Oshovah found a picture in the Art of Halo book that has convinced him that the fourth grenade we’ll see in Halo 3 is an incendiary grenade; you can find his reasoning in his forum post (and I’ve added a scan of the image in question, for reference). We won’t know anything until Bungie confirms it… but this is some pretty solid speculation!(Louis Wu 16:27:50 UTC)
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RT: File Server Update
Just wanted to let everyone know that the majority of the video files are back online now. All of Season 5 went up yesterday and Seasons 2-4 are making their way up from various locations. Season 1 will be the last one to restore and it should be up early…
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RT: A Time For Giving
Happy Thursday Everyone, Christmas is so close, I can feel it. I can also feel that you were wanting something special for the holidays – a present from us to you. Don’t worry, we didn’t forget! Today’s comic is posted below, and it’s all for you!
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RT: Secret Santa
Burnie decided it would be fun to do a secret santa gift exchange in the office this year. As with most of Burnie’s ideas, it failed. The presents were actually pretty awesome, and included an anti-Burnie fridge and a zombie defense kit. However, the whole…
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RT: Episode 86 Online
Episode 86 of Red vs Blue — “Brass Tacks” is now online for everyone’s enjoyment. We hope that you all are having a very Merry Christmas — hopefully nearly as Merry but not quite as Merry as ours. After all, we have a reputation to uphold. And…
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RT: Man’s Best Friend
As previous comics have stated, I don’t have the best luck with dogs. That being said, I’m also not a fucking quitter – much to the chagrin of the idiots I work with. Read below to see why I’m totally right and awesome, and they suck eggs. p.s. Remember…
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RT: The News
Technically I’m on vacation. That means I shouldn’t have to type a bunch of witty, funny stuff for this news post (because I’m usually witty/funny to the extreme). So I wont. I’m not even going to spell chekc. Today’s comic is below. Good Night, And Good…
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RT: New Years draws near
So, does everyone have plans for New Years Eve yet? If not, you can totally come over to Burnie’s house. I hear he has a pool.
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Holday
3 minutes
From HBOTraditionally, H:P doesn’t operate on weekends, and I’m not planning on changing that. However, since we neglected to post a Christmas video, and I have time, I converted a new one for youse guise to watch. It’s a classic. Hickadam displays his excellent timing and scene choices in a not so standard Halo music video. Watch it, and you’ll enjoy it. Moreover, it’s a skimpy video, a scant 3 minutes in length. You might as well download it.
PSP – 9.5MB
Zune – 5.6MB
iPod – 5.7MB
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Mashed Jaffa Cakes
At Bungie.net, you’ll find a really short Bungie Weekly Update – Frankie is totally insane, and is lucky not to be dead right now, and he also broke all sorts of speeding limits in the last 24 hours, but we love him anyway. Go read about some general, but heartening, plans for the Halo online community in the coming months. (As always, you can read it in our Weekly Update Archive, as well.)(Louis Wu 23:31:40 UTC)
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Know Thy Audience.
There’s an interesting interview with Tyson ‘Ferrex’ Green over at Gamepro.com – read it for some insight into Bungie’s multiplayer philosophies. Thanks, Coffin Joe.(Louis Wu 23:30:16 UTC)
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Who cares about Halo’s story?
Computer and Video Games put up an article ripping into Halo’s story, and questioning the value of stories in video games in general. The article seems a bit shallow, but everyone’s got their own perspective, I guess.(Louis Wu 23:29:04 UTC)
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Single Segment Speedrun, Halo CE
Ducain, then NOKYARD, sent word of a new speedrun through Halo – 90 minutes, start to finish, all in one shot. (The actual downloads are broken up by level, but that’s just to be reasonable, bandwidth-wise.) Swing by High Speed Halo for all the details. Congrats to slYnki for the impressive achievement!(Louis Wu 23:29:27 UTC)
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A Right Guid Willie Waught.
Today’s One One Se7en is Stuntmutt’s New Year’s wish to you… it’s sweet, in a groany sort of way.(Louis Wu 23:29:48 UTC)
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First Person Perspective Warthog
Yesterday morning, RVideo posted a cool movie showing a first-person view from a Warthog; it’s not true first-person, but a modified chasecam perspective that simulates a first-person view. His forum post explains what you’re looking at (and the problems involved in collecting the footage). He released this in DivX 6.4 format (link is in the forum post), but if that’s a problem for you, I’ve reencoded QuickTime (53.7 mb) and WMP9 (49.2 mb) versions that we’re hosting; grab whichever one works best for you.(Louis Wu 23:28:06 UTC)
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Agent 117 – John’s Bond
Lt Tuma sent word of a trailer he’d made, and posted on YouTube – audio comes (mostly) from the Casino Royale trailer, video comes from lots and lots and lots of different Halo sources. Really well put together, great choices – go watch it!(Louis Wu 23:28:44 UTC)
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The end of the Action Figures
A couple of days ago, Dielectric mentioned on our forum that Joyride had sent out a press release stating that the Heretic Grunt action figure had been cancelled… and that the Halo 2 figure collection was now finished. No more!(Louis Wu 23:27:15 UTC)
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Friday’s Fanfic
Seven new pieces for you in the Fan Fiction section this week – give ’em a once-over!(Louis Wu 23:27:42 UTC)
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411mania waiting for Halo 3
Friday afternoon posting spree! First up – 411mania.com posts their Top 5 Most Anticipated Games of 2007… Halo 3 comes in at number 4 on two editors’ lists, number 2 on two others, and number 3 on a third pair. Not bad!(Louis Wu 23:26:43 UTC)
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No Update This Week…
…but, we did want to keep you updated on a lone Halo related news item this week, and more importantly, take the time to wish you all a happy and prosperous New Year. Except the traditional Chinese. We’ll get you later on!