Author: halo@bungie.org

Big Goalie Dan let us know that Podtacular 130 is up – interview with Luke Smith, call-ins, and Tales from the Foxhole. 1:22 long, 28 mb. And Sigafoos pointed out The Riot 69 – 32 minutes, 13 mb, filled with news of a new beta from halo3.junk.ws (a stats aggregator) and the new streaming video…

CVG has an article about ‘Achievement whores’ – folks who are entering the Lone Wolves playlist specifically trying to get others to help them gather up the Halo 3 online achievements. Thanks, Avateur.(Louis Wu 19:12:28 UTC)

ZZoMBiE13 is back for another Guest Sunday One One Se7en – I think he has something to say about the power of commercialization.(Louis Wu 15:34:32 UTC)

We’ve got word of a couple of interesting clips that have been FileShared. One came from this thread at High Impact Halo; as far as I can see, the Halo 3 engine somehow thought that a doorway was a solid wall, because of precise placement of the sniper rifle barrel and probably the speed of…

Heh – DigitalPh33r (the guy behind the ‘Master Chief sucks at Halo’ series) posted a vid called ‘Road to Voi’, looking at the Master Chief and the Arbiter’s journey to save Earth. Language definitely needs a rating, but it’s pretty funny! You can watch it at Machimima.com, where it was originally posted, or YouTube, where…

V10L3N7 JAY stopped by with word of another Issue of Section 3 – looks like things are about to heat up!(Louis Wu 14:36:43 UTC)

Lordstemplar1 is back, with another Prophecy update. (Search our news if you don’t remember this project – it’s been in the works for a while.) There’s also a wallpaper linked in the post.(Louis Wu 14:33:57 UTC)

A couple of cool changes to the Guilt O’ Lantern prize packages… the three copies of Contact Harvest are now to be signed by the author, Joe Staten, and the Legacy package has just received an additional game, Crackdown, courtesy of a generous fan! w00t!(Louis Wu 13:46:06 UTC)

Heh – talk about taking over the world… thanks, wesley burket.(Louis Wu 19:45:45 UTC)

LC pointed out a video review of Halo at Play Digital TV – it’s a tad spoilerish with the included footage, but a fun review. (Louis Wu 19:43:30 UTC)

Ross Mills found a couple of interesting articles – he mentioned one in which a Eurogamer reviewer commented in his blog about how unpleasant the actual review process for Halo 3 was, and another, over at GamesIndustry.biz, which looks at the way Halo 3 bridges the hardcore gamer community with ‘the mainstream’. Give ’em a…

Vinx let us know about a Halo 3 comic he found on DeviantART – heh.(Louis Wu 19:33:12 UTC)

This is just… silly. Hawty McBloggy found someone who will bump your achievements, rank, or experience… for a fee. Say WHAT?(Louis Wu 19:24:39 UTC)

Jake Seaton’s coming to the end of his 9 day romp through Halo 3 – he’s not particularly happy with Mission 8. Do you agree?(Louis Wu 13:07:42 UTC)

Fragclone was first with word of some new McFarlane Spartan figure variants – they’ll be including CQB and EVA armor variants in the Series 1 release next spring. Nice!(Louis Wu 12:07:10 UTC)

Over at Variety.com, there’s an article by a videogame critic which worries about how to write videogame reviews for a mainstream audience. He makes some interesting points, though a lot of it comes off as rationalization, to me. Give it a read.(Louis Wu 12:04:31 UTC)

PEZ pointed out a strategy article by Refanius over at halowiki.net – it’s called “Halo 3 Thinking in Single Encounters”, and it might help you get better at your Halo 3 tactics. (Louis Wu 12:02:13 UTC)

Z pointed out a Gameplay vid by ThaggleS – Double Team on Construct. I’m having trouble understanding the allure of films like this now – unless it’s for people without Halo 3 (or without Live), because an uploaded Saved Film would show you exactly the same gameplay – and more – for a much smaller…

Sane Intolerant pointed out that Halo Toy Box #99 and #100 are up – the end of the Origins storyline, and a remake of his first comic. Go see.(Louis Wu 11:45:09 UTC)

Black Six was the first to mention a short piece at MSNBC that looks at the top 5 most memorable video game songs. Halo’s on the list. (Everything else is pretty old – the newest of the remaining four is FF7, released 10 years ago.)(Louis Wu 11:37:37 UTC)