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A look back at a fun year
CruelLEGACEY is celebrating the first anniversary of his site – swing by for a retrospective!(Louis Wu 15:16:59 UTC)
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The Lost 15th Skull
kornman00 discovered evidence that there WAS a 15th skull in Halo Anniversary – it was related to the sound code’s logic. (kornman thinks it might have been an attempt at an IWHBYD skull.) It wasn’t actually included in the final product – but it’s interesting to see that it HAD been planned for, once!(Louis Wu 15:14:25 UTC)
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Halo: Out With a Whimper Update
KWDzero stopped in last night to let us know about an update to Halo: Out With a Whimper, the fan-created 2D sidescroller. Swing by for the latest details – it’s looking great! (Louis Wu 15:13:51 UTC)
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Now THAT’S a heckuva statue.
Congratulations to mikimarquez – he won a Spanish contest by showing off his Halo collection (pics below, plus a video showing off his Halo DLC, and a blog devoted to Halo. The grand prize – a life-sized sculpture of the ODST Rookie (here it is, wrapped, next to its winner), might cause some strife – apparently, miki’s girlfriend doesn’t want the statue in the house because it’s too big! Oh, the problems some fans have… 🙂
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Good Soldiers, and Bad
There are other great videos available this weekend at Halo Waypoint: RvB MIA Episode 4 is live – the Blues and the Reds form an uneasy alliance… and a hilarious moment from a very early RvB season is evoked. When you’re through with that, Impact’s Adrenaline wants to give you tips on scoring flags fast while playing CTF Countdown. Go watch! (Louis Wu 18:53:09 UTC)
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Mission: Leave No Man Behind REDUX
Firestorm12 sent word that Halopen has remade ‘Mission: Leave No Man Behind’, one of its first machinima pieces, to celebrate its 6th birthday. (You can see the original here, for comparison.)(Louis Wu 18:51:05 UTC)
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Aftermath (and Flushing Toilet)
Timgie stopped in to let people know about Aftermath, a new Halo 3 machinima he’s put together. Poignant. (He’s also got a new episode of Reach Customz up, focusing on a pretty fun-looking gametype – but this one was only announced at Halo Waypoint.)(Louis Wu 18:44:35 UTC)
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For the Alliance
Ty Coker stopped by to let us know that SYNAW Season 2 Episode 4 is now up – heavy use of invis. Go watch!(Louis Wu 18:38:52 UTC)
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HCEA Let’s Play! Part 1
Time Glitch has a series called ‘Let’s Play’ – he’s now applying it to Halo Anniversary. You can go watch him play through The Pillar of Autumn – with commentary. Check it out!(Louis Wu 18:35:47 UTC)
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CMT SPv3: Truth and Reconciliation
The Custom Map Team released a video recently showing off their newest reworking of Truth and Reconciliation – it looks amazing in the Halo Custom Edition engine! Thanks, wwm0nkey. (Louis Wu 13:54:42 UTC)
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A Sucker Cannon
MASSAIKUR figured out the REAL reason CruelLEGACEY built his ‘Grif Cannon’ for the Playtime machinima series… go watch. (Louis Wu 13:51:17 UTC)
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Bungie Community Ride Along
DeeJ has instituted a new feature at Bungie.net – the Community Ride Along is sort of like the older Halo Humpday Challenges – except instead of playing AGAINST Bungie, community members are playing WITH them. Looks like fun! Go check out the writeup of the first such event, involving the B.net Forum Ninjas.(Louis Wu 13:48:09 UTC)
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Sackboy Master Chief
Beckx stopped by with a pic he took in Little Big Planet 2 – what a wonderful costume he found!(Louis Wu 13:41:16 UTC)
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Achievement Guide – Leave It Where It Lay
RC Master put together a new Achievement guide for the Anniversary achievement “Leave It Where It Lay” – complete Two Betrayals on Legendary without picking up a new weapon. He uses the Bandanna skull, so if you’re looking for a guide that shows you how to do this while conserving ammo and grenades, you’ll have to look elsewhere – but it’s a non-trivial challenge even WITH infinite ammo. Watching this guide can help you plan out where the baddies are waiting for you, and what techniques work on specific areas. Take a look!(Louis Wu 13:30:55 UTC)
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Friday’s Fan Fiction
Just a pair of new pieces in the Fan Fiction section this week – go read!(Louis Wu 13:17:30 UTC)
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A look ahead
Computer and Video Games has put together a summary of what we know so far about Halo 4 – and compares it to the beginning of Star Wars’ second trilogy. Here’s hoping that particular comparison is offbase.(Louis Wu 12:13:03 UTC)
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Yes, he just entered his own brain.
Hedgemony is back, posting Samurai Fronk Episode 3, pages 1-10. Bad puns and insane mind techniques – what’s not to love? (Louis Wu 12:11:21 UTC)
The latest news about the Halo series of games from Microsoft
