Author: narcogen

Bungie’s latest “Big Reveal” is the multiplayer teaser for the Reach Beta, opening to owners of Halo 3: ODST on May 3, 2010.

It’s not hard to see the appeal of the idea of the Firefight mode in Halo 3: ODST. If you follow Bungie’s shooter roots back to Marathon, and to the PC shooter that really kicked off the modern era, Doom, you can see the start of it. Doom didn’t have discrete multiplayer ‘levels’ the way…

Got some interesting mail from Amazon today. First: Hello from Amazon.com. We now have delivery date(s) for the order you placed on August 26 2009 (Order# 104-9132614-4806655): “Halo Reach” Estimated arrival date: October 26 2009 Two months ago? That’s great! Send it right away. Sure, the developer says it won’t be out for another year,…

Blackstar of Blackstar Productions and Narcogen of Bungie fansite Rampancy.net wrap up some loose ends from Halo 3 and look forward to Halo 3: ODST. Also in this episode: special guests, Bungie’s official #1 fan, Miguel “Freewill” Chavez of Bungie fansite Bungie Sightings and Cody Miller of High Speed Halo. Show highlights: Is Halo Too…

WorthPlaying notes that the coupon code ASPYRTHANKS can be used at GameAgent to reduce the price of Wideload Games’ Stubbs the Zombie from $10 to free. Sweet!

Now that I’ve actually gotten my hands on the game, I’ve been able to add some more data to that Google Earth Network Layer for Halo 3: ODST. Each of the 29 audio locations in the Mombasa Streets level are labeled. So far there’s no additional information (screenshots, descriptions) but I will add that as…

Thanks to Tireces who made this funny Myth vid and put it on Youtube.

Thanks to Tireces who made this funny Myth vid and put it on Youtube.

Over at HBO, Louis Wu notes rolandk73’s submission of sheet music for the Halo theme, arranged for Bb Clarinet and Bass Clarinet. Go check it out at HBO!

Almost forgot– there’s an image gallery to accompany the ASE podcast of Halo 3’s last level, Halo.

Blackstar of Blackstar Productions and Narcogen of Bungie fansite Rampancy.net cover from beginning to end, the “Halo” level of Halo 3, discussing art, gameplay, story, and comparisons to Halo 1. Also in this episode: special guest, Bungie’s official #1 fan, Miguel “Freewill” Chavez. Show highlights: Coming Full Circle There’s Two Of Us In Here Now…

Three veterans of Bungie LLC (née Bungie Studios, née Bungie Software) are forming a new venture: Moonshot Games. Moonshot was founded by former Halo producer Michael Bastien, Bungie AI programmer Damián Isla and Halo 3 designer/writer Rob Stokes. Also on board is artist Mike McCain. The company’s site says they are going into a quiet…

I’m not convinced this is the best way to do this as it doesn’t really allow the level of Google Maps interactivity I wanted (multiple simultaneous editing) but it is a possible first step. If you launch Google Earth and choose “Network Link” from the Add menu and type in the URL: http://rampancy.net/sites/rampancy.net/files/mombassa_odst.kml You’ll get…