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The latest news about the Halo series of games from Microsoft

  • Senoj Anaidni.

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    Stuntmutt is back behind the wheel at One One Se7en. How can you tell? Yeah, that’s right… you can smell the puns from across the ocean.

  • Weekly Porridge #12: The Merc

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    These things keep getting better and better. Thanks, Jeverage! More discussion in the forums.

    ‹ Weekly Porridge #11: HumpdayupWeekly Porridge #13: Save the Interwebs! ›

  • Xbox7887’s Trainer Leads to a Screenshot Cornucopia

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    So about a week ago, we mentioned a new screenshot trainer developed by xbox7887 (well, sort of – we mentioned the pictures synide took with it). Turns out a LOT of people have been playing with this – a few days ago, Dojorkan took a bunch of really cool shots of Cortana, the Prophet of Truth, and Delta Halo (if you don’t like RAR files, we’re hosting all of these locally – you can find his originals in a folder labeled ‘originals-darker’, but we’ve also added some color-corrected ones, for folks who find the originals TOO dark), and Sorahn has been playing with a panoramic picture stitcher – check out these ridiculously high-res shots. (He added another set of pics later on – not scenery, so much, but some cool hi-res stuff nonetheless, plus some fun interface pics.)

  • Halo, Legendary – in 1:42:54.

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    Wow – time marches on. Over at High Speed Halo, the final speed record set by the winners of our Going Nowhere Fast contest has fallen – Truth and Reconciliation has now been completed (on Legendary) in 18:21. Congrats to Riptor for closing the book on this one! Thanks, Ducain.

  • RT: RvB Faceplate Finalists

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    Below, you can find the six finals for the Director Box faceplate contest. There were a ton of great entries, and they seemed to break down into several different categories. This made my job a little easier; all I had to was pick on leader in each of the…

  • Gauss Montage

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    Montages might be getting a bit old… but over at Halo2Forum.com, there’s a Gauss Montage (well, both hogs are featured, but it’s predominately the Gauss), and it’s really, really nicely done. 124 mb, WMP9 format. (I’ve whipped up a QuickTime version for those who can’t deal with WMP9 – but I haven’t heard whether I’m allowed to post it or not, so it needs to wait.) Check it out – there’s some awesome footage, and plenty of interesting effects. (And a HILARIOUS accidental triple betrayal near the end…)

  • Contest Winnings

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    Louis Wu
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    He’s not the first to receive one – but he IS the first to send us a picture. Laird was one of the poster winners in our E3 contest – and it looks like the first thing he did was unroll it from its tube and snap a photo. He’s looking forward to getting it framed – and I agree, it should look incredible on the wall!

  • Spreadin’ the love

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    XCrazedPenguinX told me about an awesome idea he had the other day. Why don’t I rotate among the Rec clans so I get to play with more than just Rec A? So that’s what I’m doing. Rist Peblo is overlord of Rec A while I’m gone, and I’m now a member of Rec B for a month or so. After the Bungie match I’ll get back to hosting the full party custom madness and I can make some new friends in Rec B. Then it’s on to Rec C, etc. Yay!

  • Spreadin’ the love

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    XCrazedPenguinX told me about an awesome idea he had the other day. Why don’t I rotate among the Rec clans so I get to play with more than just Rec A? So that’s what I’m doing. Rist Peblo is overlord of Rec A while I’m gone, and I’m now a member of Rec B for a month or so. After the Bungie match I’ll get back to hosting the full party custom madness and I can make some new friends in Rec B. Then it’s on to Rec C, etc. Yay!



  • Spreadin’ the love

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    foomojive
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    XCrazedPenguinX told me about an awesome idea he had the other day. Why don’t I rotate among the Rec clans so I get to play with more than just Rec A? So that’s what I’m doing. Rist Peblo is overlord of Rec A while I’m gone, and I’m now a member of Rec B for a month or so. After the Bungie match I’ll get back to hosting the full party custom madness and I can make some new friends in Rec B. Then it’s on to Rec C, etc. Yay!

  • Call That Gratitude?

