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Win RAM, Help Marissa
It’s not strictly Halo-related… but it’s a cause that’s near and dear to our hearts, and it’s a chance for you to walk away with $250 worth of Crucial RAM. Marissa’s Bunny is a blog devoted to raising awareness for a condition called ‘Infantile Spasms’ – we’ve posted pictures in the past of Fairfax the Bunny participating in all sorts of Halo-related activities. (Check our news archive for details, if this isn’t ringing a bell.) Well, we got word from Marissa’s dad Mike – they’ve got a new giveaway going on, and you could win up to $250 in Crucial RAM, simply by visiting the blog and leaving a note. (Full details are in the ‘Giveaway The Third’ blog post.) So what are you waiting for? Go enter!(Louis Wu 14:38:52 UTC)
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Keeping up, even if you’re not in SD
Last night, Dani noticed a page at G4TV – looks like they’ll be liveblogging the Halo Reach Press Conference tonight at ComicCon. Be there!(Louis Wu 14:16:21 UTC)
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Reach Limited Edition Guide has goodies
Over at NeoGAF, The Crawf pointed out a link for the Halo: Reach Limited Edition Guide. It’s a normal guide in a lot of senses – has maps, walkthroughs, Achievement hints… but it also has an “[e]xclusive 96 page developer’s diary with concept art and personal commentary from the design team at Bungie studios.” Wonga. I think that might sell a few extra of these to hardcore fans… (For folks in the US, Amazon has this for $23.99 (a dollar more than the UK version), available September 3 (almost 2 weeks earlier than the UK version).)(Louis Wu 14:13:44 UTC)
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Orbidome – 6 men enter…
ITSMYYARD stopped in with word of Orbidome, a gameshow set in the Halo space. There are already 6 episodes online; teams of contestants take on challenges to gain points, with the intention of winning prizes. (Not sure what the prizes are…) Check it out! (Louis Wu 14:09:43 UTC)
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Limited Edition Poster for SDCC Reach Players
Duncan pointed out a BungieTweets Twitpic – it’s a poster being given away to folks playing Reach on the ComicCon floor. Looks like Forge is back, baby… and has some new features!(Louis Wu 14:09:14 UTC)
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Play Arts Noble Team pics
Harmanius noticed a pair of pics tweeted by HaloWaypoint (one | two) – they’re showing off some high-quality figures being created by Square Enix Play Arts. (There’s a whole gallery of shots at Figures.com, if you’re interested.) They look pretty nice! (Louis Wu 14:08:44 UTC)
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RT: Reinforcing Stereotypes
The only thing surprising about this article is that it took someone this long to notice.
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AH: My Brain Hurts That Wheel in Singularity
Two more achievements in Singularity that are kind of silly AND are references to other games and LOST!
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AH: Gears Of War 2 20x XP Weekend Details
So it is finally here! The event we all helped happen will be starting July 22nd at 12:30 PM EST (-5 GMT) until July 25th at 8:00 PM EST (once again -5 GMT). But there will be some extra things going on in those Horde Waves as the official release states:
If thats not enough, were shaking up Horde with waves of Bolters (Boltok-slingin Drones), Boomers (every flavor), and Bloodmounts (oh, craprun!).
A wave of Bloodmounts. Combine that with Flame Throwers and it might be a good time to snag Is It Hot or Is That Just You? as long as you play in a Dark Corners map. No matter what though, people will have a ton of fun this weekend playing some Gears 2 and snagging those level achievements. One final note:Rod Fergusson (the guy we all follow on Twitter now) did slyly mention that 20x won’t be the highest Gears 2 will get . . .
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AH: Death By Cube: 3 More Achievements
‘Sup, guys?
So Casey and I got another Death by Cube video for you, this time covering 3 more Achievements along the way. This pretty much covers all the major stuff in the game, aside from 2 multiplayer Achievements (we may need people for that later), and the big one for getting a medal in every level, and apparently some of the last ones are a bitch. We’ll see how it goes. Either way, enjoy!
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RT: Rooster Teeth Panel at Comic Con Thurs 11 AM in Room 25abc
Rooster Teeth will be crashing Comic Con Thursday morning. The guys will be giving a sneak preview of some cool new rvb footage and making some really awesome announcements. It’s at 11 AM in room 25 abc.
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Around The Ring Episode 17 – Team Fortress 2 Engineer Update
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It’s time for another show! Once again held up in delivery because SOMEBODY never replies to their IMs. Nobody submitted…so it’s your fault we ran out of stuff to talk about. This one is about the update that the Engineer class in Team Fortress 2 received. This show took two takes, but in total with the mishap only took three hours to record. The funnier bits from the failed first take come in at the very start, so you’ll hear those before the actual show starts. Have fun with that intro. Guests on the show include Alchanii, who you’ll remember from the last show we did, and our very own Painkilla who now hosts the Gamer1 podcast. In this episode, we discuss the engineer update, Funnyboy drinks some green tea, and Painkilla levels up in World of Warcraft. It clocks in at 84:47, so you’ll have plenty of fun. 6 minutes of bloopers. No show-notes this week, there’s really nothing much in them. You can look at the album art by clicking on the image, it’s 600X600.Enjoy!
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Master Chief 1.17… mmm
bs angel sent word of a blog post at ‘Gaming Bars and BBQ’ – these guys whipped up three special drinks to celebrate Bungie Day earlier this month, and two of ’em are Halo-related. Go check ’em out… and if you’re of age, test the recipes!(Louis Wu 20:58:32 UTC)
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Halo (among other games) on the go
juices, over at NeoGAF, pointed out this thread on the MLG forums – now THAT’S a LAN mobile. (Louis Wu 18:44:02 UTC)
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McFarlane Halo Vehicle Sell Sheets
AvatarofChaos noticed sell sheets for both the Warthog and the Ghost, coming soon from McFarlane, while browsing the Collectorate forum. Go see!(Louis Wu 18:33:58 UTC)
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Wednesday CC Vid Roundup
Couple of new vids for you today in Bungie.net’s Comm Chatter:- CruelLEGACEY put together a Bungie Day montage… lots of flaming helmets.
- Anoj is back with Top 10 Halo 3 Snipes (Ep 56) – lots and lots and lots of snipes.
Go watch!(Louis Wu 17:15:32 UTC)
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The latest news about the Halo series of games from Microsoft
