49:34 UTC)