Swing by Bungie.net for official info (well, sort of info) about the latest Halo novel, “Ghosts of Onyx”. (Yes, Amazon UK got it right a couple of weeks ago.) There’s really nothing else in the news post except for the title… and a teaser about cover art. Go read!(Louis Wu 21:55:05 UTC)
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Yoyorast Island Race Contest
TheGhost wrote to let us know about a contest he’s set up over at his Halo 2 Vista forum. Challenge: Complete the entire course of Yoyorast Island’s race mode in the shortest amount of time possible. The winner gets $25, either via PayPal, or in the form of a gift certificate. You’ve got until September 17 – so get racing! (Be sure to read the full rules, as well as more info and a demo video, on the Halo 2 Vista forum.(Louis Wu 21:52:27 UTC)
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The Next Halo Novel: Ghosts of Onyx
The next Halo novel is Ghosts of Onyx, by Eric Nylund. Let the celebrations begin! Our new publishing partner, Tor, will release the latest novel in November, 2006 continuing and expanding the scenarios and characters created by Nylund, and expanding the Halo universe a little bit more.
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Team Carnage – more popular than you might think
Wow. Ninja 0n Fire posted stats for the various playlists on XBL as of today… and Team Carnage is nearly tied with Team Snipers in number of games played. Read the whole list in his forum post on Bungie.net, or in KP’s on our forum.(Louis Wu 20:02:54 UTC)
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Spartans and Hunters and Brutes, Oh My!
The drive to clear out the Miscellaneous Art queue continues – another 30 images went up today. (Well, more than that if you count variants. But who’s counting?) A pretty wild range of stuff is in there – action figure art, sketches, 3D renders, paintings… you name it. Some of it is KILLER. I went to find a couple to point out – and there are too many that are must-sees. So go see. Goodgoodgood… and the beauty part is, the queue is down to a couple of dozen pieces – here’s hoping I can get to them soon!(Louis Wu 15:19:02 UTC)
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Game Writers Conference
On September 6 and 7 (that’s next Wednesday and Thursday), in Austin, Texas, the Game Writers Conference will be held. It’s not for the casual gamer – registration is $400 (and goes up to $500 after next Tuesday), with only a $50 discount for students… but if you’re interested in game writing, this is the place to be! Bungie’s Joe Staten will be part of a panel discussing dialogue writing for voice actors, and Wideload’s Matt Soell (a late addition, and not visible on the website at this point) will be part of a discussion about Writing Comedy for Games. Should be a blast! (Interesting side note – Joe’s bio mentions that the Halo film adaptation will be directed by Neill Blomkamp. Still waiting on that official announcement…) (Louis Wu 13:58:48 UTC)
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MLG Orlando Writeups
Some great writeups about MGL Orlando over at MLGPro.com – a look at the Karma/Strongside battle for the 1v1 Championship, and a thrilling play-by-play of the Carbon/Final Boss matchup for the 4v4 Championship. Next best thing to being there! Thanks, 3Suns.(Louis Wu 12:57:51 UTC)
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New Warthog Variant from Mike Hill
Mike Hill stopped by our forum to ask for feedback on a new Warthog variant he’s working on – awesome wheels! We’ve added the image to his gallery here, as well, but be sure to give him feedback on the render in the forum thread.(Louis Wu 12:50:35 UTC)
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City of Evil Trailer
Clearview Pro sent along a trailer for an upcoming movie called ‘City of Evil’. It didn’t pass the MPRRS – mostly because more than one reviewer apparently felt that trailers aren’t worth releasing, that machinima makers should focus on making movies, not trailers. It missed a passing grade by the slimmest of margins, and that particular rationale seems like a weak reason to fail a film… so I’m hosting it anyway. It does a nice job with modded content – if the final film is as nicely put together as the trailer, this should be a winner! 1:41 long, you can grab it in WMP9 format (19.1 mb) or QuickTime format (20.3 mb). (For anyone keeping track, the footage could be construed as having Halo spoilers in it.)(Louis Wu 12:27:52 UTC)
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Tied the Leader and Podtacular – together at last!
XerxdeeJ stopped by to point out that Tied the Leader sat down with the Podtacular crew for a blog/podcast crossover; Podtacular Episode 78 has ‘deeJ as a guest-host. (There’s also a pretty funny open apology that has nothing to do with that crossover.)(Louis Wu 12:03:31 UTC)
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INV PLZ
KP spent his weekend like a lot of gamers did – he enjoyed the Penny Arcade Expo to the fullest. The difference between you and him? He was paid to enjoy himself. You can read his take on the whole shebang over at Bungie.net. (Mostly, he discusses the Halo-related portions of the expo.) What are you waiting for? Go read it!(Louis Wu 00:11:18 UTC)
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Penny Arcade Expo!
This past weekend was the Penny Arcade Expo, hosted locally by the fine fellows over at Penny-Arcade.com. A whole bunch of Bungie dudes made the short trip to Bellevue for the Halo 2 tournament, to take in a couple of Bungie-related panels and just to check out the show.
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Episode 78: Podtacular Update with Special guest XerxDeej from TiedtheLeader.com
Download | Show Notes
It’s the Podtacular Update show, where we cover news and events in the Halo and Podtacular community, some campaign (champagne) and glitching tips, we do Podtacular night at the Apollo or Halo-related jokes people sent in, and we have a sweet interview at the beginning with XerxDeej from TiedtheLeader.com. With your hosts Foo Mo Jive, JVB, and XerxDeej. Yeah, he sticks around to guest host too! Pod art this week comes to us from StigmaticX. Frickin’ sweet! Thanks to Ciclonic for editing this week’s show and to Dweezle for hooking us up with XerxDeej. And thanks to CapnKrunk for the hosting help. This show’s back to normal time, about an hour. Enjoy it!
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An Ass That Just Won’t Quit.
I can’t remember – has Stuntmutt taken a shot at the new XBL playlist yet? No matter – either way, he does it in today’s One One Se7en. Jerk.(Louis Wu 20:21:40 UTC)
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Episode 78: Podtacular Update with Special guest XerxDeej from TiedtheLeader.com
Download | Show Notes
It’s the Podtacular Update show, where we cover news and events in the Halo and Podtacular community, some campaign (champagne) and glitching tips, we do Podtacular night at the Apollo or Halo-related jokes people sent in, and we have a sweet interview at the beginning with XerxDeej from TiedtheLeader.com. With your hosts Foo Mo Jive, JVB, and XerxDeej. Yeah, he sticks around to guest host too! Pod art this week comes to us from StigmaticX. Frickin’ sweet! Thanks to Ciclonic for editing this week’s show and to Dweezle for hooking us up with XerxDeej. And thanks to CapnKrunk for the hosting help. This show’s back to normal time, about an hour. Enjoy it!
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S’Pht Hits Fan: Earth Doomed
The Weekly World News, that bastion of truth and wisdom and freedom of the press, is reporting a disturbing news story. Earthlings are collecting the flags of Alien Nations. Presumably trading and acquiring them via places like eBay, without giving thought to where these flags come from. Especially disturbing is the most prized flag of all.
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Weekly Porridge #32: And the Winner Is…
It’s time for another weekly comic from Quality Jeverage and this time it’s about the winner of the Weekly Porridge Tournament! Will Painkilla and Jeverage be nice to the new guy? You’ll see. More in the forums.
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Weekly Porridge #32: And the Winner Is…
It’s time for another weekly comic from Quality Jeverage and this time it’s about the winner of the Weekly Porridge Tournament! Will Painkilla and Jeverage be nice to the new guy? You’ll see. More in the forums.
