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Prepare to Drop Theme – free for Gold members
If you have an Xbox LIVE Gold membership, you can snag a free ‘Prepare to Drop’ Premium Theme for your dashboard – it’s pretty nice to look at. It’s a limited-time deal (it doesn’t say how limited) – so grab it soon! Thanks to NeoGAF’s Jtyettis for the heads-up.(Louis Wu 14:23:45 UTC)
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Staten and O’Donnell talk to USA Today
USA Today has an interview with Joe Staten and Marty O’Donnell online now – it’s aimed at a pretty general audience, so you might not find anything you don’t already know… but on the other hand, it’s pretty cool to see Joe tying together disparate chunks of the Halo storyline into a cohesive package you might not have considered before this point. And Marty explains the connection between Halo and Miles Davis. Go read!(Louis Wu 13:30:10 UTC)
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What am I, some kind of geographist?
Red vs Blue Recreation Chapter 14 (The Installation) went live last night, as a new chapter does every Monday… but some of us were too busy playing ODST’s campaign to notice. Lots and lots of stuff happens – we’re moving quickly towards a crescendo. TLQ* is quite high in this ep. *Total Laugh Quotient(Louis Wu 12:39:52 UTC)
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Not all markets are depressed
A marketing research fan has found that there’s plenty of room for multiple AAA titles this fall; more than half the people who plan to purchase Halo 3: ODST also plan to purchase Modern Warfare 2. (There are overlaps with other games, as well – the median number of planned game purchases in the next three months among survey participants is three.)(Louis Wu 12:29:00 UTC)
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Joystiq talks to devs
Joystiq has an interview with Microsoft’s Ryan Crosby and Bungie’s Alex Pfeiffer about ODST – lots of basic info, plus how it grew from an expansion into a full-fledged game, how this fits into the Halo universe, where it’s all going, and more. 8 minutes of question and answers – give it a watch!(Louis Wu 12:28:37 UTC)
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Free ODST from PX360
PlanetXbox360 is giving away a copy of ODST – all you have to do to qualify is post 20 times in their forum (and add your name to the specific thread mentioned in the newspost) before Friday. Hey – who doesn’t like free stuff? (Louis Wu 12:28:15 UTC)
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Anger, Sadness and Envy Episode 10: Cortana
Narcogen let us know that the next chapter of ‘Anger, Sadness, and Envy’ (the R.net podcast devoted to discussing Halo 3 campaign levels) is live – Blackstar, Narcogen, and special guest Miguel Chavez discuss the level Cortana. Not a single mention of ODST! (I don’t think…)(Louis Wu 12:27:46 UTC)
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Everybody’s tweetin’…
Yesterday, Willy noticed that ‘ODST’ was in the top 6 Trending Topics on Twitter. This morning… it’s at #2. Me? I think that just means too many Bungie fans use Twitter…(Louis Wu 12:27:19 UTC)
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Save yer stuff!
A quick word of warning, courtesy of Wired Magazine – do NOT forget to save your Campaign progress before jumping into Firefight. (Easy to do, if you’re responding to an invite…) Thanks, Dani. (Louis Wu 12:26:57 UTC)
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Pics for the rest of us
If you missed the official Launch Party in Seattle last night, swing by bungietweets – there are lots of pics.(Louis Wu 12:26:37 UTC)
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Bringin’ it back
Botolf posted a bunch of screenshots over at NeoGAF of an ODST-inspired Halo Custom Edition multiplayer map. (The last one is rather poignant.) The map’s not available yet, so for now it’s just the screenshots – but go look! (It’s not his map, he’s just posting the pics.)(Louis Wu 12:26:11 UTC)
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Minutemen Monday (on Tuesday)
Not to be sidetracked by the release of Halo 3: ODST, Azrael stopped in yesterday with word of a new chapter of Minutemen: The Crucible – swing by his site to read it.(Louis Wu 12:25:54 UTC)
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ODST Panoramas
2good4u2 whipped up a batch of ODST-flavored panoramas – three of them are from Campaign modes (no spoilers), and two are from the new Mythic maps (well, outside of them). Amazing. (Heretic’s skybox is awe-inspiring.)(Louis Wu 12:25:22 UTC)
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ODST stuff from IGN
IGN posted a short (one minute long) montage of Brute fighting in Firefight. (It’s called a ‘Brute Chieftan Montage’ – but most of the action is Brute Leaders or even below.) No spoilers. Thanks, Minime637. While you’re over there, you can take a look at ‘Halo: The Many Looks of the Covenant‘, a guide to the enemies you face in Halo 3: ODST. (Louis Wu 12:24:36 UTC)
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The Length of Firefight?
There’s been a little confusion about how many levels there are in Firefight – are there 99 rounds? More? Less? Bungie’s JonnyOThan stopped in to our forum last night with the opinion that there actually is no limit – but that at some point (likely well beyond where YOU’LL ever get to) the game will stop tracking stats. (It will ‘happily continue’, however.) (Louis Wu 12:22:36 UTC)
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Anger, Sadness and Envy Episode 10: Cortana
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Blackstar of Blackstar Productions and Narcogen of Bungie fansite Rampancy.net cover from beginning to end, the “Cortana” level of Halo 3, discussing art, gameplay, story, and comparisons to Halo 1.
Also in this episode: special guest, Bungie’s official #1 fan, Miguel “Freewill” Chavez.
Show highlights:
- Fans of Halo or fans of Bungie?
- In the Background
- Rampant!
- A Sphincter Door Says What?
- To Hate the Flood is to Love the Flood
- Being OCD in HALO
- Flamethrower vs Flood: Well Done
- Play or Skip?
- Getting Lost
- Sniperflood!
- Rescue on High Charity
- Pillars of Game Design
- Dashboard Cortana vs Hentai Gravemind
- You’ve Saved Me… Who’s Going to Save You?
- Must-See Content
- Anger, Sadness, and Envy
This is the enhanced AAC version of the podcast.
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