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The latest news about the Halo series of games from Microsoft

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    From HBO

    Alright, I’m tired of starving you guys for content, so here’s a little something.

    This video is incredible. The mood it puts you in with its excellent camera angles and amazing voiceovers, with top-notch dialogue, could send chills down your spine. You really feel for the main character, who must stop a corrupt government amidst his own dreams and flashbacks. This is a video you can’t miss.

    Update: PSP added.

    Update 2: iPod too. Like my fade?

    Also, check out xbryboyremix’s site.

    PSP – 61.6MB


    		 Pocket PC – 20.8MB


    		 iPod – 40 MB

  • Putting on Skis for that Slippery Slope

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    It’s not particularly Halo-related – but we mentioned the workshop a couple of weeks ago, so a followup seems in order. Gamasutra has a writeup of the Comedy in Games panel at the Game Writers Conference held recently. Matt Soell had quite a lot to say in it. Go read! Thanks to Narcogen, over at Rampancy.net, for picking this up.(Louis Wu 14:12:58 UTC)

  • Rtas ‘Vadumee, Realized

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    Mister Froggy decided not to wait for Joyride to release a Half-Jaw action figure… he made one himself. Check out the details in this forum post.(Louis Wu 14:05:48 UTC)

  • Ouch.

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    BJB found a Sunday at Ten episode that gives Rules of Etiquette for Halo 2 LANs. Good stuff.(Louis Wu 13:59:28 UTC)

  • So Hawaii’s first?

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    It’s been a busy few days; there’ve been some recent forum tidbits that got glossed over, but are worth a look. First up: Pixellated stumbled across a site devoted to lenticular clouds that contained an image that was really familiar! (Unfortunately, the larger version on the original site is no longer there.)(Louis Wu 13:54:35 UTC)

  • Bungie Gets Interviewed

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    Over at IGN, there are a pair of new interviews – Frankie and SketchFactor in one, Lorraine and Robert McLees in the other. I haven’t had time to watch these yet (and won’t before this afternoon), but there’s almost certainly tasty information available for fans here. These are downloadable for IGN Insiders, streamable for everyone else. Thanks to Cocopjojo for the heads-up.(Louis Wu 13:43:47 UTC)

  • Halogen Closes its Doors

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    We’ve been reporting on Halogen, the Halo total conversion for C&C Generals, since we first got word of it in August, 2003. Today, however, the news isn’t so good – they’ve received a Cease and Desist order from Microsoft; the mod is being shut down. (Bungie’s been making noise about stuff like this for a couple of years now; Halogen’s not the first mod to be asked to close down, but it’s still a hard blow when a project has been evolving for more than three years, to be told you can no longer work on it.) Our sympathies go out to the Halogen crew!(Louis Wu 13:14:40 UTC)

  • Always Leave Them Laughing

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    Although two panelists– Al Lowe, Leisure Suit Larry creator and Erik Wolpaw, better known as Old Man Murray and a writer on Psychonauts were no-shows, attendees at the Game Writers Conference were treated to a few laughs by Wideload Games’ Matt Soell and Tom Abernathy of Pandemic, makers of Destroy All Humans!

    Making gamers laugh is a serious business, made more serious by the fact that comedy is not as well established a subgenre of games as it is of film. Still, said Soell, comedy has its place:

    Mainstream games might include too many serious-themed games, Soell suggested, probably owing to the first-person shooter genre where the hero character is a grim, gun-toting killer. But even Doom had the “BFG,” Abernathy said, which was funny if you knew what the initials stood for, and the brooding Max Payne had joke moments. Comedy can be the glue to hold stories together, or as Soell put it, provide moments of levity so the player doesn’t become exhausted.

    Gamasutra has a short article summing up some of the pair’s observations at the panel.

  • Always Leave Them Laughing

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    Although two panelists– Al Lowe, Leisure Suit Larry creator and Erik Wolpaw, better known as Old Man Murray and a writer on Psychonauts were no-shows, attendees at the Game Writers Conference were treated to a few laughs by Wideload Games’ Matt Soell and Tom Abernathy of Pandemic, makers of Destroy All Humans!


    Making gamers laugh is a serious business, made more serious by the fact that comedy is not as well established a subgenre of games as it is of film. Still, said Soell, comedy has its place:



    Mainstream games might include too many serious-themed games, Soell suggested, probably owing to the first-person shooter genre where the hero character is a grim, gun-toting killer. But even Doom had the “BFG,” Abernathy said, which was funny if you knew what the initials stood for, and the brooding Max Payne had joke moments. Comedy can be the glue to hold stories together, or as Soell put it, provide moments of levity so the player doesn’t become exhausted.


    Gamasutra has a short article summing up some of the pair’s observations at the panel.







