Year: 2009

Gametrailers TV debuted their E3 First Look show last night on Spike TV (thanks, LoneRanger 2.5), but you can watch it online at this point. Halo news revealed in this episode: Battlestar Galactica’s Tricia Helfer (shows up at 22:55) will be voicing a character known as ‘Dare’ in Halo 3: ODST. (This Bungie.net article from…

The Ohio State University Lantern has an article on the Ogre twins, the legends of the MLG Pro circuit that until recently anchored the Final Boss team together. If you think it’s all wine and Cheetos at the top… think again.(Louis Wu 13:37:46 UTC)

Leviathan is stepping up the pace on his graphic tale, ‘A Sangheili’s War Is Never Over’ – Part 3 just came out yesterday, and he’s already gotten Part 4 out the door! Check it out.(Louis Wu 13:21:40 UTC)

It’s been a couple of weeks – so Hawty McBloggy is back to Friday Caption Fun – results from the last image, plus a new shot involving a nicely-placed Bungie employee. Go play!(Louis Wu 13:19:56 UTC)

Another slow(ish) day in Comics – Bloogyo stopped in with word of Rat’s Nest Episode 16, kicking off today, and Elnea has posted Halo Action Figure Theater 181 (Everybody Dies) – this made me sad. Also, TTL Demag0gue is still sick, and is asking for help with screenshots so he can build today’s episode of…

Yesterday, a new ‘Breaking In’ article went up at Bungie.net – Tools Engineer Tristan Root discusses the road that brought him to Bungie. It’s a great read, for anyone who’s looking for ideas to help get into the industry! (Louis Wu 13:11:02 UTC)

Arm the Flag continues their MicroMachinima series – this time, they’re making sure you understand that sometimes, ideas get recycled. Thanks, urk. (Louis Wu 13:09:23 UTC)

A busy week for the Fan Fiction section – 9 new pieces are available for your reading pleasure. Go pleasure yourself.(Louis Wu 13:07:59 UTC)

Another player in the recent test drive of NOKYARD’s newest Grifball arena has weighed in with his thoughts – puptastrophe, the Webmaster behind GrifballHUB, has posted a long article on his site. It contains his thoughts, an interview with NOKYARD, impressions from Bryan Simon and me, pictures, and a video. Go give it a read!(Louis…

FyreWulff has gone through the E3 2003 Halo 2 Demo and pointed out the parts that made it into the final game. Most of these have been known about for a long time (after all, E3 2003 was six years ago)… but at least one I’d never thought about – the screens that eventually showed…

It’s after 10 am PST on a Thursday, so there’s a new Double XP Weekend list live on Halo 3 Matchmaking… and this week, it’s Living Dead. Go eat some brains! (Thanks to CaLL Me ZeNy for pointing it out.)(Louis Wu 18:56:54 UTC)