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  • Mean People Suck

    Elnea posted Halo Action Figure Theater 101 over at Red vs Blue a couple of days ago, but has now made it available to folks without an RvB account – the story’s getting a little… dark, but never fear. It’ll all work out in the end. (Or it won’t. Nobody tells me anything.)(Louis Wu 18:19:54…

  • Speaking of Advent Calendars

    So I feel like a heel… kilaMOMjaro, of The Blue Skittle, contacted us last month about contributing to a cool community-based Advent calendar at The Blue Skittle. I sort of wimped out – but Stuntmutt didn’t. (He was featured on December 5. And TBC was even kind enough to link back to us at the…

  • Fourteen.

    Today’s One One Se7en Advent offering is a Red vs Blue joke. An almost-funny Red vs Blue joke. Well… okay, maybe not.(Louis Wu 18:01:47 UTC)

  • Lots of Halo Schwag – just in time for Christmas

    Alex Songer pointed out that Bag Republic has a ton of Halo-branded leather goods from Enmon – messenger bags, wallets, belt buckles… go see what you can find!(Louis Wu 14:57:52 UTC)

  • The Seventh Day Trailer

    Harabek pointed out a trailer for ‘The Seventh Day’, a new project he’s working on. Looks promising!(Louis Wu 14:18:33 UTC)

  • Friday’s Fan Fiction

    Twelve new pieces for you this week in the Fan Fiction section – go read!(Louis Wu 14:03:50 UTC)

  • Wake the Machine

    TTL Demag0gue has posted the next chapter in his Reclaimer comic – Chapter Two, Part Ten looks to give Team Viper a way out. (Good thing, or this would be a much shorter comic.)(Louis Wu 12:18:47 UTC)

  • Haven Teaser

    Back in August, blackouTT released a teaser for his latest machinima project, ‘Haven’. It was (duh) built in Halo 2, because Halo 3 hadn’t been released yet. He was planning for the film itself to be made in Halo 3 – but on September 25, he discovered that there were no maps that worked for…

  • Looks like it was a triple to end game 2, Luke.

    This week’s Humpday Challenge is posted over at Bungie.net; they faced off against Clantacular on the new DLC maps. As an example of how big and powerful Bungie.net has become: near the bottom, the automatic censoring code in the website rewrote something Luke put in – it’s 6:30 in the morning here, and I haven’t…

  • Forge Maps db opens at R.net

    Heh – yesterday, I mentioned that the community could really use a searchable database for Forge creations – and today, Rampancy.net opened a Forge maps database. You can browse/search/download maps without logging in, but you’ll need to have an account to submit them. (They need to know who they belong to, after all.) Ask, and…

  • Maps and Cannibals at Gamasutra

    RotaJota noticed a couple of Halo articles at Gamasutra – both are interesting, though one has lots of meat and the other’s just an appetizer. For snacks – an article suggesting that Halo 3 sales caused many, many fewer than expected sales for Stranglehold. (What… mediocre reviews might not have something to do with it?)…

  • Protips from the devs

    Bungie’s posted a ‘Quick and Dirty Guide to the Heroic Maps’ – layouts, weapon locations, vehicles, basic strats – absolutely worth reading if you want a leg up on the competition when you jump into the Heroic DLC playlist. Thanks, Avateur.(Louis Wu 23:29:48 UTC)

  • Twelve. (And Thirteen.)

    Whoops. Hikaru-119 pointed out that I forgot to mention yesterday’s or today’s One One Se7en Advent offerings… the dangers of auto-updates. Sorry about that! (Well… you might actually thank me after reading them.)(Louis Wu 23:22:44 UTC)

  • Inside Halo episode 4

    Machinima.com’s Inside Halo Episode 4 is now online – you can watch or download it at machinima.com, or stream it at YouTube. SodaGod is off this time around, but the dead pixel will walk you through the basics of making machinima with Halo 3. Good info, interesting to watch, funny! Go grab it. Thanks, Adam…

  • UNSC Messenger Bag

    ThinkGeek is selling a pretty nice messenger bag – comes in Khaki or Grey, and holds an awful lot of stuff. Check it out!(Louis Wu 21:25:37 UTC)

  • Halo 3 Voted Retail’s Highlight Of 2007

    There’s a press release at GamesIndustry.biz that announces that MCV, the leading trade publication for the video games industry, has named the Halo 3 launch as the “best single moment in 2007”. Not bad!(Louis Wu 21:19:57 UTC)

  • Halo makes people spend big

    Hawty McBloggy wrote up her experience at the Childs Play Charity Dinner Auction a couple of nights ago – her focus was on the Halo-related items, of which there were many for sale. A chance to use Bungie’s ‘Flaming Helmet’ armor on Xbox Live went for $740, a bag of schwag (along with Recon armor)…

  • CNN says Halo launch a top sci-tech story of the year

    CNN.com has posted their Top sci-tech stories of the year as part of their Year in Review coverage – use the little circles on the bottom to jump to September 25, and you’ll see that Halo 3’s launch made the list. Thanks, Avateur.(Louis Wu 21:03:59 UTC)

  • Another shot at a cheap Legendary Edition

    If you missed out on Amazon’s $59.99 Halo 3 Legendary Edition on Black Friday, you’ve got another shot – while supplies last. Wal-Mart (well, walmart.com, at least) is selling the helmeted game for $59.82 right now. What are you waiting for? Update: looks like Clefton Twain noticed this, too.(Louis Wu 19:55:07 UTC)

  • Unforgotten Sheet Music

    chrischang127 has transcribed Unforgotten, from Halo – it’s available at Rampancy.net as a PDF. (Remember, you must be logged in to see the download links.)(Louis Wu 17:00:26 UTC)