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The latest news about the Halo series of games from Microsoft

  • When Art Meets Gaming

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    The Escapist takes a long look at Saved Films, and how they can satisfy your urge to create. Beyond giving you access to fantastic moments of gameplay, they let you examine, in detail, aspects of the Halo universe you didn’t have time to appreciate while being shot. Coolness! Thanks, Pixellated. (Louis Wu 18:35:31 UTC)

  • Launch Stuff – Still

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    I know, I know – I said no more Launch writeups. Two came in today, though, that are worth pointing out. Knuckles Dawson, who was at the Community Lock-In event last week, put together a video look at the madness that night for Xbox 360 Fanboy, and two Hushed Casket long-timers wrote up their experiences (one at a Gamestop in Alabama, the other at a Microsoft gathering in Georgia). Good stuff! (Louis Wu 18:19:40 UTC)

  • Funny Stuff

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    Web comics about Halo today – Penny Arcade revisits the little boy playing for Gabe (thanks, Jinno), and UserFriendly reminds you that rabid fanbois don’t like it when you say bad things about Halo… out loud.(Louis Wu 17:48:01 UTC)

  • Sometimes, you gotta wonder.

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    Kotaku found a clip of some 95-year-old Japanese grandmother playing Halo 3. She’s not very good – but man, she’s 95. (Yes, Tex, she’s older than I am.)(Louis Wu 17:46:03 UTC)

  • Mission Log, Day Three

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    A few days ago, we mentioned a South Carolina paper running a mission recap of Halo 3; we got mail from the writer who pointed out that he’s actually in North Carolina, and that the series is syndicated. The third mission is now online (I’ve picked the News & Observer, a paper local to him, for the link.) Mission four coming soon!(Louis Wu 17:44:18 UTC)

  • When the door’s too slow…

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    Z pointed out a video showing a through-the-wall glitch on High Ground; looks like an easy way into the base!(Louis Wu 16:08:34 UTC)

  • Downloadable MLG Gametypes

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    MLG Anakin has posted Official MLG Halo 3 Gametypes and Settings, downloadable directly to your 360 – convenient! (Bookmark the page, because it’ll be updated if things change.) Thanks, 3Suns. (Louis Wu 16:06:01 UTC)

  • An old friend returns

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    Sam Becker pointed out a post at Halo Easter Eggs – it describes a recreation of a Halo 1 easter egg in Halo 3. (mentioned earlier)(Louis Wu 16:04:18 UTC)

  • Fabulous.

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    I didn’t post this yesterday, because I thought it was silly… but hey, we’ve posted silly before. Hawty McBloggy has put up an exhaustive guide to coordinating your armor colors in Halo 3. If you want to make sure you match, go read.(Louis Wu 16:01:54 UTC)

  • Video Conversion Service

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    Steve Chamblin, of YourHalo3Vids.com, wants to offer a service to the community – if you’ve got a saved film you’d love turned into a video, you should visit. He’s willing to do this for you – at no cost. He has a few rules (as can probably be guessed), and asks that you be patient – you can read the details on his front page. Nice!(Louis Wu 16:00:02 UTC)

  • The Halo 3 Ultra Q&A

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    Bungie.net’s Recent News
    On Friday, we’ll answer all your Halo 3-related questions. Make with the asking.

  • Wednesday’s Review Roundup

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    Lots and lots and lots of reviews in our inbox:

    So: mostly good, a couple of minor complaints, and one real disappointment. Not bad!(Louis Wu 15:54:33 UTC)

  • Halo 3 Weapons Guide: Assault Rifle

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    Meyeselph is working on compiling an easily accessible guide to Halo 3’s weapons, with an eye on how to maximize the effective use of each. The first weapon so examined is Halo 3’s venerable Assault Rifle. Visually evocative of the Colonial Marines’ pulse rifle from Aliens, maligned as an inaccurate bullet hose in Halo 1, missing from Halo 2 in favor of the even more maligned dual-wielding bullet hose, the SMG, the Assault Rifle makes a triumphant return in Halo 3.

  • First Impressions Of Halo 3

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    It’s tired cliché that you never get a second chance to make a first impression.

    Despite rampant accusations of having a story that’s derivative pulp, the first half of Halo 3 is not a tired cliché, nor does it need a second chance to make a first impression.

