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Missed Opportunities
Wow, lots of stuff slipping through the cracks. I took a look at this Reuters article yesterday, and passed over it because it seemed to be yet another “Halo is making a lot of money” piece. Xbox 360 Fanboy read it a little more carefully, and noticed, buried in the second-to-last paragraph, a short list of rejected marketing ideas. Cortana lingerie… hmm. I know a few people who’d actually buy that.(Louis Wu 14:43:37 UTC)
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Freeze Frame would be nice.
Warbow’s thinking about what would happen if real life acquired some of Halo 3’s enhancements… check out the newest Calvin and Halo.(Louis Wu 13:29:29 UTC)
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NFL Faceoff – at home, this time
Yesterday, GryphonOsiris sent us a link to a story in the San Francisco Chronicle. I took a quick look at it, saw that it was about 49rs quarterback Alex Smith, and sent him a link to this article (Alex Smith and Shawne Merriman playing Halo 3 in Bungie’s studios) – I figured the Chronicle was just a little behind. Well, I was wrong. This is a NEW story; Microsoft PR found some NFL players willing to host Halo 3 house parties, and set ’em up. The 49rs faced off against the Redskins and the Bengals, online… you can read the Washington point of view in the Washington Post (thanks, Free at Last). That story even has a video of the action… loos like a sweet setup! (Louis Wu 13:27:00 UTC)
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Guide writers with a vision
Piggyback has put up an article explaining their Halo 3 Strategy Guide – it sounds like it’s going to be a pretty impressive piece of work! They do their best not to spoil you… in a strategy guide. That’s a first.(Louis Wu 12:15:53 UTC)
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This is madness.
PROPH37 pointed out that you can now download a wallpaper created from yesterday’s Ctrl+Alt+Del (Spartan vs Spartan). Nice!(Louis Wu 11:54:48 UTC)
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HAFT, Explained
For folks who read Elnea’s Halo Action Figure Theater, but might be a little confused about the plot (because, you know, her mind is a little warped)… she’s put together an ‘Extras’ page which contains plot synopses for both series, as well as character bios. I’m STILL confused, but now it’s more about how she manages to find the time for all this stuff…(Louis Wu 10:49:59 UTC)
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Video Walkthrough of Construct (unauthorized)
Hmm… this is the sort of thing I’m not sure if I should be mentioning. Someone has created a reasonably high-quality film of a walkthrough, in Forge, of the multiplayer level Bungie announced yesterday, Construct. There are no spoilers in the film – it’s just a guy running around the map, no voiceover at all – and it shows off the gorgeous graphics of the level to nice effect… but it IS content that hasn’t been released by Bungie yet (though they HAVE announced it, and released screenshots). It’s up to you whether you visit or not; it’s a really pretty level, but you’ll get to run around it all by yourself in just 4 days. If you want to see it now, visit GameTrailers. I found this at Planet Halo.(Louis Wu 10:43:23 UTC)
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Leading Players to a Goal
nash–housewares noticed an interview with Mike Zak, Halo 3’s environment art lead, over at Digital Journal. It’s a great look at the process of map development, with some cool tidbits about other things (skulls, for example) tossed in. No spoilers. (Louis Wu 10:26:45 UTC)
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Custom Spartan on eBay
Joerhyno wrote with some news about an auction a friend has set up. It’s a custom figure – he started with a mini figure that was enlarged with Hydrospan, then cast in resin and cut up to fit on a Microman body, and painted. A lot of work! Current bid is $50, with a week to go. (Joe also pointed out this thread on the Spawn forum – some great pics, including two from him, using Joyride figures, down near the bottom. Fun with action figures!(Louis Wu 10:19:48 UTC)
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Bungie.Net Back
Achronos notes that although the Bungie.net reboot is done, the Halo 3 sections will remain offline until this weekend.
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Twas the Sixteenth of May
Pixelated Pupils is now back online, and their first comic deals with the Halo 3 Beta/Crackdown situation. Nice poem! Thanks, Angelic Lionheart.(Louis Wu 10:02:23 UTC)
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Achingly Familiar
We got word from Haloplayer that Lost Cause Episode 15 is now online (in a bunch of downloadable and streaming flavors) at Injured Knee Productions – and this is probably the last Halo 2 episode they’ll make. It’s called ‘Achingly Familiar’, and the Elites have finally found our squad. Uh oh… (Louis Wu 09:57:49 UTC)
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Advanced Forge Editing
Part Three of Ferrex‘s trilogy on Forge is up at Bungie.net: Advanced Forge Editing. It covers how to edit objects in ways specific to creating certain goal-oriented gametypes, instead of just piles of fusion cores.
Not that there’s anything wrong with that.
What this article does talk about a lot is spawning: spawn points and spawn zones. If you’ve always been interested in how Halo chooses to spawn you where it does, this article is a treasure trove.
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That Is Absolutely Unacceptable
Tyson “Ferrex” Green dishes details on the Construct multiplayer level over at GameSpot. Thanks Louis Wu at HBO.
That note about “significant changes to the Banshee” around the time of the public beta sure is interesting…
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Believe, From the Inside
Creativity Online has an interview with Scott Duchon and Mike Harris, of the McCann Group, the folks behind the Believe material. It’s a pretty interesting read – see what went into these videos!(Louis Wu 02:19:09 UTC)
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Bungie To Dole Out More Pre-Launch Halo 3 Goodness
Luke Smith posted at NeoGAF that there will be plenty more information about Halo 3 released by Bungie every day before the game launches, including info on Forge, a Halo 3 humpday, and an unnamed “surprise”.
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Construct
The newest big thing from Bungie? Tyson Green talks to Gamespot about a multiplayer level we havent seen yet – Construct, an industrial multilevel map. Looks gorgeous! Thanks to Flamechu for the first heads-up.(Louis Wu 02:03:49 UTC)
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Halo 3 Opening Cinematic
This looks like a legitimate, if somewhat low quality, recording of Halo 3’s opening cinematic, explaining the Chief’s arrival on Earth. It also appears to confirm the contents of the game story summary posted elsewhere on the Internet.
Again– if you don’t want to be spoiled, don’t view!
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Advanced Forge Editing
Haven’t had enough Forge yet? The third part of Bungie’s Halo 3 How-To on the tool is now up – go read Advanced Forge Editing for the lowdown on special objects. Thanks to all who wrote – Alekat was first.(Louis Wu 22:15:20 UTC)
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HIH/HSH Represented at G4’s H3 Countdown
NOKYARD wrote to let us know that two High Speed Halo/High Impact Halo regulars, djDAP and Riptor, will be headed to Los Angeles next Monday to speedrun Halo 1, Legendary Co-op… on live TV. They’ll be part of G4TV’s pre-launch extravaganza. An HIH forum thread about this already up and running. Congrats, guys!(Louis Wu 22:13:21 UTC)
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