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HGN Preview online at Marvel, too
As many of you know, we put the Halo Graphic Novel Preview online last week, for anyone who couldn’t get a copy in their local comic store (or who don’t HAVE a local comic store, or who don’t even live in the US). Looks like Marvel’s done the same (though you need to register – free – to see it) – they’ve got a cool flash interface for the whole thing. Thanks, Deimos. (Gotta love that original publication date…)
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Halo Action Figures – Almost Done
Dielectric posted a note on our forum with some interesting info about Halo 2 action figures; it looks like the last two series (9 and 10 are going to be cancelled, so 8 (upcoming, available for preorder now) will be the last. There’s also info about upcoming exclusives… and a name on the Heretic Leader (‘Sesa ‘Refumee’ – that’s new, as far as I know). Check it out!
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HD QT available again from MS
Last week, in an attempt to help out the folks who really, really wanted a copy of the HD QuickTime version of the Behind The Scenes video, we put up a BitTorrent seed and a bunch of bandwidth; 250 people grabbed copies over the weekend. (That’s a cool hundred gigs.) Thanks to all who left their torrents open! We’re going to shut that down now, though, because Bungie has put up a new, uncorrupted copy on Microsoft’s megapipes – you can grab it from the bottom of this page. Thanks, Frankie!
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General Crumpet… or Major Raver?
I knew we’d reap the benefits of passing off one of our staffers to Bungie.net… the next community spotlight has gone live, and this time around it’s Jillybean. She waxes poetic about her uni experience, her introduction to the Halo community, and her current work on the Halo Story page. Don’t worry – the next spotlight won’t be someone from around here. I don’t think.
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PwnCast Ep 16
MLG PwnCast Episode 16 has been released – it focuses on Xena (of the PMS Clan). Thanks, Bluestrike2.
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Weekly Porridge #14: Bridging
What? Quality Jeverage a bridger? Say it ain’t so! Read this week’s comic to find out. More discussion in the forums.
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Weekly Porridge issue 14
What? Quality Jeverage a bridger? Say it ain’t so! Read this week’s comic to find out. More discussion in the forums.
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Weekly Porridge #14: Bridging
What? Quality Jeverage a bridger? Say it ain’t so! Read this week’s comic to find out. More discussion in the forums.
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Vampire Earth Update
Another update; yesterday, we mentioned a minor controversy in which the cover art for a sci-fi novel incorporated the Halo Battle Rifle… the thread has expanded quite a bit since yesterday, and it’s clear now that the author had nothing at all to do with the cover art, but he has, in fact, stopped by to contribute. An unaffiliated fan suggested that the books are decent pulp sci-fi (if a bit light)… all in all, I think this turned out pretty well, given the potential for ugliness!
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One Good Burn…
We post most of the Halo-related news that goes up on Bungie.net – there was an article on Friday I let pass by. Stuntmutt wasn’t willing to do that – today’s One One Se7en is his shot over the bow. Or the dome, I guess.(Louis Wu 13:27:24 UTC)
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SCC Music Contest Redux
Gah. I posted this yesterday… in my mind. (That is: I wrote up the update post, but somehow got distracted before it actually went live.) We mentioned the SCC Music Contest yesterday – later in the day, the actual entries went online over at Bungiefansonline.com. There are lots and lots and lots of them – and each one has a description of the piece by the author, along with comments on the winning pieces by the judges. Go read, go download, go listen! Thanks to both Gods Prophet and Tazmaniandude for letting us know about these – and apologies for not actually POSTING it when I’d meant to.(Louis Wu 11:27:09 UTC)
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Halo: The Covenant War Launched
At the end of April, we posted a note about a tabletop RPG in the works; the first version has been released. Read the blog post for details on where to get stuff!(Louis Wu 11:21:07 UTC)
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DropShock Episode 18
DropShock has posted Episode 18 of their podcast – Halo 3 vehicles, Halo 3 rumor avoidance, Halo 2 playlists, and a review of their earliest online Halo 2 games. 58 mb, 58 minutes. Go listen.(Louis Wu 10:44:27 UTC)
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Make No Mistake
Narcogen warns against overenthusiasm in his latest rant at Rampancy.net; there are some great arguments to help you keep a level head about what was (and wasn’t) revealed in the Halo 3 Behind the Scenes documentary released recently. Go read. (Louis Wu 10:41:39 UTC)
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New Species Speculation Jumping The Gun
Bungie gave the community a gift of a seven minute documentary about the making of a two minute trailer for Halo 3, and the repayment they get? Gawkers looking over their shoulders, pointing at the screens being worked on by Bungie employees and proclaiming one or more “new species”.
