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Get a taste of The Cole Protocol – in OXM
zofinda noticed that the Holiday 08 issue of the Official Xbox Magazine has an excerpt from the upcoming novel from Tobias Buckell, The Cole Protocol. (There’s also a short interview with the author.) If you’re interested in what the excerpt holds, zofinda wrote up an overview later on in the thread.(Louis Wu 17:42:59 UTC)
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Halo3RPG Puzzle Map Contest
Nick, from Halo3RPG.com, let us know that they’re running a puzzle map contest. It’s unclear what that really means, and without an account over there you can’t even read the news items – but if you’re interested, sign up, sign in, and read about it. Contest ends on November 28, and the prize is Recon armor (on Halo3RPG).(Louis Wu 17:42:22 UTC)
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RT: Veterans Day
Hey Everyone, As you probably know, today is Veterans Day. If you see one not wearing green, be sure to pinch them…wait. I think maybe I’m getting my holidays confused. dggeoff
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AH: Gears of War 2: Collectibles Act Two
Moving right along in Gears of War 2 picking up the collectibles along the way. Today we are on to Act Two, Denizens. There are only 8 collectibles in this level and you should pick up the 2nd of three achievements if you have gotten them all so…
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Potential Podcast Music
Nick Singer has been in our news in the past, for creating cool Marathon/Halo music mixes – he’s back, with a new piece he put together for use on the Bungie podcast. Bungie hasn’t said if they’re going to use it or not – but you can listen to it for yourself, it’s quite short, but pretty full of energy! See what you think.(Louis Wu 20:15:17 UTC)
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SonicJohn – a Halo Pioneer
The spotlights on community members continue to shine over at Bungie.net – today’s entry looks at SonicJohn, a Bungie.net member who was doing SLASO runs when most people thought SLASO was something you put on hot dogs. Swing by and read what makes him tick… and why.(Louis Wu 20:04:13 UTC)
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TTL: Gunnin’ for Tail
XerxdeeJ stopped in with word of new content at Tied the Leader (Tuesday is Tuesday, after all, holiday or not). Check out an interesting article on the different types of warthog gunners you might encounter if you fancy yourself a wheelman. (There’s also a new article on Gears of War 2 – but that might be for another fansite.) Go read!(Louis Wu 19:32:38 UTC)
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Halo ActionClix is all done.
Ouch – WizKids, the company behind Halo ActionClix (among other products, but that’s the Halo-related one), is closing its doors; its parent company, Topps, has decided to move away, somewhat, from gaming – though they plan to support some HeroClix events already scheduled. Read Kotaku’s story for more details. Thanks, Ross Mills.(Louis Wu 18:50:29 UTC)
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Halo 3 Mythic Walkthrough: The Covenant
On this quieter-than-usual Veterans Day, we’d like to offer you another chapter in the ongoing Solo Legendary All Skulls On walkthrough from Daniel ‘Tyrant’ Morris – this one is huge. It covers the level ‘The Covenant‘, and the nearly 20 videos add up to almost 400 mb worth of visual aid. (Once again, these are split between two pages.) Go read… and go watch!(Louis Wu 16:02:27 UTC)
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KP, Servers, and Cats
Remember Fairfax? Looks like he’s making his way through Xbox headquarters! Check it out. Thanks to The Don Wan for the heads-up.(Louis Wu 15:17:17 UTC)
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AH: Impromptu Achievement Hunter TV tonight: Gears of War 2
Achievement Hunter TV will be going live at 4:00 PM PST / 7:00 PM EST, as Geoff and I play some Co-Op and possibly Horde with Jack in Gears of War 2.The reason for the short notice is that I’ve actually been in Austin since Saturday, and since I’m at the…
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AH: Gears of War 2: Collectibles Act One
Alright folks, back again for more hardcore hunting. Today we begin a new series in Gears of War 2 showing you the locations of all the hidden collectibles. There are five acts in the game and there will be a total of five videos! Imagine that! Act…
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Tales from the Foxhole and Callins Submission
It’s time to send your stuff in for Tales from the Foxhole and to call our voicemail. If you don’t know the number, it’s (206) 888 – HALO, (add ‘+1’ for international callers). This is your chance to let us catch up on some of the funny stories in the community, so use the Big Green Button to send in your stuff.
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5000 members!
Once again the Lower The Guns group has hit another milestone by reaching 5000 members which firmly puts us into the lead of the biggest group on Bungie,net thank you for all of your support but this fight has just begun!
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Brute Strength
urk, over at Bungie.net, again demonstrated the power of the new tagging system for user-created content – this time, the tagged items are ‘Brute’-related. Awesome shots! Go play.(Louis Wu 20:51:55 UTC)
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The latest news about the Halo series of games from Microsoft