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Friday Caption Fun, Round 84
It’s Friday, so it’s time for another Friday Caption Fun episode at Hawty McBloggy’s – Hawty makes fun of me for seeing sex where there wasn’t any (she’s SUCH a bad influence), and posts a shot of a Bungie staff meeting for your captioning pleasure. While you’re there, thinking of some funny thing to write about Jason Jones, be sure to check out an awkward in-game moment… it’s funny.(Louis Wu 13:58:02 UTC)
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So what’s YOUR QB Rating?
ShackNews posted a more in-depth look at Halo: Reach’s Arena system, building on the article they posted yesterday. It’s a fascinating read, and the more you learn, the harder it’s going to be to wait through the 6 weeks remaining until the Beta goes live. And it looks like they’ll have even more for you later today. (Louis Wu 12:50:25 UTC)
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Mandlbaum in: ‘Core Tempature’ [Part 5]
TripleZeroFilms has posted Mandlbaum in: “Core Tempature” [Part 5] – singing henchmen, rants about stupidity, and plump, juicy salsa. Will Evile Profesure get away? Will Roboclaw forgive his old henchman? Will Master S meet Alex Trebek? You’ll have to watch to find out.(Louis Wu 12:49:37 UTC)
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Double XP Weekend: Maption Sack
This weekend’s Double XP Playlist (which went live yesterday afternoon) is Maption Sack – a collection of community created maps with a variety of slayer and objective gametypes. Tons of fun – but be careful of the 4-player teams of Generals you seem to meet every other game… (Louis Wu 12:49:08 UTC)
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17’s Labyrinth
Morpheus told us about 17’s Labyrinth, a new puzzle map from Unlucky17. There’s a bit of info in his forum post, as well as a link to the map and gametype. Are you up for it?(Louis Wu 12:48:41 UTC)
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Friday’s Fan Fiction
There are four new pieces up for your perusal in the Fan Fiction section this week – go read!(Louis Wu 12:48:03 UTC)
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Matchmaking details revealed for Halo:Reach!
How many superlatives can I use in one post? I’d rather not find out but it is really tempting…
Shacknews has a report on the hot new spectacular features in Halo: Reach’s multiplayer matchmaking system. It features screenshots that really give you a better idea of what is going on. Go read it right now then come back here! The nitty gritty-
- Active Roster – see what your friends are doing within reach at the main screen
- Queue up to join your friends when they are done with their current game
- Know what other maps/gametypes are possible when you vote
- Battle in month-long seasons for the top spots in your division in the Arena
- Social settings – get matched up with others with similar attitudes and styles
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The Planes are Landing!
According to the Reach Developer Blog, the team is shifting back towards Campaign – just because YOU’RE waiting for the multiplayer Beta, doesn’t mean THEY’RE sitting around doing nothing!(Louis Wu 20:37:57 UTC)
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Eclipse Phase absorbs a familiar character
Ross Mills pointed out that a sample character in Eclipse Phase (a recent pen & paper RPG) is a pretty close match for Cortana. You can see a couple of sizes of the image in question in this post.(Louis Wu 20:30:37 UTC)
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Halopen Pencast 18
Firestorm12 sent word that the Halopen Pencast 18 is now online – it’s all discussion about Reach. You can download it from PodBean, or discuss it on the Halopen forum.(Louis Wu 20:18:51 UTC)
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Reach Multiplayer Advances
As expected, Shacknews has a pretty interesting article online right now – it discusses some of the new Matchmaking and social features coming in Halo: Reach. Active Roster and Arena, terms we’ve heard before but had no explanation for, are now laid out – along with a description of better voting options, queue-joining, new party handling, and more. It’s absolutely worth a read – check it out! (And then try to be patient, May 3 will be here soon.)(Louis Wu 18:45:04 UTC)
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The latest news about the Halo series of games from Microsoft