Year: 2009

Looking for fun Halo-themed creations this morning? Swing by Hawty McBloggy’s. She’s got word of a Halo 3 Pelican Cake (looks delicious, and that’s no lie), and a bunch of Halo/Nintendo mashups from CrazedOne1988 (some of these could be serious fun!). Go by and read for yourself!(Louis Wu 16:30:51 UTC)

Hawty McBloggy has posted the winning numbers from the Fundfax Fairraiser – they were all picked live, last night, in front of a studio audience (the studio, this time around, being the internet). $6500 was raised for Marissa and her family – and 57 winning numbers were picked to give out a huge passel of…

ElusiveEagle519 is keeping up on changes in the Halo music sphere – the latest Bungie podcast has been added to his revamped Music Resources page here at HBO. A promising precedent – thanks, EE! (To all those who offered help recently, and were told that I’d get a list of things that need doing -…

CyReN stopped in to announce another Halo CE 2v2 Tournament at Unleashed Gaming in Canton, MI on August 2 – their first one took place yesterday, and given that they’re announcing another one, I think it can probably be considered a success! Swing by the Unleashed Gaming Center page at MySpace for more details.(Louis Wu…

ODST Sarge let us know that Unexpected Chapter 1 (Killed in Action) has been released – it’s a machinima about a soldier that resigns from an army that was fighting in the Canadian Civil War. (Yeah, right?) Check it out! (Louis Wu 13:52:31 UTC)

A couple of new comics for you this morning: Dennis Powers let us know that Shipwrecked Episode 79 – Doubt is live (our Marines are second-guessing themselves, and may be meeting more trouble soon), and TTL Demag0gue informed us that Reclaimer 203 – Manipulation – is online as well… it ties some interesting astronomical theory…

LoneRanger 2.5 ran across a short article on an Indian website that summarizes some of the changes Bungie will be implementing in Halo: Reach, based on comments made during a talk at this year’s GDC. It’s unclear whether the comments were made specifically about Reach, or about gaming technology in general… but it’s out there.(Louis…

Bryan Ojeda attended a rehearsal for the Video Games Live performance that took place last Friday in Vienna, VA at the WolfTrap Filene Center with the National Symphony Orchestra. He brought a video camera. You can watch the 10 minutes of Halo footage on YouTube. (Louis Wu 13:43:01 UTC)

Hawty McBloggy is holding the drawing for her Fundfax Fairraiser in just a couple of hours – sorry for the short notice! She’ll be picking the winners live, and you can get into the chatroom if you’re interested. Swing by and read the details!(Louis Wu 23:06:10 UTC)

Brandon Krichick pointed out an article at IO9 – ‘The Most Badass Female Space Pilots Of All Time’ does a really good job of picking out some great female space pilots in science fiction. (You KNOW it’s a good list when it includes mentions of pilots from stories by Iain Banks, Vernor Vinge, and Alastair…

Halo 3 Mythbusters has released Episode 11 – you can watch it on their site (thanks, Minime637) or directly on YouTube. 7 minutes of glitches and little things you might never have known about! (Louis Wu 17:35:18 UTC)

ukilledkenny7 let us know about a video created for a gaming show called The Dashboard, airing this fall on GoodGameTV – he thought it would be appropriate to share it early, given recent events.(Louis Wu 17:34:41 UTC)

Bry pointed out on our forum yesterday that the ODST Limited Edition is now showing up for sale at some UK gamesellers – he even narrows down which ones to order from if you want the Johnson-in-Firefight bunus. Thanks to Van Helsing, who reminded me that this hadn’t been posted!(Louis Wu 17:33:19 UTC)

cbwilliams17 stopped in with word of ‘Trogdor – The Burninator’ – a tribute to the classic Strongbad tune.(Louis Wu 20:26:34 UTC)

Nabsuh has announced High Charity, the first of a four-part machinima miniseries called ‘Emerald’ from AVCOM Productions. A mix of in-game footage and generated CG, this looks to have great effects, solid voice acting and some nice camera work. Check it out!(Louis Wu 17:01:14 UTC)