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Definitely some Bungie fans at Rockstar.
Cody Miller watched the GTA V gameplay teaser released recently… and was reminded of some SERIOUSLY old-school Bungie baddies. (RotaJota added his two cents, too.) If you don’t feel like watching the video, here are screengrabs of the two moments in question (Cody | RotaJota). Nice! (Louis Wu 17:58:11 UTC)
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Wait… plasma rifle too?
At the beginning of this week, IGN posted a three-part interview (one | two | three) with Jason Jones – the focus was Destiny, but there was plenty of Halo content in there… after all, Halo was a huge part of Bungie’s reality during the past 15 years. In the first segment, Jones looks back at the Halo 1 pistol, and what actually happened to make it such a superweapon at the last possible moment… and it reminded kornman00 of some of the digging he’d done in the game’s code. Check out his post for some very interesting, very geeky details.(Louis Wu 17:52:46 UTC)
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Space Blimp? Whoa.
Stephen Loftus was poking through some Halo 2 game files and ran across an ambient life form that I have never seen before – even now, 9 years after the game’s release! Amazing. Swing by and take a look; it’s likely it was actually cut from the game (nobody’s been able to see it in-game yet)… but even so, you’d have thought that SOMEONE would have noticed it before now. I learn something new every day! (Louis Wu 17:47:17 UTC)
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So, Halo 3 is a pretty cool game (part 2)
Catching up on stuff from the week that we’ve let slide… let’s start with a second installment of uberfoop’s “So, Halo 3 is a pretty cool game” reminiscence. Swing by for great pics, great vids – it makes me want to dig out the disc and jump back in! (Louis Wu 17:43:58 UTC)
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ASE Ep. 38: Blaspheme Quarantine 1 lvl 10
We’ve been kidnapped by the rampant AI, Durandal! With no information on where we are or what we’re supposed to be doing, we have to survive and escape to continue to fight off the Pfhor invaders. It seems Leela thought that there were some weapons here to find, but Durandal says we’re looking in the wrong place…
This podcast uses:
Aleph One, free and open source versions of Marathon for Windows, Mac and Linux at http://source.bungie.org
Remixes of the Marathon soundtrack by Craig Hardgrove at http://themarathonmusic.com
Subscribe to the YouTube channel for Anger, Sadness and Envy video podcasts:
http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLIof4Cp3-cam7bAFzDEwK_wzSSEya050i
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Music used in this episode:
“What About Bob?” by Alexander Seropian, remixed by Craig Hardgrove (intro music)
“Guardians” by Alexander Seropian, remixed by Craig Hardgrove (gameplay background music)
“New Pacific (Reprise)” by Alexander Seropian, remixed by Craig Hardgrove (outro music)For more information on this level, visit the Marathon Spoiler Guide:
http://marathon.bungie.org/spoiler/m1/9.shtml
For complete Terminal texts, visit the excellent Marathon Story Page:
http://marathon.bungie.org/story/
There you can read faithful and complete reproductions of all of terminals in Marathon and its sequels, plus Facts and Puzzling Things About all sorts of characters, places, and concepts in the Marathon universe, as well as a forum where stalwart fans continue to argue the finer points of interpreting Marathon’s story nearly twenty years after the game’s release!
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Halo Bulletin: 07.10.13
The Halo Waypoint Bulletin went live last night – cool info about RTX, the Halo 4 Global Championship, details about the upcoming Champions Bundle, stuff to look out for at San Diego Comic Con in a week or so, and some very cool Mark VI Spartan Armor-themed screenshots. Go look! (As always, it’s up in our Halo Bulletin Archive, too.)(Louis Wu 20:25:02 UTC)
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RTX 2013: How to Break Into Pro-Gaming
Tom “Tsquared” Taylor held a talk at RTX this year about his history as a pro-gamer – Tom provides plenty of interesting information regarding the Halo MLG scene and talks about what it takes to become a pro. Interesting stuff! Thanks, Toby Dillman.(mastrbiggy 22:07:43 UTC)
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Hindsight: ODST Coastal Highway
Dax published the final entry of ForwardUntoDawn.com’s Hindsight: ODST series – this entry takes a in-depth look at Coastal Highway. Dax is joined by Dan Miller who provides some interesting commentary about the development of Coastal Highway. Great work, Dax! Thanks, davidfuchs.(mastrbiggy 18:21:19 UTC)
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Halo: Mortal Dictata Announced
Tor Books recently announced that Halo: Mortal Dictata, the final installment of Karen Traviss’ ‘Kilo-Five” trilogy, will release January 2014. Better finish Halo: The Thursday War soon. Thanks, Devil Mingy.(mastrbiggy 18:20:17 UTC)
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Building the Destiny E3 Reveal
Bungie artists give us the lowdown on the details behind the creation of the gameplay reveal of Bungie’s new game, the bird simulator called Destiny.