Keep in mind, this is the same Bungie that wouldn’t even admit the game existed until a few weeks ago, even though it’d been under development for months. This is the same Bungie that kept the existence of the Flood a secret until the launch of Halo. This is the same Bungie that revealed nothing about the Flood being in Halo 2 until a French version of the game leaked, even though everybody already knew the Flood were probably in the game. The same Bungie that said everything was done but the cardboard boxes while they frantically re-tweaked Marathon levels. The same Bungie where Frankie did the majority of a studio tour of Bungie from the adjacent alley rather than have to check and make sure that the camera didn’t accidentally give away the identity of the project Bungie was working on– Halo 3– even though the vast majority of the civilized world that even cared what Bungie was working on already thought it was Halo 3 anyway.
And people now think that not a mere glance, but a leisurely look over the screen of a Bungie employee showing characters on the screen is some kind of a magnificent revelation.
For the complete article click “read more” below.
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How to make cheese taste better.
Heh – TragicNocturne noticed a book cover in Barnes and Noble that contained… a pretty interesting weapon. (Here’s the listing at Amazon – click the ‘See larger image’ for a bigger shot; here’s a local copy in case that gets yanked at any point.) Blade wrote as well, and sent this version, in case the comparison wasn’t obvious enough. Update: looks like QuickTactical was actually first with the notice of this one; he posted a description (one that sounds a lot like TragicNocturne’s story, actually) over at HaloGrid a day and a half before TragicNocturne visited our forum. I gotta start reading HaloGrid’s forum more often!
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Episode 66: Halo 3 and Amaz Show
Download | Show Notes (PDF)
It’s the Halo 3 show, where we talk about stuff you want to see in Halo 3 and talk about other games Halo freaks play. This is a really good episode! With guest hosts JVB and BrentGamer. Pod Art this week comes from Marco Polo 7. Thanks! And as usual, big thanks to Ciclonic for editing audio this week and putting up with our file transfer problems. (that’s why these episodes are late, among other problems we’ve fixed) Enjoy!
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Episode 66: Halo 3 and Amaz Show
Download | Show Notes (PDF)
It’s the Halo 3 show, where we talk about stuff you want to see in Halo 3 and talk about other games Halo freaks play. This is a really good episode! With guest hosts JVB and BrentGamer. Pod Art this week comes from Marco Polo 7. Thanks! And as usual, big thanks to Ciclonic for editing audio this week and putting up with our file transfer problems. (that’s why these episodes are late, among other problems we’ve fixed) Enjoy!
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Episode 66: Halo 3 and Amaz Show
Download | Show Notes (PDF)
It’s the Halo 3 show, where we talk about stuff you want to see in Halo 3 and talk about other games Halo freaks play. This is a really good episode! With guest hosts JVB and BrentGamer. Pod Art this week comes from Marco Polo 7. Thanks! And as usual, big thanks to Ciclonic for editing audio this week and putting up with our file transfer problems. (that’s why these episodes are late, among other problems we’ve fixed) Enjoy!
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Hypersoldier’s cardboard Armor
And the cardboard stuff continues! Hypersoldier has been putting together a cardboard suit – you can see a series of pics on this page. (They were originally posted on our forum, linked from a DeviantART gallery – but this one should be a little easier to navigate from piece to piece.)
The latest news about the Halo series of games from Microsoft
