Year: 2009
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I coulda been a veterinarian…
The Breaking In series at Bungie.net continues – Rob Adams, Senior Environment Architect is next up. Some decent advice in there for folks looking to find work with your friendly neighborhood Halo creator!(Louis Wu 23:55:19 UTC)
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No Double XP this Week
Bungie has a note explaining that due to some rollout issues with the January update (which should be pretty cool!) there won’t be a Double XP playlist this weekend… but there WILL be a new batch of playlists on Tuesday. Seems worth the tradeoff to me!(Louis Wu 23:51:53 UTC)
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Podtacular Leadership Conference
Hey there Podtacular! The next conference is happening in a few weeks. I’m putting this up now so that you guys have plenty of time to get submissions in. I know a bunch of the things that we talked about haven’t happened yet, but we’re putting the hammer down this time. So send in your…
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Submit your Stuff
This week is Multiplayer tips and Map of the Month: Last Resort. Submit your tips on how to dominate this remake of the Halo 2 Zanzibar. Submissions are due by Sunday afternoon.
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RT: Digging Dirt
Sup Playas? Today’s comic is posted below, and there’s a sponsor comic following in a few hours. While you’re waiting for that, why don’t you watch a video? dggeoff
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AH: Community Vids: Prince of Persia
Morning Guys, I’ve got a couple of Prince of Persia vids for you today, thanks to Kibs and Newfiekeir. They cover the following: Prince of Persia – Sword Master Prince of Persia – Warrior Special, Hunter Special, Alchemist Special, Concubine Special,…
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Bungie Single EXP Weekend Begins!
All weekend long, earn ONE ENTIRE POINT for winning games in any playlist you choose! Hey, wait a minute…
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2008 Best of Halo – Winners Announced
Hawty McBloggy has tallied up the votes and created very pretty graphics for her 2008 Best of Halo Award Winners – go see who took each of the 10 categories! (Louis Wu 18:00:44 UTC)
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Halo Wars Soundtrack Info
Music 4 Games’ Greg O’Connor-Read pointed us to the press release for the Halo Wars Official Soundtrack – see details, a track listing, and the cover art. (Thanks also to Fuzunga, who noticed the release date of February 17 on Amazon’s page.)(Louis Wu 17:59:32 UTC)
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Top 10 Things We Hate About Gaming
Morpheus noticed that GameDaily has a feature called ‘Top 10 Things We Hate About Gaming’ – Halo makes the list twice. (Well, not really. The first time it makes the list, it’s because a picture of Halo is shown on a point card – it’s the CARD they’re complaining about.)(Louis Wu 17:58:35 UTC)
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On Technology
The Catfish stopped in to announce the second episode of his Halo 3 webcomic, 2501. Swing by and check it out! (Louis Wu 17:56:17 UTC)
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I gotchyer delusions, right heah…
Last month, we mentioned a court case in Ohio in which a teenager was on trial for shooting his parents – and using the defense that Halo made him do it. The judge rendered a verdict last week, finding that the boy was guilty of the shootings – I had decided to leave the story…
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Multiplayer maps, over time
Thos put together a nice graphic that shows, visually, how the number of multiplayer maps for the various versions of Halo have compared over the years. I can tell this is something I’ll refer to more than once!(Louis Wu 17:54:45 UTC)
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This Just In: Judge Calls Halo “Delusional Environment”
Normally I avoid even commenting on the intersections between violent real-world crime and fantasy videogame violence. There’s really little point. There’s not much more than can be said on the matter than what is already out there. However, the remarks of Judge James Burge following his conviction of Daniel Petric are simply so ridiculous that…
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AH: AH TV returns for first '09 show this Friday! Guests! Booze! Prizes!
Hey there, everyone, I’m happy to announce Achievement Hunter TV will be making its first broadcast of 2009. To mark this special occasion, we’re throwing a huge party with guests, prizes and plenty of gaming. Dominic (Count3D), who you may remember dropping…
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Halo among most rented games of 2008
Shacknews has a list of the Most Rented Games of 2008 – and Halo 3 is third on the list. That’s a lot of renters!(Louis Wu 23:44:56 UTC)
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More BSG Faves at Bungie.net
urk let us know that Bungie Favorites has been updated again with Week 2’s worth of goodies from Buddy System Gaming. There’s also a Q&A about one of the maps. (Louis Wu 20:52:59 UTC)