Year: 2009
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Another Day, Another Comic (Pair)
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)
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Valve: Pirates Are Underserved Customers
This remark from Valve’s Jason Holtman is the analysis of game piracy that I’ve been waiting to hear someone utter for years: the idea that copyright infringement needs to be analyzed from economic rather than purely legal or moral standpoints. It is, essentially, the market telling producers that something is wrong, and that smart producers…
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Luke: The Next Michaelangelo
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…
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Operation Chastity – Warthog Pics!
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)
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AH: Community Video: Portal
Today’s video is of the community variety, and is by first time submitter Zazmoro, and covers the Terminal Velocity Achievement in Portal. If you want to submit your own official Achievement Hunter Community Video, and have it featured on the site, just…
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HaloTracks – Keeping You Racing
The HaloTracks Map Database is the largest collection of Halo 3 racetracks on the web – go browse it for your next custom game night! Thanks, urk.(Louis Wu 19:21:36 UTC)
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Grifball Matchmaking Top 10 Highlights
Bungie’s Blog has a tipoff to a Grifball highlights film – the gameplay is great, the commentary… not so much. Worth watching, though, because some of the plays are really spectacular.(Louis Wu 19:16:36 UTC)
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New Resources for Halo 3 Comic Artists
TTL Demag0gue announced a new series of features for webcomics publishers – once or twice a week, articles containing tips and tricks will be posted on Halo3Webcomics.com. The first pair of articles are up now – go read about how to make good text balloons and where to find good comic fonts. Useful stuff, for…
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Friday’s Fan Fiction
Only a couple of new stories in the Fan Fiction section this week – go see what’s up!(Louis Wu 19:02:52 UTC)
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Security Feature
TTL Demag0gue let us know about Reclaimer 137 – it’s never easy, is it?(Louis Wu 12:33:06 UTC)
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Friday Caption Fun, Round 31
Hawty McBloggy let us know that the latest round of Friday Caption Fun is now online – great captions for last week’s odd Miranda-based screenshot… along with a totally bizarre Arbiter shot this week. Go try your luck at creativity!(Louis Wu 10:53:31 UTC)
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The end… of something.
KP announced last night that irc.bungie.org is closing its doors. Those doors opened almost five years ago, over at Homelan… and it’s been a good run. It’s time, though, to move along. For the next few days, the name will redirect to irc.adelais.net, a server run by some friends and members of the Halo community.…
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Halo 3 Everything you Know is Wrong
Over at the Bungie Blog, urk highlighted a video which I found to be hilarious and well-made – Pattythedog615 created ‘Halo 3 Everything you Know is Wrong’, a video that uses Halo 3, Gary’s Mod (a Half-Life 2 mod), and a Weird Al song to show you that nearly anything is possible in Halo machinima.…
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Reconnaissance Omega
Jeusoni stopped in with word of yet another Halo 3 screenshot-based comic; this one is hosted by Biohazard Productions, and is entitled ‘Reconnaissance Omega’. The series started on January 1, and there’s been a page a day posted since then. Go check it out! (Louis Wu 10:33:12 UTC)