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The latest news about the Halo series of games from Microsoft

  • Pound for pound?

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    Games.net has written up a piece on ‘The Most Kickass FPS Guns Ever‘ – and Halo showed pretty well. Halo 2’s Energy Sword made #8… and Halo’s original M6D pistol received the top honors – #1! Intriguing reasoning. Thanks, 3Suns.

  • The Eric Heiden Effect?

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    BattleAngel points out a Halo skin for CounterStrike for… plumper Master Chiefs. The guy could definitely use some thigh reductions.

  • Halo Home Shopping

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    New strip over at Halo Babies today… you’d think a soldier would have better control of his weapons. Then again, maybe that’s just because he’s the BABY MC…

  • Fan-made RvB Season 4 Posters

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    Hawaiian Pig is back in the RvB Movie Poster business – he’s made a few different versions in honor of the upcoming start of Season 4. His first try was in this post – then he messed with fonts to get the image in this post… and finally offered up the image in this post. I’ve added local alternate links to all three posts; if his bandwidth gets out of control, and he pulls the originals, the alternates will continue to work.

  • Stubbs is stubb-elicious

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    I had the pleasure of visiting Wideload recently and was impressed with their progress on the game. It’s coming along really well and the hints of multiple-platform simul-release seems like a sure thing. And if not simul, then near-simul. But the most important bit of info I gleaned from these talented folks is that they’re having alot of fun, are full of ideas (that they would not tell me, of course) and feel real good about the future. This portends great things, methinks….

  • Stubbs is stubb-elicious

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    I had the pleasure of visiting Wideload recently and was impressed with their progress on the game. It’s coming along really well and the hints of multiple-platform simul-release seems like a sure thing. And if not simul, then near-simul. But the most important bit of info I gleaned from these talented folks is that they’re having alot of fun, are full of ideas (that they would not tell me, of course) and feel real good about the future. This portends great things, methinks.

    Here’s an interesting NEW trivia question. I’ll give anyone with a paypal account $5 if they get close to what I think is the answer to the following question:

    “Stubbs the Zombie is based on a previous Bungie engine. In the history of Bungie (and now Wideload) technical sequels, what sets this game apart from past attempts?”

    I’ll give you a hint. My answer is sarcastic and smarmy.

  • Stubbs is stubb-elicious

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    I had the pleasure of visiting Wideload recently and was impressed with their progress on the game. It’s coming along really well and the hints of multiple-platform simul-release seems like a sure thing. And if not simul, then near-simul. But the most important bit of info I gleaned from these talented folks is that they’re having alot of fun, are full of ideas (that they would not tell me, of course) and feel real good about the future. This portends great things, methinks.

    Here’s an interesting NEW trivia question. I’ll give anyone with a paypal account $5 if they get close to what I think is the answer to the following question:

    “Stubbs the Zombie is based on a previous Bungie engine. In the history of Bungie (and now Wideload) technical sequels, what sets this game apart from past attempts?”

    I’ll give you a hint. My answer is sarcastic and smarmy.

  • Lightbearer’s XBL Tourney Saturday

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    Father Hartley writes with news of another Lightbearers Tournament – the tourney will take place on Xbox Live on the 13th (that’s this Saturday), and will be a 2v2 skirmish event (CTF, Assault, Oddball, KOTH, the works). They’re only accepting 2 man teams, but there’s a place on their forum to find a partner if you don’t have one. Go sign up!

  • Imto – Death Strike

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    Must be the day of women Halo artists, or something. I was digging around DeviantART, and I found a great image of an elite, colored by Tina Leyk. The original artwork, with a gorgeous double energy sword, was drawn by her friend callyfin – and callyfin did her own colored version… but then offered the inked (black and white) version to anyone who wanted to color it. Tina’s interpretation is stunning. We’ve added this image (in both flavors, the original and Tina’s recolored version) to her local Halo art page. Check it out!

