My Halo News.com

The latest news about the Halo series of games from Microsoft

  • 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)

  • Golf Evolved

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    goatrope noticed that today’s Penny Arcade also has a Halo reference – nice shot at EA.(Louis Wu 12:51:08 UTC)

  • More Fanboys

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    Pixellated pointed out another couple of Halo-related episodes of F@NBOY$ – we mentioned one two days ago. I suppose it’s not surprising if one of your three main characters is a 360 Fangirl that you’d use the Master Chief a lot…(Louis Wu 12:49:12 UTC)

  • Halo Assault – Teaser

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    Slimby noticed a Halo Flash vid that will act as the intro to an upcoming game – looks promising! Check it out.(Louis Wu 12:46:11 UTC)

  • Submit Stuff for Episode 85: Customs and Callins

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    Well it’s time to prep for my favorite show: the customs and callins show! So I’m gonna go preheat the oven and dice some onions…

    I got this custom where nobody’s allowed to use guns… just harsh language

    Got a better custom than this? (Man, I sure hope so) If so, send it on in! We read back the top few custom games people send in on this show, so if yours is good enough we’ll read it off. Just click the submit news and tips link on the right and give us a one-paragraph synopsis of your game type along with your gamertag.

    An interview with… you!

    Want to give us a tip, a tale from the foxhole, a halo 3 or halo wars speculation, or sing us a halo song? Give us a call at 206-888-HALO. If it’s good, we’ll play it on the show and make you famous! This is now naarated by the one and only CapnKrunk.

    This one time a modder removed everybody’s arms and legs from the game. We had to hop around and try to bite eachother.

    Got a cool story from Halo gameplay? Let us know! Whether it’s a really close game, a time in RL that you had a Halo or Podtacular moment, or your experience with cheaters and modders, we wanna know. Just send it in with your gamertag and if it’s good, we’ll read it on the show.

    Deadline is Thursday night

    at about 5:30pm EST, so get those submissions in quick! The earlier we get it, the more likely it’ll get on the show. Move it or lose it! We promise we won’t rip you apart as much as on the last show. Unles u dont spel nething rite.