Month: March 2009
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Ultimate Gamer kicks off tonight
Back in January, we mentioned ‘Ultimate Gamer’, a reality show focused on gamers competing in a variety of games. According to USA Today, the first episode (with Rock Band 2 being the game of choice) airs tonight at 10 PM on Sci-Fi. We’ll mention it again when the Halo episode shows.(Louis Wu 15:44:49 UTC)
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A Side Note with Paul Shelley Episode 1
Paul Shelley, of Treeskunk Productions, sent us a link to his first Side Note – it’s pretty crude, but in the spirit of Dirty Harry, it’s not offensive to one particular group – they hate everyone equally. It’s as close to an apology for any delay in content from Treeskunk as you’re likely to get.(Louis…
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RvB: Relocated Part 4
Rooster Teeth has posted RvB: Relocated Part 4 – an old friend returns, and a slow one becomes creepy (well, creepier). Shooting Grifs never gets old… and they’re nicely set up for the next series. Thanks, PsycoJoe.(Louis Wu 13:03:46 UTC)
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A paper rifle takes shape
sbear stopped in with some pics of a pepakura rifle he’s building, from a source file he got from the 405th. Great start! (Louis Wu 13:03:14 UTC)
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Wait… Halo had dial-up communicating?
A company called ‘PalTalk’ is suing Microsoft for patent infringement on a pair of patents it bought from MPath Interacive; it says that the technology it now has the rights to was infringed upon by the Halo games. According to the article,Microsoft said it did review the inventions and chose a different path in developing…
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Lando – First Blood Part II
Lando Griff1n sent word of his second Halo 3 montage – it’s called ‘Lando – First Blood Part II’, and you can read about it (and download it) at Halo3Montage.com. Heavy on the effects, available in both a massive 470+ mb HD version, and a smaller (80 mb) version formatted for iPods – take a…
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Inferring games from job listings
Hawty McBloggy ran across a Microsoft job listing for a software development engineer to help build what sounds like a successor to Bungie.net. An “immersive Halo world that follows the dedicated Halo fan wherever they go”? Hmm…(Louis Wu 12:32:12 UTC)
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Marathon On The PlayStation
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Slashdot is reporting an “explosion” of emulators running under Yellow Dog Linux on the Sony Playstation 3. What does that have to do with Bungie? Because with Linux running on the PS3, you can install Aleph One on it and play Marathon.
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AH: Halo Wars: Ramblin Man and 8th Hidden Skull
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It’s time for the daily Halo Wars video again! Today’s covers the Ramblin Man Achievement, as well as the locations of the eighth Hidden Skull and Black Box. Shh, don’t tell. They’re secret.
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RT: Relocated Finale
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Red vs Blue:Relocated finishes its run tonight on Rooster Teeth and if you you've seen the final and fourth episode then you probably know that some big developments are occurring in Blood Gulch Valhalla. I still need to get used to saying that….
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AH: Endangered Species Part 8
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So, here it is, at long last, the final part for the Endangered Species Walkthough. After this, you should find yourself 50 Gamerscore richer and the city 200 pigeons cleaner. Anyway, here is the final 28 pigeons in Aldernay. It’s been a long road, and…
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Legendary Map Code Giveaway
Domino Theory, undaunted by the insane amount of reading he needed to do to pick a winner in the Ask a Rookie contest last weekend, has kicked off ANOTHER contest – this one is for a Legendary map code. All you have to do is enter. Do it only once, and do it before Friday…
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Just Kazoo It.
Bryan Simon is hosting a contest – cover one of his Halo 3 songs, and you’ve got a shot at a bag of sunflower seeds, a year of Xbox LIVE, and a spot on his Friends List. What more could you want? Thanks to urk for the heads-up.(Louis Wu 22:38:33 UTC)