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Master Chief Paintball Mask
Hawty McBloggy found a custom Master Chief paintball mask on eBay – the picture has a bunch of other masks which are cool too, but it’s pretty clear which one’s for sale. Starting bid is $30 – take a look!(Louis Wu 18:46:39 UTC)
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Do you want rocket launchers with that?
Bungie wants to know if romance (or other real-life excitement) and Halo have mixed in your life. If you’ve got a story to tell, swing by their forum!(Louis Wu 17:15:53 UTC)
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Love is in the Air
Did you meet your true love playing Halo? Did you get a job using your Halo skills? Did you become president of a small country because you could pwn noobs? We’re looking for real life stories of romance, adventure and social wonder directly related to your Halo experience. Read on!
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The rule of 3
ZZoMBiE13 has taken a shot at the movie industry in the latest installment of Another Halo Comic Strip. (He wanted me to disclaim this one – make sure that everyone knew it was his opinion, and not mine or bungie.org’s, expressed in the comic. I can’t say, however, that I don’t agree with him, so forget the disclaimer.)(Louis Wu 16:39:55 UTC)
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TTL Reawakens
XerxdeeJ is back after the holidays, and Tied the Leader has been updated again. Swing by for discussions on sexual orientation and its relationship to online play, a humble thank-you to the crew at Gamertag Radio, and a tantalizing teaser of an upcoming contest you should get ready for. Go read!(Louis Wu 15:16:29 UTC)
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We like our stupidity organic, thank you.
Over at Rampancy.net, OldNick (who works in the game industry) has written a rant that tears into Bungie (and every other game company who scripts unnecessarily) for negating the artificial intelligence of its NPCs with scripting. It turns into a screed against artists, but the basic premise (that dumbing down your characters by forcing them to behave in specific ways when said behavior is detrimental to gameplay) is an interesting argument. Check it out! Thanks, Narcogen.(Louis Wu 15:12:24 UTC)
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High Tech Halo (not really)
Wow. Cody Miller converted one of the later cutscenes of the game to ASCII video, with 8-bit mono sound. It’s amazing you can even tell what’s going on… intriguing just for its WTF factor.(Louis Wu 15:08:14 UTC)
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TXB Readers like Halo 3 Multiplay
TeamXboox has posted their Readers’ Choice Awards for 2007. Halo 3 (or Bungie) was up for 4 awards – they went home with just the Multiplayer Game of the Year. Thanks, Halo Planet.(Louis Wu 15:04:55 UTC)
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I bet the breadcrumbs are really grenades.
preinzi created a gingerbread Blood Gulch base – and provided pictures. Check ’em out – it came out great!(Louis Wu 15:00:07 UTC)
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Halo: FTW
zugy pointed out a mod for Halo PC that basically reskins every level. Halo: FTW is (mostly) the work of Pepsi and Nessa, and adds shiny new textures to each level of the game. The HaloMods forum post contains a billion screenshots, or you can watch a fly-through movie for more dynamic info.(Louis Wu 14:56:16 UTC)
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Send In Stuff for This Week’s Show: The Storm Campaign Show
This week is all about one of the coolest campaign levels in Halo 3: The Storm. This is the one where you’re fresh off of Tsavo Highway and into Voi, where there’s huge traxus industrial buildings. There’s a little bit of room clearing and a lot of big, open vehicle battles. You take down the anti-air wraiths, lots of ghosts, banshees, the first Scarab, and the huge anti-air stationary gun at the end There’s also at least one skull on this level.
Where do you come in? We want to hear your strategies on making it through the storm on the higher difficulties. Send in your tips and tricks for taking down the scarab, for not getting overwhelmed by grunts in ghosts, for avoiding the brutes in the central bunker, for piloting the anti-air wraiths, and for dealing with those pesky banshees. Just click the big green button and send us what you got! Feel free to just let us know what you like about this level too. Deadline is Thursday night at about 6:00 PM eastern. Don’t be late!
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Flash Flood.
We’re back to straight puns with today’s One One Se7en. Minor story spoilers, even.(Louis Wu 21:17:52 UTC)
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2007 Halo Community Awards – We’re Nominated!
Sigafoos at The Riot podcast let me know that we’re nominated at the 2007 Halo Community Awards for Best Tournament (for the summer tourney), Biggest Community Contributor (Website) and Best Halo Contribution (for the podcast). Head on over and vote for your favorites in the Halo community.
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Phantoms
TTL Demag0gue is back with another installment of Reclaimer – Chapter Two, Part Twelve makes you wonder what Viper is up against… (Louis Wu 14:43:37 UTC)
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Don’t forget to vote!
While we’re discussing awards, don’t forget that the Second Foundation 2007 Community Awards have nominees posted, and votes will be accepted until just before midnight (GMT) on January 13. Check out who’s up, and add your vote!(Louis Wu 14:33:00 UTC)
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Halo Represents at GTR Awards
Gamertag Radio has presented their 3rd Annual Xbox Community Awards (the audio was made available yesterday), and three stars in the Halo firmament shone brightly. The Halo 3 Beta took the XBL Marketplace Download of the Year award, Tied the Leader took the Team Community of the Year award, and Hawty McBloggy took the Community Member of the Year award. Congrats to all! (Well, the Beta probably doesn’t appreciate the feelings, but congrats to the real people on the far end of the other two awards!) (Louis Wu 14:30:33 UTC)
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Halo-inspired military patch
Nice – there’s a company that makes military patches; one of them (for a detachment of the 15th Helicopter Mine Countermeasures Squadron, based in Udairi, Kuwait) has chosen some Halo imagery to make its point. darthbob found this at Kotaku.(Louis Wu 14:10:59 UTC)
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Halo 3 Rap
John_117 stopped by to point out a Halo 3 rap he’d put together. You can watch it on YouTube.(Louis Wu 14:05:17 UTC)
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More Halo Gorgeosity
RVideo continues with his stunning panoramas – today you can find Last Resort and Isolation on our forum. I find the skyboxes of both to be intriguing.(Louis Wu 13:56:03 UTC)
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Could Halo 3 have been as good as we wanted it to be?
1UP Features Editor Jeremy Parish, has been posting his personal Top 7 games of 2007, and a couple of days ago he listed Halo 3 as Number 6. What makes this news is the insightful way he’s chosen to pin down the hurdles Halo 3 faced before it even hit the stands. His discussion of the story presentation, too, might help you to focus your thoughts about how good a job Bungie did (or didn’t do) to bring the Halo universe to its fans this time around. There’s more good discussion in the comments following his article, and more still in the thread on our forum started by LoneRanger 2.5. (Once again, I’m struck by the absolutist terms a lot of posters use when ranting on the internet… but if you look beyond the hyperbole, there are many decent points made.)(Louis Wu 13:51:45 UTC)
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