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The latest news about the Halo series of games from Microsoft

  • New Mombasa – A Different View

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    Double News Postage – RVideo also submitted a new piece of work to the MPRRS recently. The first time through, it seems that most of the reviewers didn’t get what he was doing. He overhauled the entire piece, incorporating some of the advice they’d given – and though some STILL didn’t get it the second time through, enough liked it that it passed. This vid is in the genre – sort of – of Jamie98s’s ‘Oh So Beautiful‘ vids; it’s a look at Halo from a perspective you don’t normally get. (He uses a modded Xbox for the most spectacular stuff.) There are sweeping vistas above the city of New Mombasa, seat-level views from speeding warthogs, stop-motion action sequences. I love it. In a relatively unprecedented move, I’m going to host the first version he submitted, too, because there were a couple of sequences he cut for the passing version which I found exceedingly cool. (The view from the Scorpion’s gunner seat at the end of the bridge is one that stands out.) This might not be for everybody – some reviewers totally missed the concept, and marked it down for being boring, or having no real action, or no plot. (Both versions have a similar goal – to give you a view of the city of New Mombasa that you don’t get in-game – but the second version did a much better job of tightening in on the concept. However, if you really don’t WANT to see another view of the city, you won’t find much for you in either version.)

    Final Version (Niven Edit): WMP9 (21.8 mb) | QT (24.8 mb)
    Original Version (Lonely Scarab Edit): WMP9 (41.7 mb) | QT (46.8 mb)

    In any case – I was pretty impressed with it, both as a final product and as an evolution; give it a look, with an open mind… you might be too!(Louis Wu 16:20:19 UTC)

  • QsK Icy’s First Montage

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    QsK King submitted his clanmate’s montage to the MPRRS – they liked it. It seems to end rather abruptly… but other than that, it’s a pretty nice piece of work. Almost 6 minutes long, available in WMP9 format (74.1 mb) or QuickTime format (73.1 mb).(Louis Wu 15:08:30 UTC)

  • New Halo Trilogy Theme Available

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    Dolbex pointed out a post on Major Nelson’s blog announcing a new Halo Trilogy theme for the Xbox360 – “Each blade presents a re-imagined view from the Halo universe, including all three iterations of the Master Chief’s iconic Spartan armor, from past, present and future.” 150 points, or free with the purchase of a Halo 3 faceplate. It’s not yet available for preview on the Xbox.com Themes page, but it probably will be soon.(Louis Wu 14:25:26 UTC)

  • UNSCDF Contest Winners Announced

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    Thanks to Saint, who noticed (heh) that the UNSCDF Fan Fiction Contest winners have been posted; congrats to the 5 winners (including Saint), each of whom will receive a signed copy of Ghosts of Onyx.(Louis Wu 14:17:16 UTC)

  • New Reversed Jackal Snippets (and a final home for all)

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    A couple of months ago, RVideo reversed some Jackal dialogue snippets, and did a nice job of remodulating them to be audible. We said, at the time, that we would add them to the Dialogue Databank at some point. Things, as usual, got in the way, and it never happened. Today, he stopped by with a few more; they were done around the same time, but he forgot to post them here. All 11 are now included in the Dialogue Databank. The Jackals seem to be the least consistent of all voice types – some clips are reversed, some aren’t… some clips are heavily modulated, others just lightly so. I guess whatever worked!(Louis Wu 14:03:00 UTC)

  • RDKLeague to host Online FFA Event

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    On the 18th of November 2006, RDKLeague will be hosting an online Free-For-All event with no eligibility restrictions. Prizes provided by JoystickJunkies . For more information check out RDKLeague.

  • GIA Halo 3 Weapon/Vehicle Design Competition

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    What with all the rumours and fuss about Halo 3, Games in Action decided to host a competition allowing people to submit designs for vehicles or weapons they would like to see in the new game.  Of course its all in the name of fun but prizes may be awarded for the best submissions.

  • Angels and Airwaves

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    Queef58 submitted ‘Angels and Airwaves – The Adventure Music Video’ to the MPRRS – the song, set to Halo. Heavy compression makes for small download sizes! Grab it in WMP9 format (24.3 mb) or QuickTime format (28 mb).(Louis Wu 23:08:31 UTC)

  • Holy Shazbot! Podtacular bought Foo a 360!

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    I’m still in shock! At the end of episode 87 the guys talk about their conspiracy to go behind my back and pool some money to get me a 360! Read on for more pictures of shock and awe. Thanks so much, guys!!

    So this morning my wife tells me I have to listen to this episode before she leaves for the trip. Then she gives me this envelope and grabs the camera. I open it up and I see this strange card…

    So I’m checkin it out and opening it up to see what’s written inside. Here’s a closer image of the front, in case you didn’t see it in the little image above (lol!)

    So I open it up and out falls a gamestop gift card! And it’s not even my birthday! Holy shnikeys!! It’s $360 toward a 360!! I’m so pumped! I read on…

    And I’m beaming with thanks toward all these guys! So I’d like to thank you all one by one: Thank you UPS man, Chevelle65, Stooch, Foo Mo Wife, Dialpex, CapnKrunk, Rist Peblo, JVBizzle, Ju Blaine, Laird, Butt Nacho, Woof1989, Mad Gecko, Immortal Three, GLewis, Gemini Ace, Quality Jeverage, and Megaman Zero! I really, really appreciate it.

    As you can see, I’m one happy puppy. So I went and picked up my 360 premium along with GRAW, Dead Rising, and Oblivion. I’ll also pick up UNO. See you guys online!