  • Things I Learned While Playing Halo 2 (Ep 2-Redux)

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    A few days ago, we mentioned a video available at halo2forum – it was created by Xpl0d3r, of Clan HollywoodHalo, and it looked at some lessons than can be gleaned from playing Halo 2. (Well… sort of.) He submitted it to the MPRRS, and the reviewing crew liked it – so we’re making it available here, as well. You can grab a QuickTime version (32.3 mb), or a WMP9 version (34.6 mb). Remember: When you can’t find a deal – make one.

  • Pinkuh – A Halo Lover with Art Skillz

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    Over the past few months, a community member named Kelli Washburn (but better known as Pinkuh) has released various bits of Halo-related fan art, generally to thunderous applause. There’s enough of it these days that it deserves its own page… so that’s what it’s got, now. If you haven’t seen this stuff before, take a good look; she’s great at what she does, and she loves Halo.

  • Return of the Seeker

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    Thanks to Deimos, the Seeker is back – sort of. Its spidering capabilities are offline, so new content can’t be added… but the existing database is pretty substantial, and searching is fine. (In a couple of weeks, spidering will come back, too.) We’ve re-added the link to the sidebar. Enjoy!

  • Taste-making power

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    CNN has an article about video game music – it uses Video Games Live (the live concert tour) as a jumping-off place, but touches on the advances video game music has made over the years. Halo gets a mention, of course, since the Halo 2 soundtrack has sold 100,000 copies. Thanks, ICDedPpl.

  • Spartan Team Zulu Episode 1

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    Midnight Carnage submitted a video called Spartan Team Zulu, the opening episode of a machinima series based on Relic. The MPRRS liked it, overall. The intro’s pretty good, but really – hopefully, like the RvB intro, it’ll be in the first episode and no others. It’s available in WMP9 format (26.8 mb) or QuickTime format (26.4 mb). Enjoy!

  • Start, Y, Left, (etc)

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    On a happier note, we finally have today’s One One Se7en online for you to read. I didn’t get the joke, at first, because I didn’t recognize the guy. Stuntmutt, I guess, thought I was kidding when I told him that, because he didn’t clarify. This requires me to admit to you that I own no Eminem albums, and have never seen 8 Mile. Sorry.

  • Don’t drink the Koolaid.

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    I’m not going to comment much, past pointing you to the info: Jordan R put a note on our forum pointing to an 80-minute interview that ChatterBox (“Video Game Radio”) held with Jack Thompson – it’s an amazing listen. Have you ever shouted “OMGWTF!?” at the radio? I have, now.

  • Tied the Leader Weekly Update

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    XerxdeeJ posted his weekly Tied the Leader update on our forum – there’s a reader poll asking for the cleverest in-game taunt, a look at a potential wedding ring (congrats, btw, XerxdeeJ!), a reader poll looking for reasons why Halo is as popular as it is, and semantic study of onomatopoeic utterances, among other things. Go check it out!

  • GamersHell looks at the MMP

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    GamersHell has written a review of the Multiplayer Map Pack – “the perfect addo-on for multiplayer Halo 2 fans.” Give it a read!

  • Microsoft Games Survey

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    Louis Wu
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    Microsoft Game Studios is looking for your feedback about the Multiplayer map pack – visit this survey and fill it out by August 17. Thanks, Cybrfrk.

  • Hi Ben – Found

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    Louis Wu
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    Last week, Frankie said that if nobody found the Hi Ben egg in Halo by this Friday, he’d reveal the details. krakho pointed out that over on the Bungie.net forums, M0N3y 5H07 laid out how to find the egg, on the level Regret. (There are screenshots in that thread, if you want to hunt for them.) AlucardX posted a note on the HIH forum pointing to the description, and Reidon made a video showing where, exactly, to find it. I hate Putfile with a passion, so I’ve posted the 3.5 mb WMP9 vid (and a 3.8 mb Quicktime version) on our servers. Again: M0N3y 5H07 found the egg, Reidon made this vid showing how to find it. Congrats to everyone!