The second interview done by This Spartan Life for the 2006 SpikeTV Video Game Awards (the first went live last month) is now up – Damian talks to Jared Palomar, of the band Augustana. Band talk, a discussion of the whole Game with Fame program, and trap shooting… with fusion cores. Fun stuff! (To find it, follow the link above, then click on ‘Watch This Spartan Life’ in the left navbar, and choose the second vid.)(Louis Wu 15:43:46 UTC)
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Story Doctor and Baby Deliverer
Evil Avatar has interviewed Eric Nylund – some Halo stuff, some general writing stuff, some questions about his other writings. Good stuff! Thanks to all who mentioned it – 3Suns was first.(Louis Wu 15:39:22 UTC)
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Also, Have Backups
Ducain put up an interview at High Impact Halo where Shdw Shinobi and Mr. Sprout put questions to HBO’s webmaster, Louis Wu. No, not the one with gorilla breath and the big hat, the other one. He gives some pointers on what it takes to run a big fansite like bungie.org.
For the people who like to skip to the end of detective novels: no switch to phpBB planned. Sorry.
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Also, Have Backups
Ducain put up an interview at High Impact Halo where Shdw Shinobi and Mr. Sprout put questions to HBO’s webmaster, Louis Wu. No, not the one with gorilla breath and the big hat, the other one. He gives some pointers on what it takes to run a big fansite like bungie.org.
For the people who like to skip to the end of detective novels: no switch to phpBB planned. Sorry.
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Violated Gaming 4 v 4 Tournament
ViolatedGaming.com is kicking off with a 4 vs 4 MLG online tournament on the 14th of December. Entry is completely free and all teams registered are guaranteed to play.
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New Shirts to Hide Your Shame
There’ve been a couple of new additions to the Bungie store over the past couple of weeks. There’s a Liquid Metal H3 Icon tee as well as a Brute Icon tee now available.
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HIH Interviews The Wu
The admins over at HIH took some time to talk to Louis Wu about what it takes to run a successful fansite. There’s some very useful info in there for anyone who would ever like to pursue such a venture, as Wu is the master.
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4v4 tourneys at Violated Gaming
Chad Souter wrote to point out 2 tournaments at violatedgaming.com – a 4v4 MLG-rules tourney on December 14, and a 4v4 SWAT tourney on the 21st. Swing by for more details!(Louis Wu 18:13:29 UTC)
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Abusedgoat’s Megamix
Z wrote to point out Abusedgoat’s Megamix – a montage that includes 10 different maps (it’s not just Lockout and Midship!) and some nice editing. Abusedgoat’s pretty darned good with the stickies… and he’s a master spawnkiller on Turf. (Heh – he’s a pretty good sniper all around, but there’s a Kilimanjaro or two that wouldn’t have happened with more random spawnpoints…) WMP9 format, 146 mb.(Louis Wu 18:11:00 UTC)
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Issue of the week – Waterworks
PEZ wrote to point out that halowiki.net has a new Issue of the Week – it’s Waterworks. (You can find it on their front page – look for the yellow Highlights box.) Check out basics, tactics, tips and tricks… and add your own!(Louis Wu 17:53:42 UTC)
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Campers.
In today’s One One Se7en, Stuntmutt dares to ask the tough questions that come up in the dark.(Louis Wu 16:59:28 UTC)
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Falling on my virtual face
The staff at High Impact Halo wrote down a bunch of questions about running a fansite, and I did my best to muddle through ’em. It’s not strictly Halo-related, though most of the questions are about HBO… but if you’re thinking about getting into the fansite arena, it might have a few useful tidbits for you.(Louis Wu 16:44:00 UTC)
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Halomega Weekly Update
Monday’s here, so Halomega’s CiphA sent another weekly update. You can find two new gameplay vids – not montages, but full games (TalenT, WMP9, 265 mb, and Bradddddddd, WMP9, 164 mb). You can find the results from last week’s Snipe of the Week contest, and a page for the next contest. (you should really check this one out – only 20 entries will be accepted, and the winner will receive an xbox (soft-modded). It’s a Christmas present from Frozen.) Finally, there’s a montage teaser from GuNNa (WMP9 format, 19 mb). Enough to keep you busy?(Louis Wu 15:48:51 UTC)
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Cortana Bodypainting
Yesterday, gunluva stopped by our forum to say that he’d stumbled across some pictures of a woman done up in Cortana bodypaint – but that he was reluctant to post the URL, because there was artistic nudity involved. (I’d like to go on record that I appreciate his hesitance; while Halo is a Mature-rated game, there are still plenty of kids who visit this site, and the last thing I need are angry emails from offended parents.) He sent me the link via email, and I contacted the site’s maintainer, who explained that the same pictures could be found at DeviantART – with the added bonus that DA does an age check automatically. (Yes, you’ll need to sign in if you want to see them. Sorry. Upside – registration’s free.) If you like the work, you should check out the rest of his DeviantART gallery; there’s lots of other bodypainting shots. The woman playing Cortana is KayleeT – you can check out her modeling portfolio here.(Louis Wu 15:05:40 UTC)
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The Riot 28
Wow, is the weekend over already? I guess it’s time to get back to work… we got mail from Bitter Irony, the host of this week’s episode of The Riot (Sigafoos and Brathnok are MIA). It’s a short one – 12:30 long, 4.5 mb – but it covers lots of stuff. Go listen!(Louis Wu 14:52:30 UTC)
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Weekly Porridge #44: We’re Back!
Well I guess Weekly Porridge isn’t on break after all! Between all those Christmas parties it looks like Quality Jeverage and Painkilla05 have found a way to fit in another comic. Watch out for Cowbel! More talk in the forums.
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Weekly Porridge #44: We’re Back!
Well I guess Weekly Porridge isn’t on break after all! Between all those Christmas parties it looks like Quality Jeverage and Painkilla05 have found a way to fit in another comic. Watch out for Cowbel! More talk in the forums.
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Lost: Halostyle Ep 11 – The Deep Breath
Injured Knee Productions has released Episode 11 of their Lost: Halostyle series. I know I said last month that I like this series – I’m upgrading that. I LOVE this series. Great cinematography, great storyline, great voices. And it makes me laugh. Go watch it. We’re hosting copies for them – WMP9 (48.3 mb) or QuickTime (48.5 mb). Then go hang out on their server and pester them to finish Episode 12. (Or start it, maybe. I don’t know how they work on these.)(Louis Wu 18:41:20 UTC)
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British Halo PC LAN in Feb
xiLeF[i] writes to point out a Halo PC LAN coming up in February – the 23rd to the 25th, specifically. It’s taking place in West Yorkshire, UK, and entry fee is £15 for competitors, or £5/day for spectators (or £10 for the whole weekend). They’re working on sponsors right now for prizes, but if there’s money left over at the end, it’ll be rolled into funding another LAN this summer. Put together your best 3-player teams, and sign up! (British top teams e0! and uTi are going to be there.) More details can be found in this forum post.(Louis Wu 18:15:29 UTC)
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Bad Cyborg – Thingz
Rockslider updated his Two Betrayals page with a bunch of new challenges – if you’re bored, try to complete them all!(Louis Wu 18:08:06 UTC)
