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…and, release
Another Halo Comic Strip looks at how some skulls can get between coop partners when playing Halo 3. Poor Arbiter!(Louis Wu 13:10:04 UTC)
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Will Halo 3 Blend?
Last week, Pixellated noticed that the Will It Blend? introduction to the Guitar Hero III guitar blending video contained a clip of a Halo 3 disc being blended… according to Will It Blog? (the blog of the Blendtec website), the full Halo 3 blending video will be released today. We’ll update this newspost when it goes online. (Louis Wu 12:55:54 UTC)
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What will you put on your tombst- erm, tree?
Heh – I’m guessing there’ll be a lot of Christmas trees this year which have a Legendary helmet on top, in place of a star or an angel. We’ve already had word of a pair of them – S Assassin sent us pics of his tree, and Ross Mills found one on Digg. (Louis Wu 12:55:05 UTC)
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Duct tape – it holds the Covenant together
VelocityTino sent word of this blog entry at ALBOTAS – it details a costume he made which totally ROCKS. It’s an Elite made of duct tape and cardboard, and in it, he stands 8’6″ (that’s almost 2.6 meters to our non-US friends). It even reverses the knees! Check it out. (Louis Wu 12:52:28 UTC)
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Master Chief’s Celebrity Faceplate Auction
Xbox Canada is going to be hosting the Master Chief’s Celebrity Faceplate Auction, in which faceplates (and more) signed by Canadian (and international) celebrities will be auctioned off to raise money for the Children’s Miracle Network. In addition to 20 faceplates, there will be an Ibanez Xiphos Halo 3 guitar, and a Guitar Hero II guitar signed by Avril Lavigne. (I’m not sure what’s up with the Halo 3 theme – the only Halo-related piece of this auction seems to be that Ibanez guitar. Nevertheless – this is how it’s being marketed.) Auctions start this Thursday, December 6, and will run through December 16. 100% of the net proceeds will go to the CMN. Thanks to Funkmon for pointing this out. (Louis Wu 12:44:53 UTC)
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Halo: Chronicles
Major Silva let us know that the UNSCDF is hosting “Halo: Chronicles“, a comic version of the Halo 3 campaign. The first four episodes are up now; they get you through the Arrival cutscene, plus the very start of Sierra 117. Dialogue is Bungie’s, screenshots (and composition) are done by BlueNinja. Check it out! (We mentioned this project when it first started up, about a month ago; this was before it had a permanent home.) (Louis Wu 12:38:27 UTC)
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Legendary Paperccraft
This is pretty amazing – at Urban Art Central, there’s a collection of Halo 3-related papercraft, including downloadable templates so that you can make your own. (It’s 9.1 mb; given that this was already mentioned on Xbox360Fanboy back in October, the chances are good that bandwidth will hold out… but just in case, we’re mirroring the package, 9.1 mb for a pair of PDF files.) The inventiveness of people in expressing their love for Halo never ceases to amaze me. Thanks, ViralSyris. (Louis Wu 12:33:24 UTC)
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Rise of the Video Game
The Discovery Channel is running a miniseries entitled ‘Rise of the Video Game‘ – each show premieres on Wednesday nights. Last week’s show contained a short clip from Bungie’s Jaime Griesemer, discussing Halo 3. If you check your local listings, you should find rebroadcast times for that episode (for me, it’s showing next on Discovery Times on December 14). Thanks, Sario528, who noticed this on Bungie.net.(Louis Wu 12:27:28 UTC)
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Bungie Community Newsletter – Fan Submissions Needed
Maximum Fear dropped by to announce a monthly community newsletter… but he needs your help. They’re going to need fan content – artwork, fiction, whatever – from fans to flesh this project out; if you want to participate, he’s left an email address in the forum post. Check it out!(Louis Wu 12:19:17 UTC)
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1UP GOTY Awards
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1UP is hosting a poll for its reader-voted Games of the Year and it’s over at this link. We’re against shameless self promotion however, so we absolutely forbid you to vote. Mind you… if we did win, that would be sort of cool and we’d probably remember that when it came to handing out Recon armor…
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Forgeries Abound
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If you enjoy playing around with Forge, our new maps are going to give you some useful tools to create wholly unique experiences. So here’s a shout out to one of several community-driven Forge sites. This one is called Forge Hub, and is a cool gathering place for ideas and maps.
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Bungie on the Discovery Channel
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Bungie Studios’ Sandbox Design Lead Jaime Griesemer is appearing in the Discovery Channel documentary series “Rise of the Video Game.”
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Custom Johnson Bust on eBay
This bust of Avery Johnson showed up on eBay today – very, very cool. Thanks, Joerhyno (who either is bidding on it, or just bought a duplicate, I couldn’t tell from his email). You’ve got until tomorrow (or until someone pays the ‘Buy it Now’ price) to snag it.(Louis Wu 17:41:48 UTC)
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Metallica to Debut New Single Via Rock Band
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[from Xbox360fanboy.com]
Looky here fanboys, we think we may have come across Rock Band’s rumored big announcement and it is definitely a first for video games.
Talking with the Rocky Mountain News, MTV senior vice president of home entertainment Paul DeGooyer mentioned that they’re working with artists to exclusively debut new singles using Rock Band. You know, the same way Prince made his single “Guitar” exclusive to Verizon Wireless. Yeah, that same concept. And first to sign up for a Rock Band track debut is none other than … Metallica. According to DeGooyer’s statements, Metallica has already signed on the dotted line and are committed to giving Rock Band their first single off of their upcoming album. It’s an interesting idea and is a somewhat exciting foreshadowing of things to come, but we seriously wonder how many other artists are willing to do the same thing. Then again, money does make the world go around … and around … and around.
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Three.
The third offering in Stuntmutt’s One One Se7en Advent Calendar is now up. It made me giggle. Maybe that’s just the insanity peeking through.(Louis Wu 17:00:42 UTC)
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Spriggs Episode 2: House Call
Spriggs Episode 2: House Call A week or two ago, we mentioned a new machinima project called ‘Spriggs’ – it was pretty funny. Episode 2 is now online – visit their website (or view it on YouTube), and this one’s pretty funny too. Go watch. (If you’re at work, make sure you’re wearing headphones.)(Louis Wu 16:47:35 UTC)
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2007 1UP Awards – Nominations Posted
1UP.com has posted their nominations for Best Games of 2007 – Halo 3 is up for Best Shooting Game, Best Multiplayer Game, and Game of the Year. Go vote!(Louis Wu 16:36:40 UTC)
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Skies Edge Issue 2
Matt ‘Traize’ Hyne posted Skies Edge, a Halo story in graphic novel format, back in September. Feedback was pretty positive – so he’s back with Skies Edge Issue 2; you can download a copy of it at Britxbox.co.uk.(I had some trouble with Preview, Mac OS X’s default PDF reader, but Adobe Reader handled it just fine.) Check it out! (Louis Wu 14:24:49 UTC)
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Another Disappearance
TTL Demag0gue continues his Reclaimer storyline – Chapter Two, Part Six has both good news and bad news.(Louis Wu 14:15:51 UTC)
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But I LIKE Territories…
Paul Tassi, of the Michigan Daily (the paper of the University of Michigan) has written up a list of six things he’s learned from Halo 3. Agree or disagree, some are pretty funny. (Louis Wu 14:14:06 UTC)
The latest news about the Halo series of games from Microsoft
