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The latest news about the Halo series of games from Microsoft

  • Needs more CoW bell.

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    Another Wednesday has passed, and another Halo Humpday. Who was up? Code of War. How’d they do? Oh, it wasn’t even a contest. Loved the lego head bit, though. Go read.(Louis Wu 23:04:27 UTC)

  • Halo 2 Stats Tracker

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    Darkphibre stopped by our forum to point out updates in his Halo 2 Stats Tracker, now up to version 2.36. Give it a read – and download a copy!(Louis Wu 22:08:11 UTC)

  • It’s Chris the Hippie Day at H3F

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    Over at Halo3Forum.com, where the quest to solve Chris the Hippie’s mystery is reaching new heights, Z has posted an older trailer CtH made but never had hosted. It’s definitely all about the editing – gameplay is an afterthought. However… the editing is quite nice. Check it out (and maybe get involved in the puzzle!).(Louis Wu 22:06:11 UTC)

  • It ain’t just KP any more

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    Tempus Fugit noticed an entry in IGN editor Doug Perry’s blog, discussing an event that just went on recently in Kirkland – EGM guys, as well as some European journalists, got to play a full day of Halo 3 multiplayer (as well as seeing a short single-player clip). Good stuff!(Louis Wu 21:57:39 UTC)

  • Halo: Games as Interactive Storytelling

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    Marty the Elder posted in The Marty Army a link to the first segment of three podcasts at The Kindlings Muse, the first with the Master of Stereotypes himself. The podcast is dubbed ‘Halo: Games as Interactive Storytelling’ and is a good listen. Check it.

  • Games as Interactive Storytelling – TKM Podcast

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    The Kindlings Muse has a three-part podcast entitled ‘Games as Interactive Storytelling’ – focusing on Halo, and Bungie; Part 1 (posted yesterday) had Marty O’Donnell talking about what got him going (and what keeps him going), Part 2 (posted today) contains an interview of CJ Cowan, director of cinematics (as well as Matthew Koenig of Seattle Pacific University). Tomorrow’s segment will contain audience questions (this was recorded live at Hales Ales Brewery and Pub in Seattle). Meaty stuff – go listen! Thanks to Spec_Ops_Assault for the heads-up.(Louis Wu 20:06:09 UTC)

  • White Ninja loves Halo

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    whizkid64 pointed out some WhiteNinja Comics Fanart that’s Halo-related.(Louis Wu 19:55:07 UTC)

  • She’s not Mrs. Cart… Yet.

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    In a move guaranteed to startle the cynical among you, I’ve managed to keep on top of the Miscellaneous Art queue – here are 30 more entries (more than 40 individual images), clearing it out through today. Sketches, cartoons, scans of everything from pencil drawings to oil paintings, composites… there’s something for everyone in here, and a whole lot of it is great. Go look!(Louis Wu 19:12:13 UTC)

  • You Got Questions? Yeah, well.

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    KP has posted on our forum (and on lots of other forums) that Bungie is looking for questions to answer in this week’s Weekly Update – don’t bother asking about unreleased/unannounced stuff, but if you see this soon after it’s posted, go ahead and toss your question into the hat!(Louis Wu 18:08:19 UTC)

  • News from Halo Orbit

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    Xerxes, from Halo Orbit (one of the Old Guard – a German Halo website that’s celebrating its 6th birthday today) wrote to point out a few things. They’re running a contest right now – submit artwork and win special ranks on their forums or a place on their team for a Bungie Humpday Challenge. There’s also an extensive interview with their chief editor Legend. And finally, Xerxes is stepping down – it’s been a good run, but it’s time for him to move on; at this point, his last job is to find someone with good web skills to take over. If you read German – go read!(Louis Wu 16:42:53 UTC)

  • Grunt Costume

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    Awesome. Norumu stopped by to post some pictures of a Grunt costume he created a year ago for a ‘nerd convention’ (not my words). Cardboard and duct tape for the win!(Louis Wu 14:42:07 UTC)

  • FFA Tournament – Fight Like a Girl

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    In case you’re wondering the title is right. Fight like a girl!!! Our Community neighboors, The Cavegirls, are having a fund raising FFA tournament. The proceeds of that tournament will be directed to the fight against breast cancer. So why not help out and have some fun with them!? huh? The tournament will take place on October 21st 2006 at 6:00PM EST time, Online. The entry fee is only $10.00 and anyone can sign up.
    For More information about this great idea please visit the cavegirls webpage for this tournament HERE

    All the games information, format, amount of players and form of payment are listed on the page and if you have any questions you can contact our very own CaveGirl Leader Zoom.

