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This is how the game ends…
You knew it had to happen. Tied the Leader got their hands on an unauthorized copy of Halo 3… and have listed the Top Ten Surprises in Halo 3. Jerks. (I really shouldn’t have to write this, but I don’t want traffic to TTL to suffer because the internet doesn’t do droll very well… so I’m telling you now, there ain’t no spoilers here.)(Louis Wu 11:39:42 UTC)
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Can We Ever Go Home Again?
An article over at Geezer Gamers looks back over the the last few years, and how their community has changed… and how they’re coming back to their Halo 2 roots, in preparation for Halo 3. Bungie: Bringing People Together All Over The World.(Louis Wu 11:32:22 UTC)
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Halo Overdose
Stephen Totilo (writer for MTV) was one of those invited to play Halo 3 this week – he can’t tell you about it yet, but he CAN tell you how his weekend went. Interesting read!(Louis Wu 11:15:13 UTC)
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Are You Select Enough?
As long as we’re doing the Kotaku thing, check out this post; there’s been word for a while that Mountain Dew Game Fuel would be available in “a few select markets” in an aluminum bottle… but until now, I hadn’t seen an example. Pretty!(Louis Wu 11:12:00 UTC)
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Goodies for the Newsies
Avateur pointed out that Kotaku has a little writeup on the special hoodies distributed to journalists who attended the Halo 3 review events in Seattle and New York this week. I wonder how long before we see these on eBay?(Louis Wu 11:06:11 UTC)
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Museum… Reimagined
Consolevania redid the “Museum” vid… their version (thanks, Kotaku) might be more realistic. (Warning: language isn’t safe for work.)(Louis Wu 11:00:09 UTC)
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Friday’s Fanfic
This week’s Fan Fiction update has six pieces in it… get to reading!(Louis Wu 10:55:46 UTC)
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A podcast – and an announcement
Dman82 (along with others) hosts CBR, a podcast that focuses on the Red vs Blue community. The latest episode has interviews with Halo-related artists (including HBO regular Pinkuh) – but it also has a special announcement. The winner of the ‘Bungie Tour’ auction is announced; if you’re curious about who’s going to be accompanying kornman00 to Bungie’s offices on October 31, listen to this! (Visit the CBR website, and look for Episode 11 – there’s no information listed yet, but it’s the most recent ‘Past Episode’.)(Louis Wu 10:25:01 UTC)
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Marketing Blitz
I’m not really fully awake yet – but I’m posting this now, because the amount of mail coming in about it is rather insane. Today’s Ctrl+Alt+Del looks at the Halo 3 marketing juggernaut… and definitely goes into waters Microsoft has chosen not to tread in. Thanks to everyone who sent in a link; Delta was first, a few minutes after the strip was posted.(Louis Wu 10:00:56 UTC)
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Does it come with a Gravity Hammer?
Heh – Anton P. Nym found a pretty cool navigation system for military parachutists… check the headline (and the pic).(Louis Wu 22:27:16 UTC)
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TalkXbox Wants YOU!
Back in 2005, TalkXbox came looking for applicants for a ‘strategy writer’ – they got lots of great options, and were very happy with the end result. They’re back:We are looking for two individuals (one for video guides and one for written weekly strategies). Obviously, applicants have to be skilled at the game, but they also need to have a nack for writing/producing videos. This will be a paid position, details of which will be discussed in private.
If your visitors are interested in this opportunity, they can email us at contact@talkxbox.com with a game-related writing/video sample.So? What are you waiting for? Go send ’em a sample! (Louis Wu 21:05:45 UTC)
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Buttery Nipple Incident?
Kotaku took a LOT of pictures during their recent playthrough of Halo 3 at Bungie’s offices this week – you can scroll through the gallery for tons of memorabilia, including lots of Halo stuff. Thanks, Schedonnardus.(Louis Wu 20:58:01 UTC)
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Museum now on XBL
MffnMn pointed out that the Museum ad is now on Xbox Live Marketplace; check ‘Game Videos’, New Arrivals’, ‘Halo 3’ to find it. Nice quality!(Louis Wu 19:53:31 UTC)
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Behind the Diorama
Kotaku has a great article about the Halo diorama featured in the Halo ads tearing up the internets this week. The concept of game spoilers is addressed directly (don’t worry, there aren’t any), and there are a bunch of cool photos. Go look! Thanks, Tex.(Louis Wu 18:01:06 UTC)
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Racing to Finish The Fight
The Xbox.com Launch Week Announcement (we mentioned it yesterday) noted that a NASCAR entry would be Halo-themed – but there’s a full press release about it now. I heard about it from Hawty McBloggy, who pulled out all the good bits for you.(Louis Wu 17:58:48 UTC)
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Catching Up with Bungie’s Frank O’Connor-Shack News
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There is an interview with Bungie’s Frank O’Connor over at Shack News. I thought it was worth reading, but one part really disturbed me.
“DLC is never based on scraps we swept away from past games, it’s always new maps we decided would be good for specific reasons. For example, we already now see there will be a need for more smaller symmetrical maps.”
I hope there is at least a few small symmetrical maps, I am sure a few can tide me over until DLC comes out. Fingers crossed for Midship redesign shipping with the game.
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RT: Beard of Shame
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First off, I bet no one gets my reference in this post’s title. Prove me wrong kids. Prove me wrong (of course you will just google it and pretend to have gotten it along. for shame). Moving along, today’s comic is below, and the sponsor comic is here. Like…
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What’s the final tally gonna be?
According to Next Generation, a financial analyst is predicting that Halo 3 sales will ‘quickly reach $200 million’ – but no word on whether ‘quickly’ means ‘less than 24 hours from release. I guess we wait and see how accurate that is…(Louis Wu 16:51:22 UTC)
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Sensationalism at its worst
Not totally sure why this is news – but it’s shown up on both SPOnG (thanks again, Narc, this time in #hbo) and CVG; a couple of Sony developers were chatting about the Museum ad and decided to post the chat online. And yes, one of them says a bad word about Halo. (What’s more interesting than the bad word is the reaction to the trailer. THAT’S worth reading – it’s a pretty thoughtful exchange.) (Louis Wu 16:24:22 UTC)
The latest news about the Halo series of games from Microsoft