There’s a slew of MLG Anaheim coverage over at MLGPro.com. Despite some really interesting 4v4 results in the beginning of the tournament, Final Boss remained unshaken atop the leaderboard. Karma was also able walk away with the 1v1 title yet again. Congrats to the winners, which is everyone, because we’re all winners on the inside.
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Sergeant Playwright
David Scully, voice of Sgt. Johnson and noted playwright, has authored a play to be read on August 4th and 5th here in Seattle. Ghetto Mansion will be read by The Hansberry Project at the ACT theatre. Read on for more info and a short description.
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The Top Ten Best Weapons
The GT Countdown series continues at GameTrailers, with “Top Ten Best Weapons” – a video listing of the 10 best weapons in video games. Halo 2’s energy sword comes in at number 5. Thanks to Keyes86, who submitted this yesterday; I just didn’t get to it.(Louis Wu 22:40:58 UTC)
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Hot-Pocket-Challenged
Halo-related portable media mogul Mintz is the focus of the latest Community Spotlight over at Bungie.net – go read about how far out in the middle of nowhere he actually lives. Dojorkan was first, it seems.(Louis Wu 22:12:13 UTC)
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Good thing that guy’s pretty weak…
c0ld vengeance composited a wonderful shot on Gemini – check out MC’s newest nemesis. (I’m not marking this with a spoiler tag, because this creature never actually made it into the game… but technically…) You can also find a 3DVR version in this post.(Louis Wu 22:06:45 UTC)
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Upcoming Video Games Live Schedule
The Video Games Live tour is rolling again and will be hitting some big venues in the coming months. Their first stop will be Houston on July 14th, then Chicago on August 5th and then Indianapolis on Augst 11th and 12th. Marty will be on hand in Chicago to sign various items and appendages.
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Gaming Naked
Sane Intolerant noticed that the current Sore Thumbs Online comic has some Halo/MLG references… and with that, I’m out for a while.(Louis Wu 18:41:27 UTC)
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Community Spotlight: Mintz
Those of you with PSPs, iPods, PocketPCs or severe rashes should read our latest interview with Mintz, master of mini-media. min media and soothing balms over at Halo: Portable.
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A Tough Scrape.
Today’s One One Se7en is a bit gorey… but only if you think about it.(Louis Wu 18:00:46 UTC)
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Halo-themed Fireworks
FyreWulff is working on a SPNKR remake of a rocket launcher for July 4 – pics are in his forum post.(Louis Wu 17:51:40 UTC)
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MLG Anaheim Summary
Tons of MLG Anaheim news at MLGPro.com – a wrapup article, a spotlight on Carbon (beaten in their first round match, they STILL came back to face FB in the finals), and the brackets themselves (4×4 | 1×1). Congrats to Karma for taking the 1×1, and Final Boss for the 4×4. Thanks, 3Suns.(Louis Wu 17:35:54 UTC)
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2D Dev Team Needs Help
Mastergunnz posted a note on our forum, looking for folks with experience using Game Maker 6; his team is putting together ‘Halo: Spartan of Reach’, a new top-down Halo-based game. Visit the post for more details!(Louis Wu 17:11:01 UTC)
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Halo 3 in August OXM
Jon Campbell points out that the August issue of the Official Xbox 360 Magazine has a huge article on Halo 3 – an indepth look at the teaser trailer, a preview of the HGN, and more. (It got the cover again, as well.) Look for it on newsstands soon!(Louis Wu 17:06:37 UTC)
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Cheapest Halo… ever.
Wow. Circuit City is having a huge July 4th week sale, and if you visit Cheapassgamers.com (registration required to see the list), there’s a list of games scheduled to be part of this sale… and the Halo Triple Pack (Halo, Halo 2, Halo Multiplayer Map Pack) is on the list. $9 – don’t miss this! Thanks to Konrad for posting this on our forum.(Louis Wu 16:53:54 UTC)
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haloportable.com
haloportable.com also has a new facelift. Mintz has been working hard on putting fresh content on his site. Don’t forget to check it out on occasion. Also, stay tuned for some more news about Mintz.
http://haloportable.com
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rapture.hushedcasket.com
I have created a website to blog about gaming-related things at http://rapture.hushedcasket.com. Follow the link or check out the screenshot attached below.
I don’t expect anyon…
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The Black Art of Halo Mods
The latest Halo How-to book from Stephen Cawood is now out; it’s called ‘The Black Art of Halo Mods’, and there’s some information about community input over at HaloMods. The news story there says ‘click the button on the right to support HaloMods’ – you’ll need to visit the front page to see that button (which leads you to Amazon.com to buy the book). This book covers lots of info about modding Halo PC (as well as some console modding tips). Check it out! Thanks, David.(Louis Wu 22:30:33 UTC)
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Trick or Treat, UNSC-style
Christopher T is going out for Halloween this year dressed as a Spartan. He and his dad took their inspiration from Chris Bryan, and are putting together a fiberglass suit for Christopher to grab some goodies in. Visit this page for some shots of some cardboard representations!(Louis Wu 22:24:07 UTC)
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CMT Halo Campaign Mod Released!
The Custom Map Team’s makeover of Halo’s singleplayer campaign has been released after months of anxiously waiting for its completion. With all new content, campaign has a completely new feel to it. Full details on the mod are in the continuation of this story.
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Halo Custom Map Team releases Halo Singleplayer Mod
The Halo CMT team has finished the conversion of the single player maps to Halo CE; there are several places you can read about it. On the CMT forums, there’s a full list of download links (maps, UI, extras, tutorials); the same info was posted on the Gearbox forums as well. There’s a thread on our own forum, if you’d like to discuss.(Louis Wu 17:00:48 UTC)