BBC News takes a look at fan reaction to recent Halo-related announcements; it’s a nice overview of the situation as it stands. (I do have to question their choice of sources, though…) Thanks to hminn for the heads-up.(Louis Wu 13:11:06 UTC)
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Halo Wars Central Goes Live
The fan community wasted no time setting up new outlets for the newest Halo content – Halo Wars Central went live recently, and is now hosting an art contest (though it doesn’t look like there are any prizes at stake here, besides bragging rights). Get involved!(Louis Wu 13:05:28 UTC)
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Losing Marbles
KP sat down with GameJunkieJim, a Bungie.net moderator and the editor of the ‘Bungie Bathroom Reader’, to find out what makes him tick – and what tricks he’s got to bag the classy ladies. Check it out on Bungie.net. (hnc was first on our forum to notice.)(Louis Wu 12:59:14 UTC)
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Dialpex on GamerCast Network
This weeks GamerCast Network featured Dialpex from podtacular. You can download the episode HERE. Yeah guys, I had the oportunity to go and spend some time with Tom and the crew from GamerCast Network and talk about what podtacular is all about, what we do here and our crazy lifes in within the Halo Universe Podcast. It was a great time and those guys made me feel at home. Even though i was probably the only guy in the room who knew what Top Glass and Bottom Glass were… lol Anyways, It was a great time and those guys have a great show with a great variety of new things in the video game community. Id suggest you guys to go and check them out at www.gamercastnetwork.com/.Thanks again guys for having me on the show. We will soon be having one of them in our show.
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Wu On The Beeb
The buzz has died down a bit, but there are still a few sites catching up with the X06 Halo Wars bombshell. The latest is the BBC’s site, which quoted Bungie’s Brian “SketchFactor” Jarrard as well as HBO’s own fansite editor, Claude “Louis Wu” Errera.
As for why a Halo RTS by Ensemble, Sketch put it nicely:
“Halo started as an RTS. Would the Bungie team love to do one themselves? Possibly.
“We are not focused on that. We’ve got a lot of work to do on Halo 3 and a trilogy to finish.”
As for Wu, he was cautiously optimistic. Or optimistically cautious, depending:
“The entire team has been working on Halo games since 1998 and they are probably tired of it. But there are still stories to tell.”
I suppose if one works on Halo games long enough, Pimps at Sea starts to look like a really good idea.
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Dialpex on GamerCast Network
This weeks GamerCast Network featured Dialpex from podtacular. You can download the episode HERE. Yeah guys, I had the oportunity to go and spend some time with Tom and the crew from GamerCast Network and talk about what podtacular is all about, what we do here and our crazy lives within the Halo Universe Podcast. It was a great time and those guys made me feel at home. Even though i was probably the only guy in the room who knew what Top Glass and Bottom Glass were… lol Anyways, It was a great time and those guys have a great show with a great variety of news items in the video game community. I’d suggest you guys to go and check them out at www.gamercastnetwork.com.Thanks again guys for having me on the show. We will soon be having one of them in our show.
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Wu On The Beeb
The buzz has died down a bit, but there are still a few sites catching up with the X06 Halo Wars bombshell. The latest is the BBC’s site, which quoted Bungie’s Brian “SketchFactor” Jarrard as well as HBO’s own fansite editor, Claude “Louis Wu” Errera.
As for why a Halo RTS by Ensemble, Sketch put it nicely:
“Halo started as an RTS. Would the Bungie team love to do one themselves? Possibly.
“We are not focused on that. We’ve got a lot of work to do on Halo 3 and a trilogy to finish.”
As for Wu, he was cautiously optimistic. Or optimistically cautious, depending:
“The entire team has been working on Halo games since 1998 and they are probably tired of it. But there are still stories to tell.”
I suppose if one works on Halo games long enough, Pimps at Sea starts to look like a really good idea.
