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The latest news about the Halo series of games from Microsoft

  • Beat It.

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    You might think today’s selection of downloadable Halo videos, from us and other sites, was large enough to be considered ‘complete’ for the day. You’d be wrong. Another vid passed the MPRRS this morning; it was a montage from l PhaLanX l, called ‘Beat It’. He didn’t want hosting, because the WMP9 version is available from GamingVidz (66 mb)… but because it passed the MPRRS, we want to make sure everyone can see it, so for those who need a QuickTime version, you can grab one from us. I gotta say… the guy’s pretty good with a sticky grenade. (You can find more of his videos over at GamingVidz.)

  • Submit Tips for Episode 58: Tips for Coagulation

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    As usual, episode 57 has been recorded and it was freakin’ sweet. It will be released soon. And when I say soon, I mean like really soon. We’re getting back to releasing an episode within a few days of it being recorded. Yay and thanks Ciclonic!

    I kno how 2 pwn teh n00bs

    Got any good tips for us? This is your chance to help other Halo fans level up and stay there! We’ll start the episode off with general tips. So tell us about your strategies and techniques that work on any map. Like weapon choice/use, jumping, button combos, whatever works. Be sure to include your gamertag so we can give you credit. Oh, and if you figure out how to fix the soda machine at the mac gun facility, let me know. Freakin’ thing ate my quarter again…

    Especially on Coag!

    Oh yeah, Coagulation is map of the month. What we do is go through tips for this map broken down by game type. So send in stuff for one or more of these game types on Coag: Team Slayer/FFA Slayer, CTF/Assault, KOTH/Territories, or Oddball/Juggernaut. If you really know your stuff, send stuff in for all of these game types! Just click the submit news and tips link on the right side and sign it with your gamertag.

    Deadline for submission is Thursday at 5:00pm EST. Let’s make this an awesome tips show!

  • They Drink A Lot.

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    Frankie sat down with Burnie Burns, of Red vs Blue, and got the lowdown on the series, the genre, the team. The whole enchilada. The entire ball o’ wax. The secrets to life, the universe, and everything. Well… okay, maybe not. Just some stuff about Rooster Teeth. And Halo. Go read. (No, you weren’t first. Frankie was.)

  • Dead Man’s Hand Kicks Off

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    Dweezle86 from the TTL Gunslingers has started up another gaming-related (Halo-oriented) blog – go read Dead Man’s Hand. Them Gunslingers… they sure do write a lot!

  • Armor for your 12 inch soldier

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    This morning, I noticed a post on HaloPlanet’s front page; an artist named callous had posted a number of pictures showing some armor he was sculpting for standard 12″ Halo action figures. Amazing stuff – so I asked him if he’d mind if we showcased the work. He said sure – so swing by this page and take a look! As he progresses, we’ll add new pics. This is definitely dedication…

  • The Valley of the Forerunners: Part 6

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    Over at the Halo CE Chronicles website, you can grab part 6 of the Valley of the Forerunners series. Harrington and the marines are starting to get an idea about how much trouble they’re actually in. Cinematography is quite good on this one. It’s a long one – almost 13 minutes, and weighing in at more than 40 mb for the downloadable versions (or 15 mb for the streaming Flash). Go watch!

  • Halzred’s 5th Montage

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    Louis Wu
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    Z sent us word that Halzred’s 5th Montage is now available for download (we mentioned the trailer for it back in January). It’s 106 mb, in WMP9 format; it’s definitely more about the look-and-feel than about the gameplay. (Don’t get me wrong – the gameplay’s pretty impressive, what you can see of it – it’s just that this movie is REALLY heavy on the editing effects.) If you’re prone to epileptic seizures, do NOT download this video. Whatever else you say about this guy, you’ve got to give him props for his mad editing skillz.

  • Rip Digital Cable 3

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    Louis Wu
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    Another video that went through the MPRRS recently was RipHamilton32’s ‘Rip Digital Cable 3’, a series of funny skits set up to look like you’re flipping through cable channels. This one didn’t pass – but it didn’t pass because one reviewer gave it a ridiculously low score (without any justification); we’ve tossed that score, and are hosting the file. (We dumped the reviewer, too.) You can grab it in WMP9 format (14.6 mb) or QuickTime format (14 mb).

