Month: January 2009
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HBOFFPotW – January 5
kr-1426 stopped in to point out the most recent HBO Fan Fic Pick of the Week – go see what he thought topped the submissions last week!(Louis Wu 11:53:51 UTC)
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The Evolution of Brutes
I recently stumbled across a nice piece of Brute-flavored artwork over at High Impact Halo – BierWiser sketched a little piece, and then colored it. (I like the uncolored version better, myself, but you can make up your own mind.) Check it out!(Louis Wu 11:48:39 UTC)
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Rampancy Tackles Floodgate
Rampancy.net is back with another podcast – Narcogen and Blackstar discuss Floodgate, the fifth level of Halo 3. This one is 52 minutes long, 48 mb large (in mp3 format), and part one of their level coverage. It’s available in both MP3 and MP4 formats – if you’re not seeing download links in the posts,…
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Halo Wars news from CES
Lots of people got us the news that Steve Ballmer released at the CES Keynote last night – elessar was first with a pointer to Joystiq’s writeup, but PriorMarcus wasn’t far behind with a link from Kotaku. (Bungie’s Jim M. sent us an LA Times link – but it has bad info, so you might…
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Bungie’s Bountiful Blog Bazaar
Once again, a late posting spree on the Bungie Blog brings you a wealth of new videos that I should start letting you know about in the evenings… here we go:urk points out the sixth episode in Darknai’s ‘The Forgotten Spartans’ machinima; he’s totally right about the music. (If you like this, here are the…
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Anger, Sadness and Envy Episode 5: Floodgate (Part 1 of 2)
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Blackstar and Narcogen look at the return of the Flood to the Halo series in Halo 3’s Floodgate level. Part one of two. This is the M4A version of the episode, compatible with iTunes; it contains advanced features such as embedded graphics and chapter markers. If you want the plain MP3 version to play in…
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Anger, Sadness and Envy Episode 5: Floodgate (Part 1 of 2) (MP3)
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Blackstar and Narcogen look at the return of the Flood to the Halo series in Halo 3’s Floodgate level. Part one of two. This is the MP3 version of the episode, compatible with the online player. If you use iTunes and want the advanced features, go to this version: http://rampancy.net/audio/AAC/08/01/2009/Anger_Sadness_and_Envy_Episode_5_Floodgate_Part_1_2_mp4
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AH: Skate 2 Demo available at Midnight PST
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Hey guys, just wanted to give you Skate fans a heads up, the demo for Skate 2 will be hitting Xbox Live at 12:01am PST tomorrow morning. (Tonight, technically.) That’s 3:01am for those of you in New York, 2:01am for us in Austin, 1:01am for y’all in…
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AH: Call of Duty: World at War, Grave Digger
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Hey folks, I’ve just been going through Call of Duty: World at War and picking up some achievements for you folks. Today kicks off this new batch with Grave Digger which requires you to pick up a “Death Card” in every non-vehicle level in…
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I wanna push you, baby
According to Bungie.net, the Push-To-Talk upgrade mentioned recently is now live – with playlist changes following soon. Go play push-free!(Louis Wu 22:19:09 UTC)
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Six Player PTT is Live Now!
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Now to communicate to teammates in any playlist smaller than Big Team, all you have to do is speak.
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Buddies don’t let Buddies Game Alone
Bungie has spotlighted Buddy System Gaming, a group that exists to help you find a good game – and once you read the mini-interview, you can check out what THEY consider fun by perusing Bungie Favorites. Thanks, urk.(Louis Wu 20:16:09 UTC)
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Recreate your favorite gaming moments in MS Paint
I highlight this because it’s just plain cool. Falagard, over at NeoGAF, used a Wacom Bamboo tablet and MS Paint (!!!) to whip up an image which should IMMEDIATELY resonate with any long-term Halo fan. Kick-ass.(Louis Wu 20:01:26 UTC)