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Posters away
After an unfortunate delay that was all my fault, the winners of the halo.bungie.org poster raffle should be receiving their one-of-a-kind prizes in the next few days! From all of us here at HBO, our deepest thanks to the talented artists who donated their work and of course the fine folks at splodeswag for making the official HBO shirt a reality. Are we done with HBO shirts? Stay tuned!
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PLAY! with Marty and Mike
Narcogen, over at Rampancy.net, reminds us that Marty O’Donnell and Mike Salvatori will be at the PLAY! premiere tomorrow in Chicago – you can get more information at the PLAY! website.
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Of birthdays, and such
At times, my online life seems to mirror my real life. Last year’s real-life birthday didn’t get missed – because it was a big one, and because my wife made sure that I’d remember it – but in general, I forget they’re coming until they’re here. Seems like that pattern continues online… we missed bungie.org’s 7th birthday back in January, and we missed the anniversary of the day blam.bungie.org (the precursor to HBO) went live – May 22, 1999. (To pin these dates down, the indispensable Marathon’s Story Page makes life pretty easy.) Today, however, is the 7th anniversary of our forum – it went live on May 26, 1999 – the same day that Rampancy.net was born. It’s been a heck of a run… and it ain’t over yet!
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Halo 2 for a song – in GB
If you live in Great Britain, Halo 2 is now officially ‘cheap’. Microsoft kicked off a new ‘Best of Classics’ label today, and Halo 2 is on it – for £9.99. Nice deal! (I saw this at both CVG and gamesindustry.biz.) For what it’s worth – EB Games is selling Halo 2 for $29.99 in the US – that’s 60% more than this new price. Update: Vironex pointed out that Wal-Mart is selling Halo 2 in the US for $19.82… very close to the GB price.
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Major Nelson Confirms Xbox 360 Update ‘Next Week’
Larry ‘Major Nelson’ Hyrb has confirmed on his blog recent rumors that the Xbox 360 is getting a major update over Xbox Live sometime soon, perhaps next week. New features include background downloading and booting directly to the dashboard. More details will be in his podcast this Sunday.
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Them’s Fighting Words
Another third-party Aleph One map out this week– Underworld by Jon Irons. Check it out! Thanks, TheBattleCat.
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Come On Out And Play
Marty O’Donnell has posted that he’s going to the Play! concert this Saturday in Chicago. Anybody else going?
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RT: The Nerd Bird
I just wanted to remind everyone that Geoff and Gus will both be in San Jose California this weekend. They will be there for Fanime. They take off from Austin super early Friday morning and take an American Airlines flight to San Jose that I have heard…
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Halo 3 Shirts For Sale
Some very cool new shirts available at the Bungie Store – these were first seen at E3, but you can now buy them for yourself. Frankie was first (though the ‘retard’ comment was a bit out of line – I know for a fact that the guilty party is a pretty bright individual).
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NJ Halo Tourney, June 3
Fall0ut writes to point out a FFA/4v4 tourney in New Jersey on June 3 – FFA is $10 to enter, $100 for first place, 4v4 is $30 to enter, up to $1000 first prize. More details and info at the NJHalo website.
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Reclaimer
Luke Jeffery wrote to point out Wandering Tiger Machinima, a group working on a series called ‘Reclaimer‘; they’re up to Episode 4. Swing by their site to check it out.
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Hand-eye coordination is hand-eye coordination
Heh – a new survey finds that surgeons who play video games make fewer mistakes when doing laparoscopic surgery than those who don’t – and the lead researcher lists Halo 2 among his favorite games. In case you, you know, needed some ammunition against someone telling you to quit wasting your time…
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Halo 3 in demand – even in Japan
Spandexman noticed a Famitsu Readers Poll being reported at QJ.net – readers of the Japanese magazine were asked what game they were most interested in (all platforms)… and Halo 3 made the list. Not bad for a first-person shooter in Japan!
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Rampancy’s Se7enth Birthday
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Rampancy.net, then called The Core, officially opened its doors on May 26, 1999:
http://rampancy.net/story/game/halo/26051999/welcome_to_the_core
That makes this site se7en years old today.
Happy Birthday Rampancy.net!
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When Art and Business Clash
Over at Rampancy.net, there’s a fascinating piece that looks at a new book by Dean Takahashi, entitled “The Xbox 360 Uncloaked: The Real Story Behind Microsoft’s Next-Generation Video Game Console”, and how that book relates to Bungie, and to the development of Halo 2 and Halo 3. Great excerpts, great analysis. If you’ve ever been interested in the behind-the-scenes stuff that went into these games, go read. (Remember – this is Takahashi’s take on events.)
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Wallpaper, For One And All
I don’t think I’ll ever understand how it gets away from me so quickly… but the Wallpaper queue, which was filled to bursting with Halo 3 images (along with quite a number of cool non-Halo3 images), has been emptied. (If you uploaded a file to our upload directory in the last day or so, it’s not in this batch – but I hope the next batch won’t take quite so long.) There are 42 entries – but there are almost 60 images, if you count variations. Some really amazing stuff; if you haven’t changed your desktop image for a while, check this group out!
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Podtacular Tournament Season: Sign up today!
UPDATE – Please be sure to read the Rules and Make sure you know what’s going on and how the season will work. Also there’s still one team left to be signed up if you want to be in it… DO IT NOWWWW!!!! Don’t forget to check the “2006 Tournament Standings” link on your left. Have a Great Time. – Dialpex.
The pro season is coming! Now’s your chance to see if your team is the best of the best at Podtacular. Think your team has what it takes? Sign up today! This is mostly for Podtacular Pro teams, but there is also the best two Rec teams from the Rec tourney. Match dates are flexible so you don’t have to worry about your team forfeiting because you couldn’t make the match day. More details can be found at this forum thread. May the best team win!
Sign ups close on May 26th, so get your team registered today!
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Podtacular Tournament Season: Sign up today!
UPDATE – Please be sure to read the Rules and Make sure you know what’s going on and how the season will work. Also there’s still one team left to be signed up if you want to be in it… DO IT NOWWWW!!!! Don’t forget to check the “2006 Tournament Standings” link on your left. Have a Great Time. – Dialpex.
The pro season is coming! Now’s your chance to see if your team is the best of the best at Podtacular. Think your team has what it takes? Sign up today! This is mostly for Podtacular Pro teams, but there is also the best two Rec teams from the Rec tourney. Match dates are flexible so you don’t have to worry about your team forfeiting because you couldn’t make the match day. More details can be found at this forum thread. May the best team win!
Sign ups close on May 26th, so get your team registered today!
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