  • Major Tom Diaries – Primer

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    Louis Wu
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    So there’s a group called Echo Zulu Films that has created a couple of machinima series – Alone, and the Major Tom Diaries – and they’ve recently released a Major Tom Diaries Primer episode, to bring new watchers up to speed on where the series is. If you’d like to check out the Major Tom Diaries, but don’t have time to watch the existing vids (there are 5 of them), you can grab this video at HaloMovies.org, in either WMP9 or QuickTime formats. It weighs in at about 25 mb, depending on version. Thanks, Dennis.

  • Tied The Leader – Now With Sprinkles!

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    XerxdeeJ, over at Tied the Leader, has been busy; there’s a summary of recent clan matches with notables from the Halo community (with boatloads of media), a Gaming Advisory System to help you find the fewest cheaters, and a summary of Le Tour de Halo, an intriguing (but closed to clanmembers only) tourney coming up this weekend. Go read!

  • Tablesaw Anatomy Episode 1

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    Fwankman88 and friends at Force Lightning Studios created ‘Tablesaw Anatomy Episode 1 – it’s the start of a new machinima series. Two Ex-Marine bounty hunters stumble on a secret lab during a “sting”. Questions are left as they try and figure out what they really saw. Production values are quite high; great effects, great sound quality. This is one to follow. The MPRRS liked it, too, which is why we’re offering you downloads in either WMP9 or QuickTime formats (22.3 mb, 8:23). Go grab it!

  • Love Hurts.

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    Louis Wu
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    Stuntmutt continues the thread of Friday’s joke in today’s One One Se7en. Our society is obsessed with sex and violence – but they don’t always mix very well.

  • James Stewart would fall.

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    Aequitas created a screenshot which might just make you sick. (Motion-sick, not gross-sick.) Check out his forum post (and the followup) for more details, including how he made it. It’s 1.1 mb, so give it time to load.

  • Covenant Cruiser Perspective Interior

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    Stephen Loftus created a very nice image showing the interior rooms of the Covenant Cruiser. We’ve added this to his Collected Works page, as well.

  • SC Fun

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    Louis Wu
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    Rockslider continues to find new ways to have fun in the original Halo – up today, 5 new tidbits on Silent Cartographer. Check ’em out!

  • Halo Situation Creator

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    Louis Wu
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    spartanerik noticed a Flash-based ‘Halo Situation Creator‘ at newgrounds; drag and drop Halo sprites (looks like mostly Fuzzy’s stuff) into existing backgrounds. Something to play with?

  • Sacred Icon Now Transcribed

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    Louis Wu
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    Finn finally got to formatting our second-to-last level transcript – Sacred Icon is now available for reading. There’s only one left… and Finn is offering a prize for the first person to submit an error-free version of Quarantine Zone. Granted, that prize is only his thanks… but wouldn’t you like it if that person were you? Update: Looks like Spartan Jag submitted the first QZ transcript. Yay!

  • Save The Whales

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    Louis Wu
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    Pinkuh updated her Lost The Lead comic – answering the question, “what can MC do to piss off Cortana?” Go read!

  • And one last one.

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    Louis Wu
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    Bah. I was out most of yesterday, and when I came back in, I didn’t take the time to read through my email – which means I missed the reference to this post at Rampancy.net, which went up a couple of hours before April 1 passed into April 2. Marketing… taken to a new level. Leave it to Narc.

  • April Fools – the Wrapup

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    Louis Wu
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    So, yeah. It’s April 2… which means the silliness that is April 1 is over again, for another year. For those who might be more optimistic than discerning, the following stories were (for better or worse) not real: Halo on the PSP, Halo – the MMO, One One Se7en: the Book (I think), The Squadron Ep 17, Halo for the DS, the Helljumpers’ pink makeover, the silly Xboxic story, and Halo 2 on OSX. Everything else was legit. If you wondered why HBO didn’t seem to do anything this year (even the MMO press release wasn’t ours – Ross Mills wrote that), it’s pretty silly – we DID do something, but it got spoiled at the last minute by someone posting it on our forum. I didn’t have any time left to paper over the damage – so it was easier to just pass on it. Seems silly to totally waste the work, though – c0ld, KP and I spent a goodly chunk of time on it (some of us more than others)… so you can view it here, for posterity. It ain’t perfect… but it was sort of fun. Maybe next year we’ll have better luck.