    Have Fun!

  • When Artists Want to Mess With Your Head

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    Wow. Bungie fans are nuts. Omega was scanning over some hi-res promo pics, pixel-by-pixel, it seems, when he ran across a Marathon logo tucked into a corner of the Halo 3 Assault Rifle. On an image that’s almost 2500 pixels tall, the logo takes up a square that’s 18×18 pixels… meaning that on a 720p screen, that puppy would be all of 5 pixels on a side, and on a (far more standard) 480p screen, you’re looking at 3 or 4 pixels on a side. Absolutely, totally invisible in-game… but CLEARLY there. (I redid his picture, and made the reference file available, for anyone who wants to look for themselves.) I’d call this an honest-to-goodness egg… nice find!(Louis Wu 11:18:37 UTC)

  • FFA Tournament – Fight Like a Girl

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    In case you’re wondering the title is right. Fight like a girl!!! Our Community neighbors, The Cavegirls, are having a fund raising FFA tournament. The proceeds of that tournament will be directed to the fight against breast cancer. So why not help out and have some fun with them!? huh? The tournament will take place on October 21st 2006 at 6:00PM EST time, Online. The entry fee is only $10.00 and anyone can sign up.
    For More information about this great idea please visit the cavegirls webpage for this tournament HERE

    All the games information, format, amount of players and form of payment are listed on the page and if you have any questions you can contact our very own CaveGirl Leader Zoom.

    Have Fun!

  • MLG Playoff Preview Coverage

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    There are a couple of stories out there about the MLG Playoffs – a big one at MLG’s own site (thanks, 3Suns), and a smaller one at Amped eSports. Lot of money on the line!(Louis Wu 10:19:52 UTC)

  • Special Ted – Episode 4

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    3:34 Minutes

    From HBO

    Special Ted is a hilarious trip through the troubled life of Ted as he works in the fast food and automotive industry. Don’t starve yourself (or your friends) of a laugh.

    PSP – 12MB
    		 Pocket PC – 7MB
    		 iPod – 19MB

  • Matchmaking Update

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    In case you didn’t know, there have been some interesting changes to matchmaking recently. Team SWAT is now suddenly ranked (huzzah!) and the Team Carnage playlist has been switched out with a list from the Real Custom Games Bungie group. New game types include a game with tons of vehicles, a diplomacy oddball game, and a couple with sentinel beams. Details on Bungie.net. Another post by Ninja 0n Fire has every excruciating detail on what was changed. Sweet!

  • Matchmaking Update

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    In case you didn’t know, there have been some interesting changes to matchmaking recently. Team SWAT is now suddenly ranked (huzzah!) and the Team Carnage playlist has been switched out with a list from the Real Custom Games Bungie group. New game types include a game with tons of vehicles, a diplomacy oddball game, and a couple with sentinel beams. Details on Bungie.net. Another post by Ninja 0n Fire has every excruciating detail on what was changed. Sweet!

  • The Mackies – 2006 Nominations

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    The Mackies (annual machinima awards) nominations have been posted – and a few Halo projects are up for stuff. CROSSFIRE’s ‘Desolate’ has been nominated for Best Picture, Best Cinematography, Best Sound Design, and Best Independent Machinima, Red vs Blue are up for Best Voice-Acting Performance, Best Writing, and Best Series, and This Spartan Life is up for Best Series. Good luck to all of ’em!(Louis Wu 19:40:39 UTC)

  • A Bankable Franchise.

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    It’s Comic Day, apparently. And if you’re going to have Comic Day at HBO, you have to remember One One Se7en, right? Stuntmutt goes back to the motherlode that was X06 for today’s strip.(Louis Wu 18:51:32 UTC)