  • Holy Shazbot! Podtacular bought Foo a 360!

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    I’m still in shock! At the end of episode 87 the guys talk about their conspiracy to go behind my back and pool some money to get me a 360! Read on for more pictures of shock and awe. Thanks so much, guys!!

    So this morning my wife tells me I have to listen to this episode before she leaves for the trip. Then she gives me this envelope and grabs the camera. I open it up and I see this strange card…

    So I’m checkin it out and opening it up to see what’s written inside. Here’s a closer image of the front, in case you didn’t see it in the little image above (lol!)

    So I open it up and out falls a gamestop gift card! And it’s not even my birthday! Holy shnikeys!! It’s $360 toward a 360!! I’m so pumped! I read on…

    And I’m beaming with thanks toward all these guys! So I’d like to thank you all one by one: Thank you Chevelle65, Stooch, Foo Mo Wife, Dialpex, CapnKrunk, Rist Peblo, JVBizzle, Ju Blaine, Laird, Butt Nacho, Woof1989, Mad Gecko, Immortal Three, GLewis, Gemini Ace, and Megaman Zero! I really, really appreciate it.

    As you can see, I’m one happy puppy. So I went and picked up my 360 premium along with GRAW, Dead Rising, and Oblivion. I’ll also pick up UNO. See you guys online!

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  • WikiRiot Episode 22

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    Sigafoos writes about WikiRiot Ep 22, now available – clan highlights, discussions of scans, and more. 26 minutes, 10 mb. Go grab a copy.(Louis Wu 17:59:50 UTC)

  • Halo: Portable Bookmarks

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    Mintz wrote about Halo bookmarks, now available at Halo: Portable. Digital devices are so yesterday, dude. They’re back to the cutting-edge medium – paper.(Louis Wu 17:57:34 UTC)

  • Halo: Portable Bookmarks

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    Just in time for Ghosts of Onyx, Halo: Portable is bringing you bookmarks to keep track of the fight! Simply print and cut them out. Click “read more” to see them all. And hey, if you have a cool Halo bookmark (or idea), just email us using the contact form, and we’ll see if we can post it here.
    For those who don’t read very much, you’re supposed to put the bookmark in between the pages of the book you’re reading. That way, you can quickly and easily find where you left off! It’s so handily dandy!



  • Episode 87: Halo 3 and More with Special Guest Hosts

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    Download | Show Notes

    This is the Halo 3 and more show where we talk about all the new stuff from halo 3 that came out last week and more, such as our listeners wish lists and lots of stuff on Halo Wars.

    This is a special episode so thanks to the special guest hosts Chevelle65 and CapnKrunk. The episode is a bit longer than usual but ITS WELL WORTH the wait. The Podart this week comes from Paul Maestri on a special request, thank you man!!!. Also HUUUUUGE thanks to Ciclonic for editing. Enjoy it!

    ‹ Episode 86: Update Show Night at the ApolloupEpisode 88: Customs and Callins ›

  • Episode 87: Halo 3 and More with Special Guest Hosts

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    Download | Show Notes

    This is the Halo 3 and more show where we talk about all the new stuff from halo 3 that came out last week and more, such as our listeners wish lists and lots of stuff on Halo Wars.

    This is a special episode so thanks to the special guest hosts Chevelle65 and CapnKrunk. The episode is a bit longer than usual but ITS WELL WORTH the wait. The Podart this week comes from Paul Maestri on a special request, thank you man!!!. Also HUUUUUGE thanks to Ciclonic for editing. Enjoy it!

    ‹ Danl’s Songsup

  • New Montage Offerings at H3F

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    Z pointed out a couple of fun montage vids over at Halo3Forum.com – Typo’s First Montage (123 mb, WMP9 format) has tons of nice gameplay strung together well, and GuN Sh0t’s Montage 2 Trailer is a short (90 second, 28 mb, WMP9 format) hi-intensity trailer leaving you wanting more. Apparently, there are many more to come.(Louis Wu 13:26:37 UTC)

  • Jarhead Halo

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    The second movie to clear yesterday was a trailer called ‘Jarhead Halo’ – Cydex took the Jarhead trailer, and set it to Halo footage. Resolution leaves something to be desired these days, but it’s a nice piece of work; well synched. WMP9 is 10.3 mb, QuickTime is 9.3 mb.(Louis Wu 16:22:55 UTC)

  • Elite vs Elite 4

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    A couple of movies passed through the MPRRS yesterday – you KNOW I’m sick if I can’t keep up with THOSE guys! (I kid, I kid – they’ve been great recently.) The first was Elite vs Elite 4, another short Spy vs Spy parody. Great sound effects – keep an eye on EternalScrappy! Grab this in WMP9 format (22.3 mb) or QuickTime format (22.7 mb).(Louis Wu 16:13:26 UTC)

  • Soon Parted.

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    Wow, things are REALLY slipping through the cracks. Yesterday’s One One Se7en got 75% of the way through the news posting process – but no further. I guess I passed out there somewhere. Anyway, it’s up now. Apologies for the delay. I suppose, after reading it, some of you might choose to send me nasty mail for correcting my oversight…(Louis Wu 16:05:23 UTC)

  • RT: Beyond the Veil

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    Everyone in the office has a holiday they go crazy for, like Matt with Thanksgiving, or Burnie with Tax Day. Mine however, is Halloween! I go absolutely crazy for it, and get completely immersed in the spirit. I go to pumpkin carving contests, haunted…