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Saying Goodbye Right
XBOX 360 Wire has an article on how to have the best Halo 2 lan party/sendoff. If you’re planning on getting some friends together this weekend for a big Halo 2 bash, in preparation for Halo 3… you might wanna read this.(Louis Wu 11:10:35 UTC)
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London Gala Tix Up For Grabs
The UK’s Daily Telegraph is giving away a pair of tickets to the IMAX gala on launch night in London; if you’re interested in winning, check this page.(Louis Wu 11:09:46 UTC)
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Halo So Far
Yahoo Games has another ‘looking back’ movie; this one is called ‘Halo So Far‘, and is a retrospective of the plots of Halo and Halo 2, using the same voiceover guy that was used for the Weapons overviews. If you’ve forgotten stuff, go watch.(Louis Wu 11:09:12 UTC)
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New Hoody at the Bungie Store
Grable pointed out a new hoody for sale at the Bungie Store – it’s called the ‘Weapon Bolt Full Zip Hoody’, and contains a weapons montage on the front, and a lightning burst on the back. Interesting! (Louis Wu 11:07:01 UTC)
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A second look
Heh – interesting. MthdDirector points us to a blog post which looks back at J. Allard’s GDC 2005 keynote speech… and compares what he said then (and what developers then weren’t all thrilled to hear) with what’s happening now, especially with Halo 3. J. Allard – ahead of his time?(Louis Wu 11:04:39 UTC)
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Enemy Weapon
Lots and lots of people noticed the new Believe trailer, titled ‘Enemy Weapon’, which was released last night. You can find a high-res version of it at halo.msn.com (thanks, The Cancers) – Silverlight is required. If you want to pass on Silverlight, it’s also available at Yahoo Games (thanks, mhuber33) and YouTube (thanks, S043). Haven’t noticed a downloadable version yet. This one has a pair of UNSC vets discussing the weapons they used – and the weapons they fought against. Great piece. (Louis Wu 10:59:24 UTC)
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A different take on Halo Wars
And now for something quite different – YouTube user wronginc hacked up the footage from the Halo Wars trailer and put his own music to it. Hard rock – but it fits nicely. Take a look! (Louis Wu 10:52:14 UTC)
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Cashing in with homemade stuff
RVideo pointed out another fanmade suit for sale on eBay – starting price is $2000, with four and a half days left to go. (Louis Wu 10:49:27 UTC)
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Want to know how to use saved films?
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You may have heard about the fact that Halo 3 has a saved films feature, but you may not know how to use it, or just how many features are available to you.Have a look at the “Cinema Paradiso” vidoc on Marketplace for a good introduction, there’s an article here on Bungie.net too.
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Behind The Scenes At Bungie
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These days it seems like everyone at Bungie is giving interviews. Of course that’s not really the case; Bungie is just much larger than it was back in the days when you could attend a MacWorld show and meet practically the whole company.
One thing that hasn’t changed too much is the man behind it all– Jason Jones. He rarely, if ever, gives interviews. From MacWorld of 1999 to the release of Halo 2 and a short sequence on the Limited Edition DVD, you could go years without hearing a word from him in the press.
That doesn’t stop The Telegraph from trying to get some insights on Bungie, Halo, and Jones, even if some of the revelations are secondhand:
Joe Staten, Halo’s smart and sarcastic writing director, says, ‘Working with Jones is fun, but he is also very challenging. I once said to him, “Let’s talk about the story for Halo 2. What do you think the story for Halo 2 is?” And he says, “I know what the story is. At some point the Master Chief says, only blood will pay for this. He meets this thing called the Gravemind and it says, I am a monument to all your sins.”
The telegraph’s three page article is well worth a read, even for those who know their Bungie lore quite well.
Thanks Louis Wu at HBO for the heads-up.
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Interviews All Round
Over at Rampancy.net, Narcogen uncovered a few interviews we missed – that man is busy sometimes.- Dean Takahashi talks to Harold Ryan and Brian Jarrard about what went wrong in Halo 2 – and how those things were fixed in Halo 3. It’s amazingly uplifting.
- Next Generation talked to Jay Weinland and Jonty Barnes about how it’s all feeling, and where they’re going from here. These guys, too, make you feel that Bungie is really proud of this game, totally separate from any hype.
- The Armchair Empire sat down with Mike Zak to talk about Environment Art, and how it fits into the whole Halo 3 experience. I’m seeing a theme – Bungie folks who are proud of what they did, and anxious to show it to the world.
Go read ’em all! (Louis Wu 03:19:42 UTC)
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Looking for JD Salinger
The Daily Telegraph has a general-interest article that includes a ton of interesting tidbits about the Halo crew. A fun read.(Louis Wu 03:10:11 UTC)
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Aren’t You A Little Short For A Spartan?
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The Master Chief teabags a PlayStation 3 in this Gamebrink video linked over at Kotaku.
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The New and Improved Bungie.net
The Bungie Weekly Update is online – and it’s a pretty nice look at what Bungie.net is gonna be giving you, come next week. You can’t imagine the wealth of information. Knowledge… so much… so fast. It’s glorious! Go read. (And if you’re blocked from Bungie.net, as some of you tell us you are, it’s online here, too, in our Weekly Update Archive.(Louis Wu 01:31:32 UTC)
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How To Use The New Bungie.Net
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Luke Smith has posted up the last Bungie Weekly Update before the game goes into everyone’s (or mostly everyone’s) hands: a How-To article on Bungie.net’s new features.
Still nothing about fileshare RSS feeds, but it does look like there will be a high degree of integration between your fileshare and the Bungie.net forums.
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Getting Halo 3 Early
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Looks like some of the guys over at The Hushed Casket managed to pick up copies of Halo 3 early— they’re already unlocking achievements! So far there are no matchmaking lists online, apparently.
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Bungie Weekly Update: How-to Bungie.net
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An in-depth look at the new Bungie.net and Ske7ch’s comic debut.
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Jack Thompson Seeks Halo 3 Declared Public Nuiscance
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Not much more to say: the man really is nuts. Check GamePolitics for the story and the full complaint.
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More Pre-Launch Bungie Interviews
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A few more pre-launch interviews of Bungie folk out there:
Armchair Empire talked to environmental artist Mike Zak.
The Escapist and Next Generation talked to production head Jonty Barnes (Next-Gen got him in a package deal with Jay Weinland).
Dean Takahashi at the San Jose Mercury News talked to community lead Brian “SketchFactor” Jarrard and studio head Harold Ryan.
The latest news about the Halo series of games from Microsoft