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There ain’t no justice.
Time Magazine came out with their Game of the Year list – and the UK’s Guardian is unhappy that Halo 3: ODST was ranked above Uncharted 2. Oh, snap!(Louis Wu 14:07:28 UTC)
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Another Waypoint tweet points to Major Nelson’s latest podcast – it’s number 343, it was posted on the 343rd day of the year, and all of the guests work for 343 Industries. Go listen! (Louis Wu 13:44:39 UTC)
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MGS4’s Sound Director now working on Halo
calmkiller noticed a tweet from 343 Industries – Sotaro Tojima from Kojima Productions (the guy credited with Metal Gear Solid 4’s sound direction), has joined the MS Halo team. GrimBrother One found a followup on Kotaku with a bit more detail.(Louis Wu 13:44:03 UTC)
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You can call me a Grifty
Bryan Simon has been away from the Halo scene for a little bit, but the appearance of a Ranked Grifball playlist last weekend brought him back for another song – swing by YouTube for ‘Grifty (Grifball 50)‘, his latest musical offering! (Louis Wu 13:43:36 UTC)
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What if Reach were Free?
GrimBrother One ran across a story on IGN wondering whether Microsoft could make more money releasing Halo Reach for free, and then charging for downloads? Feedback on our forum is mostly negative – but what do you think?(Louis Wu 13:43:07 UTC)
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Forgotten in the Corner
Siliconera has a bunch of photos of a 360 Kiosk in Japan (including one during a sad, sad ODST promotion) – I guess those Japanese really don’t care about 360s.(Louis Wu 13:42:27 UTC)
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Podtacular 210: Halo Waypoint
Download | Shownotes
So the podcast that was supposed to come out two weeks ago is finally done and up. This week we address Halo Waypoint: a portal from 343 Industries to get the latest news in the Halo Universe and get the lowdown on you Halo career stats. We had a lot of submissions with a lot of different opinions about the different things on the portal. Let’s just say that Halo Legends gets a lot of attention in this episode. Thanks to obsidianchao for being our guest this week. Enjoy.
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Podtacular 210: Halo Waypoint
Download | Shownotes
So the podcast that was supposed to come out two weeks ago is finally done and up. This week we address Halo Waypoint: a portal from 343 Industries to get the latest news in the Halo Universe and get the lowdown on you Halo career stats. We had a lot of submissions with a lot of different opinions about the different things on the portal. Let’s just say that Halo Legends gets a lot of attention in this episode. Thanks to obsidianchao for being our guest this week. Enjoy.
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Anger, Sadness and Envy Episode 12: Miscellany
Blackstar of Blackstar Productions and Narcogen of Bungie fansite Rampancy.net wrap up some loose ends from Halo 3 and look forward to Halo 3: ODST.
Also in this episode: special guests, Bungie’s official #1 fan, Miguel “Freewill” Chavez of Bungie fansite Bungie Sightings and Cody Miller of High Speed Halo.
Show highlights:
- Is Halo Too Easy?
- Why ODST is Better than Halo 3
- VISR, VISR Burning Bright
- Campaign Forge
- Best Confrontation
- It’s Not Easy Being ODST
- Fade to White
- Reaching For Higher Difficulty
- Retconning Reach in Advance
- Halo 3 Warthog Run
- Foe Hammer
- Forerunners == Humans
- Babysitter
- Parting Shots
This is the enhanced AAC version of the podcast; however, as this episode doesn’t cover any specific campaign level it has no additional podcast art. Podcast art makes a return in the next episode, covering the first two levels of Halo 3: ODST, the first area in Mombasa Streets and Tayari Plaza.
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Orbital Drop Shock Trooper (Hard)
Here is a transcription of Orbital Drop Shock Trooper from Halo 3: ODST.
Credits to Benjamin Bergem aka. The Halo-Dragon for his transcription of this song (http://rampancy.net/blog/HaloDragon/28/11/2009/Orbital_Drop_Shock_Troopers), as I relied rather heavily on his version for the middle section (specifically, bars 69-111, which is almost identical to his version).
This version attempts to incorporate more of the orchestral parts.
The midi took quite a bit of fiddling with dynamics and articulation, but I think it turned out pretty well this time.
As always, pedaling, dynamics and articulation are left to the pianist’s discretion, the sheet music is just a guideline.
Share and enjoy!
6 Dec 09: Slightly edited.
9 Dec 09: Edited again.Difficulty: Quite Hard
Attachment includes:
- Sheet music (.pdf)
- Midi sequence (.mid)
- Finale Notation file (.mus, .bak)
Please rate and comment!
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A Certain Sense of Movement
Bill O’Brien sort of sits down with us to sketch out his animation process.
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Arm the Flag 6v6 Tourney (Canceled)
For those looking for some Halo action, the guys over at Arm the Flag is having a 6v6 tourney on December 12th. We are going to enter a team, but we need a few more people to fill out our roster. If you are interested in signing up, go visit our forums. Details about the tourney can be found here. Happy Fragging.
UPDATE: The Tourney has been canceled due to lack of interest. It will be replaced with a clan match instead.
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Rain for Piano (partial)
This is an extended part not found in “Another Rain”. Benjamin Bergem’s transcription can be used for the rest of the song: http://rampancy.net/blog/HaloDragon/05/10/2009/Another_Rain. After the second “all alone” alto sax solo, insert this music, and then cut back to “Another Rain”. Finale Notepad wouldn’t allow me to have two bass clefs in the staff, so the top line is in treble clef, but should be played an octave lower (8vb). Here’s a video of how I played it: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9_0-pDpc20o. The zip file contains a Finale Notepad file and a PDF.
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