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A good price on ODST
Nice – Buy.com’s price on Halo 3: ODST has dropped to $43.24, with free shipping. If you don’t have a copy, this is a great deal! Thanks, Chairhome.(Louis Wu 15:33:21 UTC)
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Hidden Treasures on Bungie.net
So I was cleaning out my office this weekend, and I ran across a copy of The Official Xbox Magazine that I don’t think I ever read. It’s the June 2009 issue, and one of the cover teasers is ‘The Halo You’ll Never Play!’ It’s an article about Allen Murray’s GDC 2009 presentation – and it included info I didn’t remember seeing before. (We’d mentioned the talk a few times – IGN posted a pair of articles on March 26, and Kotaku posted one on the same day – but none of them contained pictures of ‘Guardian Forest‘, the level that got cut from Halo 3, or of the Guardian itself, a new enemy with a laser in its chest that you could steal and use. (The OXM article included pictures, and made me hunt some more.) It turns out Bungie’s posted Murray’s PowerPoint slides on their Publications page, back on March 31 – and we neglected to mention it! (The images linked above were extracted from that presentation.) If you haven’t perused the full publications list… you should. They are fascinating glimpses inside the development of Bungie’s games… and there are some real gems buried inside as background art, as well.(Louis Wu 13:30:23 UTC)
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Fan-designed Elite Armor
Jensen stopped by with a newly-envisioned Elite armor – he calls it ‘tank armor’, with weapons integrated into the suit. Read his post for rationale behind the suit – along with a whole bunch of in-progress renders. Great stuff!(Louis Wu 12:38:32 UTC)
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Warthog Launch, Revisited
Heh – looks like ODST might have some of the same tricking opportunities that Halo did – there seems to be plenty of places where death/soft barriers don’t apply. Check out this hog launch to the top of one of the skyscrapers on Uplift Reserve. Thanks, Ducain.(Louis Wu 12:37:26 UTC)
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Those guys ain’t gonna stop…
Some discussion was raised on our forum yesterday about the possibility that the F-99 Wombat (the unmanned drone that Bry’s been taking wonderful pictures of) might not be built to scale, since it’s not really intended to be seen up-close. Bry confirmed that the version in the cutscene is the same size as the ones in-game (it is), and Omega used pan-cam coordinates to calculate some actual dimensions… and yep, it looks like it was built to scale. Nice!(Louis Wu 12:32:53 UTC)
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Prepare To Drop for Piano, Alto Sax
Rampancy.net user shadeslayer has posted an arrangement for ODST’s Prepare to Drop for Piano and Alto Sax, in Notepad format. You must be logged in to R.net to see the download link.(Louis Wu 12:28:35 UTC)
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KOXM Interview with Marty O’Donnell
Hedgemony pointed out that the latest KOXM podcast (the podcast of OXM magazine) has an interview with Marty O’Donnell – it’s a pretty interesting discussion that ranges from how Marty got into the industry, to how the music for ODST came about. The actual interview itself is about 40 minutes long, starting at about 22:30, but Marty sticks around for a trivia game once the interview is over. You’ll learn something! (Louis Wu 12:24:28 UTC)
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UK gamers have dropped.
Over in the UK, ODST has topped the sales charts – not just for Xbox games, but for ALL games. You go, girl.(Louis Wu 12:23:54 UTC)
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AH: More Wet videos
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Hey what’s up Achievement Hunter, I totally forgot to post these Wet videos the other day, but better late than never! Monkey Collectibles (Monkeys 21-30) and Monkey Collectibles (Monkeys 31-45)will help you finish off your quest for the Monkey Obsessed achievement.
I also went ahead and did a walkthrough for the Graphic Violence achievement as well, which you can watch right here
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RT: RT ODST Leaderboard
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[UPDATED] In the spirit of competition, I’m going to extend the contest another week. Email Contest [at] Roosterteeth.com to submit a new score.
1) 1,036,104 fMoL
2) 708,619 YOUR TEAM NAME
3) 597,024 The Man Cannons
4) 378,808 MooCow’s Homies
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Alas…
A fond farewell…
For the last twenty-some-odd months, the staff of Ascendant Justice – Vociferous and Cocopjojo – has enjoyed bringing various Halo observations to this site; observations which were, in many ways, simply extensions of our own pre-existing conversations. The rich fiction of Halo begs a deeper understanding, and its vast universe, a more profound excercise of exploration. And for this reason, this site as an outward facing paradigm of those conversations has been a great blessing to both of us.
Furthermore, Jironimo’s leadership, both financially and with the site’s overall design and objective, has been irreplaceable. We’re not entirely certain what his future plans are for the site or its existing content, but his commitment to the staff throughout the Ascendant Justice endeavour has been thorough and well appreciated. Thank you, Ivan!
So it comes with some level of sadness that both of us will now part ways with Ascendant Justice. Not long ago, an opportunity emerged which allowed us to work with 343 Industries on an experience known as Halo Waypoint. While we can’t fully reveal our capacity with this project, we can say that Microsoft recognizes our readers’ interest in this site and the passion and love which encompasses that readership base – and for this reason, we owe you, our readers, the most appreciation.
Without you, there would be no Ascendant Justice, nor would there ever need to be one. So thank you for the attention you’ve provided to our site and we look forward to offering the same level of deference and respect to the franchise on Halo Waypoint as we have done on Ascendant Justice.
– Vociferous & Cocopjojo
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RT: Choco-bored
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It’s sad when you get into a rut. I know it’s hard to believe, but sometimes even Gus and I can find ourselves talking about the same things, or around the same things. Video game this, video game that… speaking of video games, I gotta go play ODST. TTYL.
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AH: More Wet videos
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Hey what’s up Achievement Hunter, I totally forgot to post these Wet videos the other day, but better late than never! Monkey Collectibles (Monkeys 21-30) and Monkey Collectibles (Monkeys 31-45)will help you finish off your quest for the Monkey Obsessed achievement.
I also went ahead and did a walkthrough for the Graphic Violence achievement as well, which you can watch right here
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Fun cutscene egg
Jayshum pointed out a youtube vid showing off a pretty cool easter egg in the Epilogue cutscene of Halo 3: ODST – if you want to see it for yourself, simply hold the analogue stick you use to turn (Default is the right stick, but Southpaw is Left) as you watch the cutscene. If it’s too much work to get there again, you can watch the low-quality, filmed-off-the-screen version Jayshum linked to – or you can grab an HD version from us (QuickTime format is 6 mb, WMP9 format is 5.1 mb). Funny stuff! (There are other eggs being turned up – Crymson Nite noticed Trogdor the Burninator, among other things, and Devin Olsen pointed out a ReadyUpLive vid showing a Halo 2 egg that reappeared in Halo 3, and now ODST.)(Louis Wu 18:14:04 UTC)
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Just how big is that drone?
Bry continued his work on the unmanned drone we see in Uplift Reserve – he’s added it to his size chart, comparing it to a Pelican, a Phantom, and a Longsword. Check it out!(Louis Wu 18:12:42 UTC)
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Romeo, Romeo, where are thou sleeping?
Jillybean has been rejuvenated by the release of Halo 3: ODST – and the Halo Story Page is alive once more. Go check out some of the latest speculation! (Spoiler-rich, of course – don’t read this unless you’ve played through the campaign.)(Louis Wu 18:11:49 UTC)
The latest news about the Halo series of games from Microsoft
