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RT: Spoilers Below!
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Warning: If you have not played GTAIV, and plan to (I don’t know what your problem is, it’s been out for over two months!), you might not want to read todays comic. Luke and Griffon managed to fit about 200 spoilers into four panels. It’s actually kind of…
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RT: High 5
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I had expected to still be hung over from RvBTO right now. Sadly, my own stupidity interfered with my ability to fly to Canada and get drunk. RvBTOers, I envy thee. Here’s what I spent my weekend working on instead: Please enable JavaScript to enjoy this…
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Everyone Survived
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So the reports are in, and it seems that everyone survived RVB: TO. I hear that most people even enjoyed it, except for Dimono, who’s never enjoyed anything. dggeoff
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IGN: Hail To The Chimp Is Bad
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For a game company that made its name with a game about a zombie who used his body parts as weapons, it’s ironic to say that only now, with the release of Hail to the Chimp, are things starting to get ugly. Problem is, the ugly thing is the reviews.
Citing game modes that are too similar to each other and AI that was often unclear on the concept of how to play the game, IGN gave HttC a 3.5 out of 10 and said it had “zero redeeming qualities”. Ugly, indeed.
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Tied the Leader AtLANtica Experience ViDoc
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On Memorial Day weekend, Tied the Leader held a repeat performance of last year’s AtLANtica event. All told, 37 attendees graced us with their presence, their gunfire, and their company.
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Big Mac Attack
ZZoMBiE13 has managed to both pimp the 7 billion by the 7th challenge and take a fun potshot at a community regular in today’s edition of Another Halo Comic Strip. Go read!(Louis Wu 21:26:39 UTC)
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Team Starters
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The starters haven’t been decided yet. But 1v1’s will take place soon. For more details message me or read the rest of the update.
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Creating Credible Obstacles In Games
Gamasutra has an article about in-game boundaries, and when their credibility breaks down. Many games provide examples, both good and bad – Halo 3 makes an appearance. Go read!(Louis Wu 19:09:38 UTC)
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Last Of The Brave
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Transcription of Last of the Brave, written by Martin O’Donnell, transcribed by Mike Poe.
This song can be heard during Crow’s Nest in Halo 3.
Enjoy.
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Red vs. Blue: Reconstruction Episode 5
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Church’s anxiousness to discover the fate of Tex has led him, alongside Agent Washington and Caboose, to Outpost 17-B, where the three of them hope to investigate the ship’s crash site. However, they run into a few hurdles along the way.
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Hawty McBloggy wants your Halo Memories
Hawty McBloggy is putting together a tribute to Bungie in honor of Bungie Day – she’s looking for your most memorable Halo moment ever. Swing by, read the post, write up your moment, and you’ll be included in next week’s tribute!(Louis Wu 09:54:46 UTC)
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GD’s Top 25 FPSs of All Time
Morpheus pointed out a new Top 25 list at GameDaily – this one is The Top 25 First-Person Shooters of All Time. Halo’s not number one, but it still came in respectably.(Louis Wu 09:54:14 UTC)
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Free Halo 3 HD Video Capture
Bjorn stopped by to offer free HD video capture from Halo 3 clips – visit Gamerchiefs.com (specifically this forum post) for full details! (Louis Wu 09:53:46 UTC)
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The Cavegirls Present… Fragolympics 2008
The Cavegirls are kicking off the 2008 Fragolympics next week, and there are a number of Halo events. Swing by to read the rules! (Louis Wu 09:53:25 UTC)
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Halo Wars controls, game pacing, and herb crusted salmon salad
Bruce Shelley, a designer for Ensemble Studios, posted in his blog yesterday, and there’s a bunch of info about Halo Wars. It ranges from interesting observations about gameplay and strategy to the lunch menu provided to the team during the crunch leading up to E3. Thanks to Planet Halo for the heads-up.(Louis Wu 09:52:55 UTC)
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Installation 05 Giveaway
Installation05 is holding another giveaway – this time, it’s a 2-figure Actionclix promo pack, and entering is as simple as sending an email entry. In fact, you can send an entry each day (but don’t exceed that, or you’ll be disqualified). If you identify yourself as coming from HBO, you get a double entry! Swing by the Events page for full details. (You can also pick up McFarlane Halo 3 Series 1 vehicles pretty cheap, if you want ’em!) (Louis Wu 09:52:06 UTC)
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Medicine Tree
Dennis Powers let us know that Shipwrecked Episode 33 is now up – looks like the ring is providing, again.(Louis Wu 09:51:41 UTC)
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Show your solidarity for Bungie Day
Over at the Bungie.net blog, there’s a call from a fan that all players on LIVE should change their armor emblem to either the 7th Column symbol, or the number 7, for next Monday’s Bungie Day celebrations. Nice idea!(Louis Wu 09:51:23 UTC)
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RvB: Reconstruction – Chapter 5
Red vs Blue: Reconstruction – Chapter 5 has been released for sponsors – it’ll be up for everyone else later this evening. Washington does his best to get Church and Caboose into places they shouldn’t be going… and to a meeting with an old friend. Lots of backstory in this one!(Louis Wu 02:41:34 UTC)
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Variety: Chimp Doesn’t Play Well With Others
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Another disappointing review for Hail to the Chimp: Variety says this political humor game isn’t funny, and isn’t really political. Ouch!
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