  • Microsoft Foxes Halogen Project

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    Halogen, an unofficial fan project to create a real-time strategy game in the Halo universe, is shutting down due to a request from Microsoft. From their homepage:

    Hours ago, we finally recieved the words we’ve been dreading since the mod started to get noticed. Microsoft has decided that we are infringing on the intellectual property of Bungie Studios and has asked us to stop development on Halogen.

    The site notes that the forum and other areas will be shut down within a week.

  • Microsoft Foxes Halogen Project

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    Halogen, an unofficial fan project to create a real-time strategy game in the Halo universe, is shutting down due to a request from Microsoft. From their homepage:


    Hours ago, we finally recieved the words we’ve been dreading since the mod started to get noticed. Microsoft has decided that we are infringing on the intellectual property of Bungie Studios and has asked us to stop development on Halogen.


    The site notes that the forum and other areas will be shut down within a week.







  • Secret Ninja Stuff, and More

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    The Bungie Weekly Update is out – and it’s pretty darned meaty this time around. There’s a great interview with Eric Nylund, mostly about what got him into this whole Halo novel-writing gig in the first place… and there’s spectacular Lorraine McLees cover art from the upcoming Ghosts of Onyx novel (including some armor that has more than likely ALREADY gotten our forum in a tizzy – though I don’t have time to check right now). What are you reading this for? Go read the update! (You can, as usual, read it in our Weekly Update Archive if that’s more convenient.)(Louis Wu 00:56:59 UTC)

  • Bungie Weekly Update

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    The usual snooze and news about Bungie Studios during its media lockdown period, but Eric Nylund chats with Bungie about his upcoming Halo novel: Ghosts of Onyx and let’s you in on his life, his loves and the creative process that brings you the expanded Halo fiction.

  • Clarification on the FIFTH Halo novel

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    Okay, okay, before folks get TOO wound up, I need to clarify something. This morning, I mentioned a tidbit from Dean Takahashi; it looked like there was another Halo novel scheduled for Spring 2007, also written by Eric Nylund. There’s a record for it on Amazon, and a record at ISBNdb.com. Official word from Bungie is now in, though – and while nobody’s ruling out future novels (in fact, Frankie CONFIRMED them last week), nobody’s decided who’s writing the next one (after GoO), or when it will be released. Dates you see at Amazon and ISBNdb.com are incorrect, at this point.(Louis Wu 20:33:13 UTC)

  • Repent!

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    Paul Maestri writes to let us know that Halo Heads 4 is now up – Cliffy Bear? Goodness.(Louis Wu 18:32:29 UTC)

  • Host With The Most.

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    Sometimes, you can look at the most recent One One Se7en and know exactly what Stuntmutt was doing when he came up with the concept. Today is one of those times.(Louis Wu 16:35:54 UTC)

  • Oh, bloody brilliant, mate.

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    Hellhawk reminded me that there are still hundreds of dialogue snippets in the queue (I’d completely forgotten about them) – I’ve posted nearly 100 marine clips today, and will do my best to get through most of the rest soon. Some of these are fantastic – go browsing! Update: Hellhawk just sent in an extra snippet which just needed to be released… sort of not safe for work.(Louis Wu 14:29:51 UTC)

  • Friday’s Fanfic

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    Only 10 new pieces in the Fan Fiction section today – probably because of the Fanfic contest going on at UNSCDF. Enjoy these!(Louis Wu 13:03:15 UTC)

  • Where do I apply for the ‘Contract Jerk’ position?

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    This week’s Halo Humpday Challenge was against NeoGAF (as far as I can tell, GAF = “Gaming Age Forums”) – GhaleonEB mentioned it (and the Bungie loss) yesterday afternoon, but the Bungie writeup wasn’t posted until evening. Bungie brought in a ringer (I’m pretty sure there’s no ‘Hawt Chik’ position on Microsoft’s payroll), but even with the help, they were pasted. They lost the warmup, they lost the three games of the actual challenge, they lost the 4th extra game. To be fair, the first and last games were 6-on-5… but all three ‘official’ matches had even teams – at least number-wise. Sounds like it was a fun series, nonetheless!(Louis Wu 11:33:14 UTC)

  • Dead Man’s Hand – The Weekly Goodness

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    Dead Man’s Hand remains a hotbed of Halo discussion and speculation; new articles this week include a writeup of Dead Man’s Potluck (a night of gaming I’m really sorry I missed), a discussion on when playing Halo on XBL stops being fun and starts to be stressful, 22 Questions with Wheezin Geezers’ Overlord Sunburned Goose and artist extraordinaire Pinkuh, an ode to the beauty that is Halo, and a short look at what can happen when you run out of equipment. All in all, a collection of articles that should keep you entertained for longer than it took me to write this! Dweezle stopped by our forum to point this stuff out, but thanks also to Pinkuh.(Louis Wu 11:19:43 UTC)