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The latest news about the Halo series of games from Microsoft

  • Are you sure that’s not supposed to be Chachi?

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    Cybrfrk found an older (10 months ago) EXTRALIFE comic that’s Halo-related… and pretty funny. Or it would be, if we didn’t see it played out on forums around the net…(Louis Wu 21:30:11 UTC)

  • What IS happening inside Durandal, anyway?

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    One of the newest hires at Bungie is Cam Pinard, better known to the longtime Bungie fan community as Cunbelin. (In fact, you gotta be a REAL old-timer to recognize the name; he’s been mostly absent for a while.) KP sat down with him and got a few choice morsels out of his labyrinthine brain – go read about what he’s adding to Halo 3! (Man… where’s Old Man Murray when you need him? I can tell Halo 3’s gonna suck.)(Louis Wu 21:18:33 UTC)

  • Episode 73: Mother Goat Interview Part 2

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    This is a very short episode (~11 minutes) which finishes the interview with Mother Goat since we didn’t get to do that last time. Pod Art this week comes from Chevelle65. Thanks to Ciclonic for editing audio. Enjoy!


    ‹ Episode 72: Customs and CallinsupEpisode 74: 1 Year Anniversary Special ›

  • Bungie Spotlight: Cunbelin

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    This week we turn the spotlight inward to take a look at one of our most recent additions in Cunbelin, aka Cameron Pinard. Find out how he got here and how many Tijuana Mamas he was able to consume before his body violently rejected them.

  • Faithless Grunts

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    SEspider showed up with a new episode of Miniature Halo – you can read it in our forum (along with a movie poster for a movie that probably won’t be made), or in the Miniature Halo section.(Louis Wu 18:27:24 UTC)

  • Know your Medals

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    Heh – Cress77 stopped by to show off a fun shirt he made; I wonder how many people look at him funny when he walks down the street?(Louis Wu 18:16:41 UTC)

  • MediaGamers 2v2 Tourney Redux

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    High Hat 314 wrote to let us know that MediaGamers.com is back online with the start of the new month; this is relevant because we mentioned a 2v2 tourney they’re setting up about a week ago – but they immediately ran out of bandwidth, and folks couldn’t sign up. If you were interested, but couldn’t get through, go back and sign up now.(Louis Wu 18:14:09 UTC)

  • Searchings – More Halo Paintball

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    Troy Hudzinski sent along word of an upcoming paintball game in Kingston, Michigan – ‘Searchings‘ will take place on September 9, and has a backstory based on a fanfic. The event is to raise money for Carriage Town Ministries in Flint, MI – so if you’re in the area, sign up and get to role-playing!(Louis Wu 17:49:55 UTC)

  • Links Page – Updated

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    Derik Olsson spent a ridiculous amount of time weeding through our Links page, listing dead or duplicated links – we’ve pared down almost 200 no-longer-valid entries. Stop by and see what IS fresh! (Thanks, Derik!)(Louis Wu 17:46:58 UTC)

  • Four Flags – by The Dark Power

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    deftangel dropped by our forum with a story about a very cool Spartan model, made from sculpy, then cast in resin – check out the pic in his post, and then follow the link to the sculptor’s website for more angles. (You might want to check out the rest of his portfolio, as well – there’s some pretty amazing stuff in there!) Now that’s one spectacular birthday present!(Louis Wu 17:29:33 UTC)

  • Hero

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    This weekend, a music video set to Nickelback’s ‘Hero’, submitted by MaritalBlaze54, passed the MPRRS – but our bandwidth was getting tight, so we held onto it until today. The song’s been used in a lot of Halo vids before – but never really as a story by itself. Very nicely filmed. Grab it in WMP9 format (40.3 mb) or QuickTime format (44.2 mb) – good stuff!(Louis Wu 17:21:49 UTC)

  • Why is it always the beautiful ones?

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    Captain Spark turned in another 16 dialogue snippets, including some new Cortana tidbits. You can browse them in our Dialogue databank, or grab a zipfile from his website.(Louis Wu 17:18:00 UTC)

  • To Etoli, With Love.

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    New artwork from Pinkuh – a shout out to a Halo artist who shares her name. I’m gonna have trouble looking at Elites the same way again… (We’ve added this to her gallery here, as well.)(Louis Wu 14:18:46 UTC)

  • Straight Up Gaming

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    Ian White stopped by to point out a new game blog he’s started up; A couple of his recent articles discuss Xbox Live, and Halo. (He also mentions that an interview with a Bungie employee is coming soon…) Give it a look!(Louis Wu 14:10:08 UTC)

  • H:P Podcast Episode 3

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    Funkmon is MIA this episode, but have no fear! Rapture, the designer of the website your eyes are glued to right now, fills his space. We discuss ComiCon, the Halo Graphic Novel, and how awesome the Bungie community is, amongst the usual Halo 3 updates (or lack of). Give it a listen!
    Thanks to Major.Dump again for the image (yes, it’s slightly different)

  • Don Miguel and Talent at H3F

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    Couple of nice montages over at halo3forum.com – Don Miguel’s The Real has some great multikills (though I could have done without the acid-trip effects in the middle), and Halzred’s editing a new trailer for Talent (apparently his last) – full montage is due out in the fall. Go watch! Thanks, Z.(Louis Wu 22:48:31 UTC)

  • Disaster!

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    If you uploaded an entry to our Faceplates contest in the last 3 days… we need to ask you to upload it again. AAAAAAUUUGGHH! We had a disk meltdown, coupled with a backup failure; the last (good) backup is from a ways back. I have SOME of the entries – but the vast majority didn’t make it through. To be safe, PLEASE upload your entry (or entries) again; I’d rather sort through duplicates than miss some. I’m really sorry about this. Unfortunately, that means that standard artwork uploads in the last week or two are ALSO hosed – so if you submitted any of THAT, to our Uploads directory – please re-upload THAT, as well. I hate Mondays.(Louis Wu 22:04:43 UTC)

  • H:P Podcast Episode 3

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    26.5MB – 46:19 (Link)

    Funkmon is MIA this episode, but have no fear! Rapture, the designer of the website your eyes are glued to right now, fills his space. We discuss ComiCon, the Halo Graphic Novel, and how awesome the Bungie community is, amongst the usual Halo 3 updates (or lack of). Give it a listen!

    Thanks to Major.Dump again for the image (yes, it’s slightly different)

  • Now that E3 is Downsized…

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    The guys over at Penny Arcade have announced that they’re extending the PAX preregistration period three days until August 3rd at 6:30pm. The Omeganauts should be announced today and they plan to unveil this year’s Omegacollection later this week.

  • Frankie Follows the Fans

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    Interesting – one of the panels at this year’s Penny Arcade Expo, coming up in about a month, looks at videogame fans, and how they influence PR budgets:

    Forums, Blogs and Fanbois: The Role of Community and PR in the Game Industry
    The hardcore community (yes, our community) is cranky and unpredictable yet is still the most sought after audience by publishers. We’re early adopters, market influencers and in many ways determine the success of most titles out there. Listen how PR and industry insiders view the community and how they work with it on a day to day basis.

    Who did they find to discuss this? Well… Frank O’Connor, among others… should be a fun talk! Thanks, mnemesis.(Louis Wu 20:29:27 UTC)