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Ensemble Looking For Console, Xbox Live Developers
Indie in the Halo Wars forum pointed out some listings from the jobs page at Ensemble Studios. What he found particularly interesting were two items for MMO environmental and concept artists; what I find interesting are the console programmer and Xbox Live developer positions.
Ensemble hasn’t really said a word yet about the features of Halo Wars, but it seems logical to conclude they’d at least be trying for multiplayer on Xbox Live. If not… what’s the point, really?
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Ensemble Looking For Console, Xbox Live Developers
Indie in the Halo Wars forum pointed out some listings from the jobs page at Ensemble Studios. What he found particularly interesting were two items for MMO environmental and concept artists; what I find interesting are the console programmer and Xbox Live developer positions.
Ensemble hasn’t really said a word yet about the features of Halo Wars, but it seems logical to conclude they’d at least be trying for multiplayer on Xbox Live. If not… what’s the point, really?
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EGM Pimps Halo Revelations In Upcoming Issue
1Up is reporting that EGM’s issue #210, presumably the December 2006 issue if it will hit newsstands on November 14th as they claim, will feature Halo 3 in a big way. The current issue has a teaser for that feature.
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EGM Pimps Halo Revelations In Upcoming Issue
1Up is reporting that EGM’s issue #210, presumably the December 2006 issue if it will hit newsstands on November 14th as they claim, will feature Halo 3 in a big way. The current issue has a teaser for that feature.
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Community Spotlight: GameJunkieJim
This week we take another look at a Bungie.net community member, GameJunkieJim. You may know him from his role as a Bnet moderator and as the creator of Bathroom Reader. What you didn’t know is that he wakes up earlier than you.
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Weekly Porridge #38: Ex Oh Sicks!
Jeverage and Painkilla05 take on X06, Halo Wars, and Peter Moore’s alleged fetish for enslaving Bears?
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Podtacular Radio Episode 7
Download
FINALLY! The most delayed episode to date. Following numerous school projects and Audacity crashes this one clocks in around 50 minutes and is one of Painkilla05’s favorites. It should be on iTunes soon. Also if you dont want to wait for it to download, it should show up on Myspace (www.myspace.com/podtacularradio) sooner or later.
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Weekly Porridge #38: Ex Oh Sicks!
Jeverage and Painkilla05 take on X06, Halo Wars, and Peter Moore’s alleged fetish for enslaving Bears?
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Podtacular Radio Episode 7
Download
FINALLY! The most delayed episode to date. Following numerous school projects and Audacity crashes this one clocks in around 50 minutes and is one of Painkilla05’s favorites. It should be on iTunes soon. Also if you dont want to wait for it to download, it should show up on Myspace (www.myspace.com/podtacularradio) sooner or later.
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HW Remix
Geoff Chang edited the Halo Wars trailer and set it to music from the movie ‘The Island’. Works pretty well!(Louis Wu 20:02:54 UTC)
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Halo 2 tourney in UK
Hexus Gaming has a press release about XL, an Xbox/Xbox 360 tourney that will take place at the Birmingham National Exhibition Center in Birmingham, England, on November 25-26. Lots of cash and prizes on the line!(Louis Wu 19:09:05 UTC)
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Spartan Group OMG.
Since last week’s announcement about Halo Wars, our forum has been rife with discussion about what this might mean for fans down the road – the usual cries of ‘sellout!’ and ‘doom, despair’ have been flying for days. Folks are even annoyed by the cheesiness of the final line of the Halo Wars trailer, and basing predictions about the game itself on this annoyance. Stuntmutt, as usual, cuts through the words and delivers a pithy summary – check out today’s One One Se7en.(Louis Wu 16:24:25 UTC)
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Dropshock Episode 24
Dropshock Episode 24 has been released – as usual, it’s lewd and crude. Minimal Halo content these days – but they’ve got a brand-new website, so there you go. 1:14 long, 34 mb. Thanks, Adam Russell.(Louis Wu 16:02:37 UTC)