    Hearing from a number of reviewers and community members who played through the game in a single sitting under Bungie’s purview, I’ve decided to play no more than two campaign levels a day in order to savor the experience. To get my Halo 3 fix the rest of the day, I watch films of those levels, hunt for skulls, or play around in Forge. I understand why those people wanted to get through the game right away, and why Bungie wanted reviewers to play the whole game. Community members knew they wouldn’t be able to go on much longer without someone spoiling the ending for them. Bungie knew it would be best for reviewers to have a complete experience– at least, the most complete experience you can get from 8-15 hours of a game that probably has as much if not more replayability value as Halo 1 and 2 combined. However, I refuse to be rushed.

     Click here for the complete text.

  • Halo on the Nintendo DS – again

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    Wow, weirdness. Back in January, Matt Casamassina, editor of IGNCube, discussed a port of Halo for the Nintendo DS. Nobody ever confirmed it, and the rumors eventually died away. Today, it seems he’s posted some videos of the game being played, to PROVE it’s real (and, he says, to convince someone to start development up again). The videos have very odd dates on them (two years ago today – I’m guessing that’s just a typo)… but they sure LOOK real. Thanks, Laird.(Louis Wu 20:45:07 UTC)

  • RT: The Desire To Win

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    Everybody has their own methods of trying to win when things are at their worst. I’m not saying Jason’s is right or wrong, it’s just his way (and apparently it works). You go with what you know. Kind of on that subject, I want to send out a message to all…

  • Display your H3 screenshots on THX.com

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    One neat feature of the current version of the Hushed Casket website is the automatically rotating headers at the top of the page. There is some sweet magic happening on the backend of the site to make that happen. I want you guys to be a part of it.

    I want the community to recommend screenshots for inclusion in the header. This is how it will work:

    1). Post in this thread your Bungie.net profile URL and the name of the screenshot you want added

    Example:
    URL – http://www.bungie.net/stats/halo3/screenshots.aspx?page=0&gamertag=EA
    Screenshots – “OMG headshot” and “Warthog blast”

    2). Shortly thereafter, one of the badmins will navigate to your B.net profile, resize the screenshot, and add it to the website if we like it.

    Be creative. Use the Theater to make some really cool shots of your gameplay. Don’t forget to detach the camera to fly in for the perfect shot.

    Important: note that all images in the THX.com header are 1920 x 250. That’s a very odd aspect ratio. The image is only 250 pixels high. Please take this into consideration when you make your screenshot. A 4:3 screenshot may not look as awesome as a 1920:250 image.

  • Display your H3 screenshots on THX.com

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    rapture

    One neat feature of the current version of the Hushed Casket website is the automatically rotating headers at the top of the page. There is some sweet magic happening on the backend of the site to make that happen. I want you guys to be a part of it.

    I want the community to recommend screenshots for inclusion in the header. This is how it will work:

    1). Post in this thread your Bungie.net profile URL and the name of the screenshot you want added

    Example:
    URL – http://www.bungie.net/stats/halo3/screenshots.aspx?page=0&gamertag=EA
    Screenshots – “OMG headshot” and “Warthog blast”

    2). Shortly thereafter, one of the badmins will navigate to your B.net profile, resize the screenshot, and add it to the website if we like it.

    Be creative. Use the Theater to make some really cool shots of your gameplay. Don’t forget to detach the camera to fly in for the perfect shot.

  • Another Custom Made Action Figure

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    So there’s clearly a market for custom-made action figures; we mentioned a sculpted one last week that still has 2 days to go – current bid is nearly at $2000. BARBARIC RAGE found ANOTHER one – this one (which is male) just went up, and still has nearly a week – but it’s a pretty impressive piece of work, and I’m guessing it’ll end up going for a LOT. Go see!(Louis Wu 17:48:38 UTC)

  • The Spartan Effect Episode 6

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    Eddie, from Rookie Rabbit Productions, let us know that Episode 6 of the Spartan Effect has been posted on their site. We’ve put up local mirrors of the WMP9 and QuickTime hi-res versions, because they’re worried about Filefront links, and because this is a decent series. This will be the last episode built in Halo 2.(Louis Wu 17:47:11 UTC)