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ASE Ep. 37: G4 Sunbathing Marathon 1 lvl 9
In order to send a message to Earth 92 light years away, Leela needs us to reactivate the Marathon’s antenna array. Only one problem: the G4 Sunbathing Loading Dock has been plunged into vacuum rendering some of our weapons useless, and is teeming with Pfhor fighters, troopers, hunters and S’pht compilers. We have to make our way to the antenna while dodging enemy fire and keeping an eye on our oxygen meters. Wish us luck!
This podcast uses:
Aleph One, free and open source versions of Marathon for Windows, Mac and Linux at http://source.bungie.org
Remixes of the Marathon soundtrack by Craig Hardgrove at http://themarathonmusic.com
Subscribe to the YouTube channel for Anger, Sadness and Envy video podcasts:
http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLIof4Cp3-cam7bAFzDEwK_wzSSEya050i
Subscribe to the iTunes channel or RSS feed for video and audio podcasts:
https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/anger-sadness-and-envy/id266991411?mt=2
http://feeds.feedburner.com/AngerSadnessEnvy
Music used in this episode:
“What About Bob?” by Alexander Seropian, remixed by Craig Hardgrove (intro music)
“Landing” by Alexander Seropian, remixed by Craig Hardgrove (gameplay background music)
“New Pacific (Reprise)” by Alexander Seropian, remixed by Craig Hardgrove (outro music)For more information on this level, visit the Marathon Spoiler Guide:
http://marathon.bungie.org/spoiler/m1/8.shtml
For complete Terminal texts, visit the excellent Marathon Story Page:
http://marathon.bungie.org/story/
There you can read faithful and complete reproductions of all of terminals in Marathon and its sequels, plus Facts and Puzzling Things About all sorts of characters, places, and concepts in the Marathon universe, as well as a forum where stalwart fans continue to argue the finer points of interpreting Marathon’s story nearly twenty years after the game’s release!
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Minecraft Grifball
ZexyZek finally released his new Minecraft server with full Grifball support – seems like a pretty faithful recreation! I had no idea this type of stuff was even possible in Minecraft. If you want in on some Minecraft Grifball madness the server ID is McGrifball.com. Thanks, Chappified.(mastrbiggy 21:32:26 UTC)
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Destiny "Awakening" Piano Cover By Akmigone
YouTube user Akmigone does a number of piano covers of video game music. The latest is the track “Awakening” from Destiny!
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Halo 4 Global Championship RTX Finals
If you missed the Halo 4 Global Championship RTX Finals when they were Livestreamed on Sunday, they’ve been archived here – all four hours of ’em. Go watch! (Louis Wu 23:31:44 UTC)
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Champions Pull Themselves Out Of The Pit
343 Industries revealed today some pretty exciting news for Halo 4 fans, announcing that there will be a new “Champions Bundle” released with 2 new maps, including Pitfall (a remake of The Pit) and new map Vertigo. Also included will be a very cool new gametype called Ricochet, as well as (woo hoo!) new armors, armor skins, and weapon skins. Polygon has more details here, and we await further word from the Halo Waypoint crew themselves. If you’re not excited yet, check out the trailer!(GrimBrother One 21:37:01 UTC)
The latest news about the Halo series of games from Microsoft
