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WhizKids Scarab – now for sale
Last summer, if you visited the San Diego ComicCon, you had a shot at buying a battle-damaged Scarab from WhizKids, only $250. Well… if you missed out on that chance, never fear; as of last Wednesday, you can buy the Scarab Vehicle Pack at your local hobby and game store. You get the Scarab, some cards, a map, and Halo ActionClix rules. MSRP – a cool $249.99. (No battle damage on this one, I don’t think.) Thanks, Kotaku.(Louis Wu 12:50:18 UTC)
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I guess Bungie forgot the safety.
So last week, we got an email from omfg a cat69 about a funky death he caused; after he died, he dropped his shotgun… which went off when it hit the ground, and killed his opponent. He sent a link to his fileshare, but I passed on the news, because I’m afraid that we’re getting too many of these kinds of things these days. He posted it at B.net a few days later, with links to his fileshare, and a YouTube version… and got lots of good responses. (Several people pointed the thread out to us, but again, I passed.) Well… I’m not passing any more, because now this sort of death has its very own medal, courtesy of Blackstar. (It was actually created because of a thread started by Evlmidget25 – I guess omfg a cat69’s experience isn’t unique. But if I’m gonna front-page the occurrence, I’m sure gonna mention him…)(Louis Wu 12:35:48 UTC)
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Flashy Blades
Harlan pointed out that there’s a new Top 5 list on MSNBC – the Top 5 Game Swords. Halo’s Energy Sword made the list. (Picture’s credited to Bungee Studios – awesome.)(Louis Wu 12:17:13 UTC)
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A deal coming up next week
chrisvioxxx noticed that the circular for Target for Black Friday (the day after Thanksgiving), as seen on the Black Friday Ads website, contains a deal for Halo buyers on Page 6; buy the Halo 3 Edition Xbox 360 for $399, get a $60 gift card for free. (In other words – buy the console, get the game for free.)(Louis Wu 12:11:16 UTC)
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Anger, Sadness and Envy Episode 3: Tsavo Highway
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Trindacut and Narcogen look at gameplay in the vehicle-heavy, story-light level, Tsavo Highway. Regular features include Glitch of the Week and Anger, Sadness, and Envy: features of Halo 3 that makes us angry or sad, and features of other games that make us envious.
This is the M4A version of the episode, compatible with iTunes; it contains advanced features such as embedded graphics and chapter markers. If you want the plain MP3 version to play in a browser, go here:
http://rampancy.net/audio/h3maps/tsavo_highway/16/11/2007/ASE_episode_3_mp3
This episode should appear in the iTunes directory shortly. If you have not yet subscribed to this podcast in iTunes, but would like to, you can manually subscribe in iTunes by pulling down the Advanced menu, choosing the “Subscribe to podcast” item, and entering one of these two URLs:
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Humpday Challenge: Game with Fame
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This week we brave the perils of Matchmaking in honor of Xbox Live’s birthday.
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War Time Creed or Motto e Motto
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We Just started this new group and have yet to decide our true official Motto So I have made a list please tell us what your favorite is then we will make a poll based on your choices and see who wins.
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Gears of Bored
Another Halo Comic Strip takes a look at what’s happening on other parts of Xbox Live… heh. Bad ZZoMBiE13.(Louis Wu 21:19:13 UTC)
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A Voice in the Dark
Grantix stopped by to point out Helljumper, Issue 2 – looks like that Spartan’s in trouble.(Louis Wu 21:14:46 UTC)
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RT: Nerfed
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Gus has been all in a tizzy lately over the news that the fine people of Blizzard have released a patch to World Of Warcraft that makes it significantly easier to get from levels 20-60. Apparently this “waters down” the experience of getting to…
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Play Against Bungie in the Humpday Today
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A bunch of us are going to be online from 3 p.m. Pacific to 5 p.m. Pacific today in Halo 3. The results of some of those matches will become this week’s Humpday Challenge.
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Mike Gravel, Sword Hog
Mike Gravel has been excluded from the Democratic debate this evening in Las Vegas; you can watch this video to see him explaining to NPR’s Diane Rehm why this is… or you can visit this YouTube page to see him explaining the REAL reason in today’s episode of Elevator, a web-based video series created by HBO Fan Fiction writer Woody Tondorf. After watching this, I’d vote for the guy!(Louis Wu 19:27:29 UTC)
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Key word: Original
Major Nelson has clarified that the Xbox Originals, officially announced yesterday as older Xbox games to be available for download on Xbox Live Marketplace, will NOT contain additional functionality; they will not have Achievements or be used in your Gamer score. And though it wasn’t mentioned specifically, I’d GUESS that this means that the downloadable version of Halo will not be 60Hz-compatible for PAL regions, since the original game wasn’t. These are not enhanced versions of the games – they’re just downloadable versions of them, at a nice price. (This news item was up much earlier this morning, but somehow got mangled and then deleted.)(Louis Wu 16:08:04 UTC)
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More Cortana Cosplaying
MsValentine continues to hone her Cortana outfit; last month, she added a very cool wig to the outfit… and a Grunt Birthday Skull. There are some really amazing poses in this group… including a bunch of shots with MC’s helmet, and a few with a nice reversal of the MC/Cortana standard placement. Go check out the latest pics!(Louis Wu 15:58:38 UTC)
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Metallica DLC Confirmed for Rock Band
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The tracks Ride the Lightning, …And Justice for All, and Blackened will be available for download as a track pack when Rock Band is released next week. Track packs will be priced at 440 Microsoft points to combat Guitar Hero’s pricing of 500 Microsoft points for its track packs. Tracks will also be available for purchase individually.
Too bad I can’t afford Rock Band… :'(
http://www.gamespot.com/news/6182927.html?action=convert&om_clk=latestnews&tag=latestnews;title;0
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Playin’ With the Chief
Strangely enough, we have word of ANOTHER video that looks at what happens to Master Chief in Multiplayer… DigitalPh33r, the guy behind the Master Chief Sucks at Halo series (and other funny bits) has released Playin’ With the Chief, a video that might give you an idea of just how single-minded Master Chief really is… funny stuff. Thanks to madtsunami for the heads-up.(Louis Wu 14:30:10 UTC)
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After the Ark
Raulboy posted a piece he made for class – how does Master Chief deal with matchmaking? (Not too well.) About 10 mb, in either QT or WMP9 formats, linked from his forum post. (Louis Wu 14:26:44 UTC)
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Ogre 2 and Ghost hold forth on Halo 3
Over at MLGPro.com, there’s a dual interview – Ogre 2 (from Final Boss) and Ghostayame (from Carbon) – discussing Halo 3, how it differs from Halo 2, and what the future might hold. Good reading! Thanks, 3Suns.(Louis Wu 14:17:22 UTC)
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Halo 3 Leaderboards
Cody Miller noticed a new site – Halo 3 Leaderboards. It’s unclear where they get their data from (a few forumgoers suggest that they’re not in the rankings but should be), but it’s a great place to go for aggregated leaderboards. Here’s hoping it doesn’t lead to the cheating that made Bungie pull down THEIR leaderboards early in Halo 2’s lifespan. (Louis Wu 13:26:57 UTC)
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