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Pals
Bungie.net moderator Achilles1108 put together a montage called ‘Pals’ – it’s what Halo’s all about. Lots of betrayals, lots of cool kills and clutch saves, lots of wtf moments to laugh about with your friends. (The Rat’s Nest hog-on-a-bridge clip was way cool.) Streaming and download links can be found in the Bungie Blog.(Louis Wu 16:28:02 UTC)
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Frag a Friend – this Friday
The PraetoriaGuard Frag a Friend series is resurrected; if you’re the leader of a fan community, you can use this event to meet leaders of other groups, and play some Halo 3 at the same time. Game night is Friday the 13th, 9 PM ET – read the forum post for details on how to get involved. Thanks, kilaMOMjaro.(Louis Wu 15:24:55 UTC)
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More Weight
Ascendant Justice took a look at the story of Halo Wars, in their usual extremely detailed style. It contains spoiler for the game; if you haven’t experienced it for yourself, you might want to hold off. Otherwise, though – it’s a six-page treatise on how well the Halo Wars story fits into the Halo timeline as we know it, and how good a job Ensemble did telling that story. Thanks to mendicantbias00 for the heads-up.(Louis Wu 15:19:12 UTC)
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Halo Wars: What’s Wrong with Multiplayer?
OXCGN took a close look at Halo Wars, and came up with some ideas that they think would have made multiplayer better.(Louis Wu 15:14:42 UTC)
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A Mythic Map Code, in exchange for your opinion
That VideoGame Blog is giving away a Mythic Map code to someone who can give them an opinion on a question they’ve got. Read the rules for full details.(Louis Wu 14:57:10 UTC)
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Top 10 Halo 3 Exterminations: Episode 26
The Top 10 Halo 3 Series continues with Episode 26 – Exterminations. It’s a lot of deaths… thanks, urk.(Louis Wu 14:51:47 UTC)
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More Halo Wars Concept Art
InnerRayg noticed that the Conceptart.org thread that we mentioned a couple of days ago (with Ensemble-employee-posted concept art for Halo Wars) has been updated with another batch of images, from another artist. Check out page 2!(Louis Wu 14:45:26 UTC)
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Master Chief Theater 3000: Episode 302
Pyrosmile has uploaded Master Chief Theater 3000: Episode 302 – the rest of the Pillar of Autumn cutscenes are covered in this one. If you’re a Pyrosmile member, you can watch outtakes on their website.(Louis Wu 14:41:55 UTC)
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Wednesday’s Halo Comic Update
It’s Wednesday, so it’s time for a comic update. Here’s what we’ve got.- The Catfish let us know about 2501 Episode 25 (Communication) – not so good for all involved.
- Elnea updated Halo Action Figure Theater with Episode 158 (Admiral’s Choice) – and some entertaining speculation about council members.
- Adam Susskind stopped by with word of Chaos Theory Episode 15 (No Seasons in Space) – 5.4 mb and 23 pages of story goodness.
- Dennis Powers updated Shipwrecked with Episode 58 (Indiscretion Revealed) – sometimes it’s better not to know.
- Bloogyo dropped in with word of updates to Rat’s Nest – and a new chapter.
- TTL Demag0gue took advantage of the fact that it’s Wednesday to update to Reclaimer 164 (Reckoning) – it looks like the Reclaimer is drawing a line in the sand. Er, fire.
That’s it for this update – more on Friday!(Louis Wu 14:38:51 UTC)
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Spong Likes Halo Wars, Too
Another mostly positive review for Halo Wars up at Spong:
I still enjoyed Halo Wars. I even enjoyed the cut-scenes that powered the single-player’s short, 15 episode (mission) game along. The simple reason for my enjoyment is that Ensemble Studios (rest its soul) has produced an intelligent game that can be slipped into with or without an in-depth knowledge of what preceded it. It can, in fact, be slipped into without much previous knowledge of RTS games.
Check out the complete text.
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Slashdot Posts Positive Halo Wars Review
Soulskill has posted a review of Halo Wars over at Slashdot. Generally his opinion was positive. He sums up the game thusly:
Ensemble succeeded quite well at establishing a control system that is powerful yet doesn’t fight for intellectual real estate with the actual playing of the game. It’s not a ground-breaking new entry into the real-time strategy genre, but, in a manner similar to the first Halo shooter, it demonstrates how well this genre can work on consoles. And it does well by the Halo franchise in the process.
Check Slashdot for the complete review and discussion.
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