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More Halo Universe Panel Writeups
IGN wrote up a summary of the SDCC Halo Universe Panel – but for my money, you can get more out of a fan-written piece, like the one Avateur posted on our forum. Good stuff!(Louis Wu 11:28:22 UTC)
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Master Chief Theater 3000
mrsmiley let us know that Pyrosmile Productions has opened a new website to house the Master Chief Theater 3000 series – and that Episode 8 has been released. Go watch!(Louis Wu 11:27:57 UTC)
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Caption a photo, win a Halo poster
Zach Jarrell let us know that he’s running a caption contest – the contest itself isn’t Halo-related, but the prize (a rare Gamestop Halo 3 poster) is. Go look!(Louis Wu 11:27:26 UTC)
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The Rumble Pit World Series Summer Season 2
TheChrisD pointed out that the Rumble Pit World Series Summer Season 2 kicks off on August 3 – signups are open now. Check out the details (including goodies on the line for winners) at the Signups and Incentives page.(Louis Wu 11:26:57 UTC)
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MLG Update – Final Boss
As no doubt many of you MLG fans have heard, Walshy was dropped from the team earlier this week, thus meaning that they only had three members. Final Boss was soon on to Str8 Rippin and stealing Neighbor from them, that’s right Neighbor has left Str8 Rippin to Join Final Boss. Whether Final Boss has had him in mind for a while and have been planning to drop Walshy we just don’t know the official reason that they split up. This now means that Str8 Rippin only have three members in there team, who will be filling this gap? Will it be Walshy? We will just have to wait and see what happens in the next few days.
Official Story
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Palluxo: Stubbs Unusual, Fun
Palluxo.com has a (late) review of the Mac version of Stubbs the Zombie. Fair warning: it spoils the entire plot, if you happen to mind that, and doesn’t really describe the gameplay.
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Bungie working on 3 distinct projects
“At the moment we do have three distinct projects underway within Bungie – some familiar, some not. Some on a closer horizon, some quite far off.” – Sketchfactor in a news post at Bungie.net.
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Weekly Update – out before noon on Friday
The Bungie Weekly Update is up earlier than probably ever before – it’s compiled of community questions and Luke-supplied answers. Some interesting stuff, some funny stuff, some sad stuff. Go read. (As always, you can check it out in our Weekly Update Archive if you want to.)(Louis Wu 19:47:52 UTC)
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Too Human
I have been addicted to the Too Human demo this week, and I wondered what anyone else thought of it. I know the game has had some big hype, especially when it was originally going to handle 4 player co-op and a loot system equivalent to Diablo.
When I played through the 1st time, I was only slightly impressed with the game. The loot was cool, but the controls were a little cumbersome to me. After playing it a few more times and really getting used to the controls, I am really looking forward to the release. The loot doesn’t seem to be too random right now, but that might have to do with it being a demo only.
Is anyone else playing the demo? If so, what do you think?
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Bungie Weekly Update: 7/25/08
We’re all out of office, but we answered some of your questions, anyway.
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Around the Ring – Episode 3
This week, Lancelot and I review a milestone map in the Halo CE community from perhaps the most popular mod group: CMT Snow Grove. Join us as we take you through this excellent CTF map made by the Custom Map Team.
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The episode is also available from iTunes as well. Just search for podtacular and you’ll find us there.Also, submit your tips for our next map: Yoyorast Island. It’s wierd, it’s fun, it’s unique and we are reviewing. So send us your tips at .
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Flaming Ninja Challenge – the Aftermath
pete_the_duck posted a followup to his Flaming Ninja Challenge – there might be another one coming, but in the meantime, there’s definitely a cool map to grab, and some info for Forgers. Go read his post!(Louis Wu 12:56:45 UTC)
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Fate
TTL Demag0gue let us know that he’s posted Reclaimer 69. He says there are answers, but I wouldn’t believe him.(Louis Wu 12:49:34 UTC)
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MaStalee’s Halo 3 Montage 2
Z let us know about MaStalee’s Halo 3 Montage 2 – it’s in 720p, with beautiful editing, and some great gameplay. I think what I liked most about this montage was the situational awareness – the clutch flag saves, the precision grenade tosses (I can’t remember seeing predictive throws like this since Halo 1), the constant eye on the ball (so to speak). A blast to watch! (The gorgeous image quality didn’t hurt.) It’s pretty big – a quarter gig for just over 6 minutes of video – but worth it, I think. Go watch!(Louis Wu 12:40:04 UTC)
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ODST Armor – and a weapon
In January, we posted some pics of a cardboard Hayabusa helmet created by SpArtan-270. He’s back – with some ODST armor (Pic 1 | Pic 2 | Pic 3 | Pic 4) – he’s even got a Brute Spiker! (Louis Wu 12:28:28 UTC)
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Friday Caption Fun, Round 17
It’s Friday again? Whoa. Guess that means it’s time for another round of Friday Caption Fun, over at Hawty McBloggy’s. Last week’s pic, and some of the top captions submitted for it, can be viewed, along with the new pic (which shows off the expressiveness of the MC’s hands). Go see what you can come up with!(Louis Wu 12:20:59 UTC)
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Installation 05 Giveaway
Tyler Tschida, of Installation 05, let us know that an HBO visitor (UNCLBEN) was the winner of the giveaway we mentioned a few weeks ago – congrats! The site now has the McFarlane Halo 3 Series 2 figures available, if you’re having trouble finding them. (Louis Wu 12:17:22 UTC)
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Info from the Halo Universe Panel at the SDCC
yoshiary let us know about the Kotaku live-blog of the Comic-Con Halo Universe panel that took place today. It’s possible that there might be a film of the panel coming at some point, but until then, this is what those of us who couldn’t be there have got. Apparently, Gamespy did one too.(Louis Wu 11:58:34 UTC)
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MLG/ESPN Top 10 #7
evildoctorwill noticed that the seventh MLG/ESPN Top 10 is now vieweable at MLGPro.com. Ten pretty cool clips, and an amazing Moment of Zen. Go watch! (Louis Wu 11:52:14 UTC)
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Sign my petition.
Terminal Failure pointed out a very funny ‘Stump Speech’ over at the New Yorker – it could be Obama, until about the third sentence. The Halo reference that makes this mentionable here shows up about halfway through, but the whole thing is worth reading. Give it a look! (Louis Wu 11:51:37 UTC)
The latest news about the Halo series of games from Microsoft
