Year: 2010
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Manly Tears
Mendicant Bias noticed that a recent episode of Manly Guys Doing Manly Things (a strip created for an Escapist contest not to long ago, that now lives comfortably on its own) features your favorite 26th-century supersoldier, among other video game lum…
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Battle: Los Angeles Reinvisioned
Treeskunk decided to recreate the Battle: Los Angeles trailer in Reach (you can see the original here) – it seems to be more of a ‘feeling’ recreation, rather than a literal transcribing of the scenes. Either way – go look! (Louis Wu 17:23:44 UTC)
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Another look at video game movies
Morpheus noticed an IGN article entitled ‘How To Make Video Game Movies Not Suck’ – Halo is a big part of it. Interesting read!(Louis Wu 17:23:17 UTC)
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BMF Noble Fundraiser Results and stats
Didn’t remember to post this on Tuesday, when FyreWulff announced it – but his Noble Fundraiser (with funds going to the Brian Morden Foundation) ended up bringing in $301 from generous Halo fans – nicely done! Read FW’s post for a full breakdown.(Lou…
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Halowars.com – the end is nigh
Hydranockz, at NeoGAF (and FyreWulff, on our forum) pointed out that the Halo Wars website is going offline on December 19 – the Halo Waypoint team are making a forum to give folks a place to discuss the game, but the other functions of the website (mo…
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AH: Black Ops – Light Foot Guide
I’ve got one more video to share with you guys today. Watch Geoff and I show you just how easy this Call of Duty: Black Ops achievement can be. (Light feet are not actually required.)
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AH: Vanquish: Hidden Pangloss Statues Act 4 and 5
Hey! Video! Here is the final guide in my Vanquish Collectible series! Enjoy! !!! !!!
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Honor The Goose
We mentioned the Honor The Code contest (Mountain Dew and Doritos) a couple of times, and the grand prizes (a pair of Reach life-size Mongooses, built by Weta) have made the news on September 6 and September 22… but the first drawing is tomorrow, an…
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Psst! Wanna fly a Seraph?
Whoa. One of the glitches shown in the E.O.A. 3 video posted this morning involved flying a Seraph on Long Night of Solace – the group has now released a tutorial vid showing how you can do this yourself. (No modding required, though it DOES look like…
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That’s November’s allotment of luck, right there
JDQuackers pointed out a video highlighted on Halo Waypoint – 4 rockets, in two bursts, are fired directly at a Falcon on Spire… and all 4 miss. (This, in itself, isn’t amazing; folks miss with rockets all the time. But three of those four rockets p…
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Directed Damage
Bungie’s Comm Chatter highlighted a pretty cool assisted stick – guy throws a sticky, then uses rounds from a concussion rifle to place it where it does the most damage. Pretty cool! (The YouTube version adds absolutely nothing to the film – so here’s…
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RT: Send in the clowns
Who knew that being a common street performer in Renaissance era Rome would be such a hazardous occupation? That being said, at least he wasn’t a mime. I read those guys got burned at the invisible stake.
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RT: Today was just another day. That you'll never forget.
As most of you are undoubtedly aware, there was a HUGE iTunes announcement earlier today. After relentless requests from Apple and heated negotiations, we have released THE RED VS BLUE REVELATION SOUNDTRACK on iTunes!!! We are really excited about…
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AH: The Last Helmet You Will Ever Need
Hello out there. Are you still one helmet away from having all of the Avatar Awards in Halo Reach? Does that one helmet belong to Carter? Well then you might want to check out this video, as Geoff and I show you an easy (and fast) way to grab it.
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Jon Cable honored by Gamasutra
Gamasutra has posted the Game Developer 50 – their choices for the people behind the most significant contributions to the game industry over the past year. In the Programming section, Bungie’s Jon Cable gets a tip o’ the hat for Forge World. Congrats…
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Spike Video Game Awards 2010
INSANEdrive noticed that the VGA 2010 nominations are live – and Halo: Reach is up for 7 awards (Game of the Year, Studio of the Year, Best Xbox 360 Game, Best Shooter, Best Multiplayer, Best Original Score, and Best Performance by a Human Male (Natha…