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Halo Custom Edition Map Screenshot Archive
Dennis Powers let us know that the Halo CE Maps website has put together a Map Screenshot Archive – and they’re looking for help in fleshing it out! Swing by and see what you can do. (Upload page for Halo CE screenshots, along with rules, is here.)(Louis Wu 22:03:41 UTC)
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Hey, remember me?
ZZoMBiE13 created what might be his last RvB: Reconstruction fan art piece – take a look!(Louis Wu 21:06:54 UTC)
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Echoes of War
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So, I ran across an interesting story on Kotaku today. Apparently the Eminence Symphony Orchestra released probably one of the most amazing music collections I’ve never thought of hearing this way.
They’ve basically been composing and arranging full orchestral music from the world of Blizzard- The Diablo series, Starcraft, and Warcraft.
After reading the Kotaku article linked at the beginning of this post, checking out the sample tracks, and checking out the video trailer, I’m definitely convinced this is worth a buy. I’m a big fan of classical music anyhow…and combining that with games is usually win-win.
The “Echoes of War” release is in 2 different packages. You can buy the Standard Edition for $29.95. The Standard Edition contains:
* Two audio CDs
* 8-page colour booklet
* 15 audio tracks
* Over 90 MINUTES of orchestral music including exclusive music from World of Warcraft: Wrath of the Lich King, StarCraft: Ghost, StarCraft 2 and Diablo IIIThe 2nd package is the “Legendary Edition” for $49.95. The Legendary Edition comes with:
* Two audio discs
* DVD including feature length documentary Inside the Echoes of War, Kow Otani featurette Taking of Diablo and more
* 32-page colour booklet
* Nine exclusive art cards
* 15 audio tracks
* Over 90 MINUTES of orchestral music including exclusive music from World of Warcraft: Wrath of the Lich King, StarCraft: Ghost, StarCraft 2 and Diablo IIIApparently from what Kotaku says, there is a limited number of the Legendary Edition being made. What that number is, is unknown- might be just a sales ploy. No way of knowing, yet.
The documentary “behind the scenes” aspect of the Legendary Edition really caught my eye…so I’m springing for the Legendary.
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Hindsight: Halo 3 – Cortana
The most recent installment of Ascendant Justice’s ‘Hindsight’ series covers Cortana – and went live over a week ago. As is always the case with AJ writeups, this is chock-full of details and interesting tidbits you might have missed on your own run-through of the level. (There’s also some fascinating discussion about plot points that strikes major chords.) There’s an addendum that might help you get through the level on Legendary, as well. Thanks, vlad3163.(Louis Wu 15:38:36 UTC)
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A cake so good, your cat could wear it.
Avateur found a pretty amazing looking Master Chief Helmet cake over at Team Teabag – go take a look! (If you live anywhere near Redmond, WA, you can even buy it.)(Louis Wu 15:01:28 UTC)
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Dude… those food nipples sneak up on you.
It’s time for another round of Friday Caption Fun over at Hawty McBloggy’s – there are some captions from last week’s entry, along with a pretty funny new pic to work with. While you’re there, be sure to wish her a happy anniversary!(Louis Wu 14:59:03 UTC)
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Cows and Bees, and Making Games
Bungie has put up another ‘Breaking In’ interview – this one has Joe Spataro, whose job title is ‘Technical Designer in Animation’. Go read about how he got started, what his interview process was like, and what he thinks you should know if you want to work for Bungie! (Louis Wu 13:55:56 UTC)
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Pyrosmile Updates
We haven’t heard from Pyrosmile in a little bit – but they’ve been busy. We got three separate alerts yesterday: Master Chief Theater 3000: Episode 209 is now online, covering the Gravemind cutscene from Halo 2. They were interviewed recently by Machinima.com – you can get some information about the interview (and links) on Pyrosmile.org. And they’ve posted Episode 3 of Smiley’s PAX adventure, which includes a meetup with Halobabies’ Gruntsbane. (Minimal Halo content, but we were covering the rest of the stuff anyway…)(Louis Wu 13:54:54 UTC)
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Friday’s Fan Fiction
Six new pieces await you this week in the Fan Fiction section – go read!(Louis Wu 13:54:03 UTC)
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Psylence Trailer
Z let us know that you can find a new trailer from Robosteeze and CitriC AcID over at Halo3Forum.com – it’s called ‘Psylence’, and the filmwork is quite nice! The full montage it advertises will be out sometime in 2009. Check it!(Louis Wu 13:51:35 UTC)
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RT: Just fucking stop
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I don’t know if you’ve seen the news, but the latest media attempt to capitalize on the popularity of gaming is of course…theatre. And what mega popular gaming franchise do you think they chose for such an amazing cultural crossover? That’s right – DDR….
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MLG Gears of War 2 Film Festival
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Major League Gaming has kicked off their first Gears of War 2 film festival today. Users are to submit their best plays in a skill video no longer than 90 seconds. There is no limit on your number of entries. As for prizes, 500 bucks and MLG prize packs are up for grabs. The deadline for entries is December 1st. For the rest of the information on the contest, please follow this link- http://gameroom.mlgpro.com/film_festival.php?fid=137
Also, please Digg: http://digg.com/gaming_news/Gears_of_War_2_MLG_Film_Festival
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AH: Gears of War 2: Collectibles Act Four
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We are coming down the stretch in Gears of War 2 with just two more acts remaining. Today you get Act Four, Hive and tomorrow brings us the final act. Will you be sad once it is all over? I know I will be. Previous Acts: Act One Act Two Act…
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Unreality’s ‘The Eight Coolest Uses of Halo’s Forge’
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Unreality keeps it real with a unique Forge collection.
The latest news about the Halo series of games from Microsoft