Month: May 2011
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A Young Man and his Halo
Co-Optimus’ DjinniMan writes about Halo as a kid-friendly game, for the latest Co-Op Casual Friday column. Interesting piece! (For the record, my sons began playing Halo at ages 5 and 6, back in 2001.)(Louis Wu 19:22:19 UTC)
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After technical problems, MLG prepares for Columbus
Major League Gaming is hoping to give you uninterrupted streaming of MLG Columbus. Forbes blogger Paul Tassi sat down with Sundance DiGiovanni, co-founder of the professional gaming league, to talk about the increased popularity of MLG and the technic…
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Living in a world where gravity doesn’t matter
Fails of the Weak Volume 36 is live now (thanks, ZZoMBiE13) – I laughed. More than once.(Louis Wu 18:48:49 UTC)
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Video Games Live Meet-and-Greet with Marty O’Donnell
Like a mythical creature, the sighting of Marty O’Donnell is a rare treat to behold. With the help of the ESA and E3, Video Games Live has managed to capture the wild beast for your meeting and greeting pleasure. If you’re going to L.A. for E3, or if y…
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All’s Well that Ends – OUCH! (Pics Galore)
Last weekend, a rather large LAN event was held at HBO HQ – 33 people participated. Some of them were Bungie employees. There haven’t been any text writeups yet (I’m still planning on doing one), but a huge number of photographs were taken over the wee…
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Make it look real… by using real sources
It’s not in Stephen Loftus’ Signs of Halo collection, but this message, painted on the interior wall of a C130 Hercules and photographed by MasterPIE (closeup here), may look familiar to some players…(Louis Wu 17:44:42 UTC)
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Friday’s Fan Fiction
Just a couple of new pieces this week in the Fan Fiction section – go see!(Louis Wu 15:08:40 UTC)
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Failtacular
Halo Reach Fails, Wins, and WTF Moments Episode 20 has been posted (thanks to NeoGAF’s Pnut for pointing it out) – it’s the season finale, so all of these clips have appeared elsewhere… but I’ve only caught a couple of episodes, so most were new to …
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Challenges, Deconstructed
GhaleonEB delved deep into the Challenges system – go read the article at Forward Unto Dawn for information on how this system works!(Louis Wu 14:03:48 UTC)
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Playtime Trailer
CruelLEGACEY let us know that he’s decided to put together a 4-part machinima mini-series – he’s even launched a new domain for it. There’s a trailer up at PlaytimeShow.com. Go see!(Louis Wu 21:32:18 UTC)
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Thursday Afternoon At the Movies
A couple of movies today on Bungie.net’s Comm Chatter: IGN’s Top 10 Halo Reach Kills for 5.25.2011 is live – sort of a messy group this time around, but the number one clip is pretty impressive. Forge Café Recap Vid 7 is up – more community c…
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Tyrant’s ODST Legendary Walkthrough – NMPD HQ
Tyrant sent word that the NMPD HQ chapter of his Halo 3: ODST Legendary Walkthrough is now online at YouTube. In less than half an hour, he can get you through Sniper Central! (There’s also, as usual, some help with the Mombasa Streets segment between …
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Of Hardpoints, and Such
Running a bit late this morning – sorry. Black Six noticed yet another update to Isaac Hannaford’s blog – check out the Sabre concept art! This one started in 2D, but was mocked up in 3D because he wanted to be sure the model held up from all angles.(…
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Achievement PIG #25
The Achievement Hunter team has posted Achievement HORSE #25 – it’s just PIG this week, because they’re really really busy right now, but in general they’re happier even when they die. Go watch! Thanks, ZZoMBiE13.(Louis Wu 21:36:05 UTC)
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tranQ and Friends 3 – A Community Montage
I go and I say I won’t get behind on Bungie Comm Chatter offerings, and then I almost miss today’s. Goodness. Swing by for a Halo 3/Reach community montage from tranQ and Friends – seven minutes of mellow music and quick-cut editing.(Louis Wu 20:52:1…