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    Louis Wu
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    Stuntmutt has a special Sunday One One Se7en for you today – or rather, it’s for the folks who filled in for him these past two weeks. Check it out. And while you’re in that Stuntmutt state of mind (sort of like a New York state of mind, but slightly seedier, and without all the good food), check out his blog – he’s done a wonderful job of recapping the last couple of weeks… wedding stuff, cool shirts, user-submitted strips, and some hilarious blackmail material on Jillybean and c0ld vengeance. Those two can’t hold their liquor, it seems…

  • Move Along

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    Louis Wu
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    Execution1013, of Clan 0kinawa, turned in ‘Move Along’ – a Halo music video set to reproduce the real video created by The All American Rejects. Great quality, nice syncing – the MPRRS liked it, so give it a look! WMP9 version, 61.5 mb, or QuickTime version, 62.2 mb.

  • Kill Phil

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    BlueHunter has been submitting versions of ‘Kill Phil’ to the MPRRS for quite some time – it took a while for reviewers to get over the fact that the film is in French, with English subtitles, but along the way, he’s refined it into a really polished piece of work. It’s (in the words of the creator) “a very free adaptation of Kill Bill” – and he ain’t just whistlin’ dixie. That said, it’s a really interesting piece – if you can handle the 100 mb download (it’s 16 minutes long), grab a copy! I had trouble converting this to WMP9 format from its original .AVI – so your choices this time around are a 98.2 mb .AVI (I’m not sure which codec) or a 94.4 mb QuickTime. This is a great example of how the MPRRS can help a filmmaker turn out a great piece – if they don’t give up!

  • Stained Glass Gorilla

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    Spartan Jag pointed out a small news story on Bungie.net – a forumgoer over there has posted some pictures of a piece of stained glass he made in the image of the Webmaster. Cool!

  • Halo Babies Returns

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    We got word from mrsmiley that while there might not be ‘official’ strips coming out any time soon, Halo Babies is back open for business; they’ve got a couple of art forums set up to encourage the development of Halo artwork. Check it out!

  • HGN Preview – for everybody

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    Louis Wu
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    The Halo Graphic Novel preview hit comic stores in the US a few days ago (Wednesday was the release date); I hadn’t realized this, but it was supposed to be a freebie. My local comic store was charging $.99/copy (not much, but when you want to grab enough for your buddies in Europe…), and comic stores elsewhere were doing similar things. Our policy on scans is that we will not put them up until the magazine they’re from is off the shelves – because we’re not interested in eating into anyone’s legitimate profits. In this case, however, it was supposed to be free to begin with. So we’re making it free. The scans aren’t super-high-res – but they’re big enough to read, and that should be a start, no? Go read. Or download. This stuff rocks.

  • Marine Sassy? Really?

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    Louis Wu
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    Marty, taking pity on us poor fans, posted a list of all the individual characters in Halo 2, and the actors who played them. We’ve added this list to our Names behind the Voices page – thanks, Marty! (At some point in the not-too-distant future, there’ll probably be some reclassification going on in our Halo 2 Dialogue Databank.)

  • Knowledge

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    Louis Wu
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    Dan Chosich put together a pretty cool montage of his E3/D3 (Dean’s post-E3 lanfest) experience; it does a wonderful job of showing the insanity that is E3, and has a few Halo-related clips from the lanfest to boot. Two versions are available – a ‘small’ version, 87 mb, QuickTime format, 640×360… and an HDV version, 128 mb, 1280×720, H.264 encoding (be sure your computer is up to this before grabbing it). Presentation is spectacular.

  • Halo 2 still on top on XBL

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    Louis Wu
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    Major Nelson posted the Top Live Games lists again, broken out by platform (Xbox/Xbox 360)… but also pointed out that on a combined list, Halo 2 would be number 1, followed by all 10 Xbox 360 titles. Thanks, Smandon.

  • VGL in Philly – Halo (and more) Onstage

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    Louis Wu
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    A reminder – Video Games Live will be onstage in Philadelphia tonight, with lots and lots of extra goodies (including the chance to meet your favorite Halo soundtrack composers). tyguy101a, from the RvB community, swung by to invite people as well – if you’re in the area, there are still tickets left… go!