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Prologue For Small Orchestra (Not Including Guitar Or Percussion)
Prologue from the Halo 2 Soundtrack, excluding the small intro by the guitar and drums. It is written for the following instruments, and contains a full score as well:
- Horn in F
- Trombone
- Tuba
- Soprano (2)
- Alto (2)
- Tenor
- Violin (2)
- Viola
- Cello
- Double Bass
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And when it’s dry and ready…
A visit to Hawty McBloggy’s this morning will show you some super-cool clay Halo figures created by Antithesis – these are just adorable. (I guess it’s the morning for cute…)(Louis Wu 11:32:18 UTC)
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The Ghosts of Onyx Preview Comic – Page 1
Leviathan and UNSC_Trooper are back with another graphic treatment of a Halo story; this one is a preview of Ghosts of Onyx, and what a great start it is! Take a look.(Louis Wu 11:24:40 UTC)
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Too many clean jokes…
I’m rather astounded this didn’t show up at Hawty McBloggy’s first (Hawty, missing a chance to rub herself all over with the Master Chief?), but hey – the important thing is that you know about it. According to Geeky Gadgets, another of the video game-themed soaps you can buy from Digitalsoaps is a Master Chief model. $7 to clean your privates with a Spartan… it’s a bargain! (Louis Wu 11:23:11 UTC)
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Odd Pods Series 2
Back in March, we mentioned Odd Pods, stylized figurines from McFarlane that should be released this month. (For all I know, in fact, they might be in stores now.) Turns out there’s a second wave, coming in October – thanks to Flipyap, over at NeoGAF, for noticing. The Rookie‘s got a pistol, the Arbiter‘s got an Energy Sword, the CQB Spartan has a Spartan Laser, and the Hayabusa Spartan has dual magnums. So cute!(Louis Wu 11:20:19 UTC)
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Redstone Arsenal now home to America’s Army game development too
The Army’s project office for America’s Army has been located on Redstone Arsenal in Huntsville, Alabama for several years. There the Army manages the America’s Army software. They had onsite developers making trainers, simulators, and government applications built upon the America’s Army source code as well as contracted development of the video game at outside studios.
They Army has closed the contract with the game developers and Redstone Arsenal will now play host to the America’s Army game development and support. “This consolidation will allow us to gain efficiencies between our public and government applications” says the Army. This should be exciting news to future game developers in the Huntsville area. This will be sad news to some of the hardcore America’s Army game fans and, of course, fans of the studio which made America’s Army 3.
After several months of delay, America’s Army 3 was released on June 17, 2009 as was built upon the Unreal 3 game engine. The free download of America’s Army 3 is available at http://www.americasarmy.com. The Army has reported 20,000,000 game instances of America’s Army 3 during one day.
After a delayed launch with many plaguing bugs, America’s Army 3 is off to a solid start and is averaging a 8.0 out of 10 in critical reviews. It will have to compete with Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 which releases on PS3, XBOX, and PC in November.
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Real 7alk Episode 7
Dust Storm let us know that Real 7alk is back with another episode – you can read about it, and find a download link, on their website. Guests include Mike Bruens, Adam Pisani, and Darkspire Films. Two hours and five minutes, 172 mb.(Louis Wu 21:50:25 UTC)
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This Spartan Life Episode 6
It’s been a long time since we’ve heard from Chris Burke, and the machinima series ‘This Spartan Life’ – but Episode 6 has been released, in advance of the completion of Episode 5. (Sometimes these things happen.) The guest is Katie Salen, who works on game design (you can read more about her here), and the interview, interspersed with TSL’s normal wackiness, is pretty interesting. It’s 14 minutes long – swing by and watch! (QuickTime version is up now, WMV should be available in short order.) Chris is still working on finishing up Episode 5 – he’s run into some snags with Microsoft licensing. Here’s hoping they get worked out soon! (Louis Wu 14:46:40 UTC)
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One Ring to Rule Them All
Hawty McBloggy ran across a very cool ring, being made by Weta Workshops in New Zealand – it’s sterling silver, it’s Master Chief’s helmet, and it’s pretty darned expensive. Go look!(Louis Wu 14:43:45 UTC)
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AH: Secret of Monkey Island
Today’s video is probably the longest Achievement video ever made. And there’s absolutely no legitimate reason for it. It’s basically 13 minutes of Gav and I being idiots. Enjoy.
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RT: Life Imitates…
I’m posting today’s comic from my hotel in Toronto. RvB:TO kicked off last night to much drunken fellowship. My apologies to anyone Griffon may have barfed on.
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Eureka loves Halo
According to Shaun555, last night’s episode of Eureka (on Syfy, definitely the stupidest name change for a cable TV channel ever) had two Halo references, from different characters. The episode, “Your Face or Mine?”, had Jo Lupo saying “Give me scifi and some Halo 3 and I am a happy girl!” and later on, Douglas Fargo saying “You had me at Halo.” You can watch it online on Hulu. (Warning: the ‘science’ in the show might make you annoyed.)(Louis Wu 16:31:08 UTC)
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When you’ve got a reporter’s ear… talk.
Looks like Stuart Beattie is on a promotion tour for G.I. Joe right now, and in many of the interviews he’s giving, he’s mentioning Halo. Always good to keep the buzz alive! Check out MTV Movies (thanks, Zeouterlimits), Dark Horizons (thanks, evildoctorwill), and /Film (thanks, Google).(Louis Wu 15:38:06 UTC)
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Teabag Prevention – Gearing Up
jake108 let us know about a special Teabag Prevention article – it’s all about the cons. Recon, Comic-con, scorpicon. (Okay, that last one was a stretch.) They’re looking for feedback – go give ’em some!(Louis Wu 15:32:02 UTC)
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