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Mega Bloks 10th Anniversary Floodgate
TCKaos noticed a Toys R Us exclusive Mega Bloks item, coming soon – a 10th Anniversary Floodgate (odd, since Floodgate is from Halo 3, which is really only coming up on its 4th anniversary…). Should be available soon, if not now.(Louis Wu 14:11:21 UTC)
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Signs on the Floor
Stephen Loftus sent along a bunch of the directional locator signs from Cairo Station (in Halo 2) and Crow’s Nest/Rat’s Nest (in Halo 3). You’ll find them in his Signs of Halo collection, starting on page 6.(Louis Wu 14:03:59 UTC)
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Arby ‘n’ the Chief: ‘A Scientific Fax’
The latest Arby ‘n’ the Chief is another Hypermail episode – most of the mail is making fun of the Chief. Thanks, Mr Wezzle.(Louis Wu 13:44:40 UTC)
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Halo: Faith – FAITHception
The Sparbiter let us know that a new track from the Halo: Faith soundtrack has been released – swing by YouTube to hear it.(Louis Wu 13:42:42 UTC)
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Haunting up the house
Bierwiser painted the Haunted Helmet from Reach on his basement wall – check out the pics in this post!(Louis Wu 13:41:24 UTC)
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Killer Instinct
MLGPro.com has published an interview with Instinct, the winners of MLG Columbus – go read to see what the team thought of the tournament, of each other, and how they see things going forward!(Louis Wu 13:34:07 UTC)
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Anger Sadness and Envy Ep 23
Narcogen let us know that the latest episode of Anger Sadness and Envy (Rampancy.net’s podcast) is now live – Narc, Blackstar, and Cody Miller discuss the Halo: CE Anniversary edition, and whether it will be worth purchasing (for each of them). Interesting talk!(Louis Wu 13:26:23 UTC)
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Anger, Sadness and Envy Episode 23: Halo Anniversary
Narcogen, Blackstar and Cody Miller take a break from looking at the levels of Halo: Reach to discuss 343 Industries’ recent announcement of Halo: Combat Evolved Anniversary, a high definition re-issue of the first Halo game, scheduled for release in November of 2011 in time for the ten year anniversary of the first game’s release.
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Blow Me Away – in-game instrumental
Stephen Loftus liked the Blow Me Away instrumental you can hear in-game in Halo 2 so much, he combined a few different pieces into a decent-length song (2 minutes, actually). If you want a copy of this, you can grab it from us (.mp3 format, 1.8 mb).(Louis Wu 23:09:41 UTC)
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Custom Halo 4 Figure – for Cheap(er)
Kaidon stopped in to announce a summer sale on his current inventory – knock 30% off the prices he’s had to this point. Not bad! (If you buy in the first week, you also get free shipping.)(Louis Wu 23:06:37 UTC)
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Twin bridges megabattle with 64 covies
Rockslider is back with another megabattle – he’s fighting against 64 covies on Assault in the Control Room. Really awesome looking fun – this is as close to Firefight as you’re gonna get in the original Halo! Go see.(Louis Wu 20:51:38 UTC)
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PGCR: Halo CE Anniversary Special
Robowski sent word that the Halo CE Anniversary Special of Postgame Carnage Report went live a couple of weeks ago – swing by to listen to their discussion! 90 minutes long, available for streaming or download.(Louis Wu 20:46:01 UTC)
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The Signs! They’ve Returned!
Stephen Loftus dug out Illustrator again – check his Signs collection for a new batch of Civilian and UNSC images! (New civilian signs start on page 3, while new UNSC signs show up on page 6.)(Louis Wu 15:30:40 UTC)
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Making Pretty Pictures
Hedgemony plans to post pictures all week to celebrate Bungie’s anniversary – today’s batch has some really amazing pics from Halo 3 and Reach. Go look!(Louis Wu 15:28:55 UTC)
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Blow Me Away Returns
Gravemind found a new version of ‘Blow Me Away’, being released for a Breaking Benjamin retrospective. It’s similar, but not the same, as the version from Halo 2 – if you want to hear a version with some great vocals from Valora’s Sydnee Duran, take a look!(Louis Wu 15:27:14 UTC)
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Classy Reach Work
Artem Volchik was a vehicle and weapon artist for Halo: Reach, and recently posted some of his work on Polycount.com. Awesome views of the Focus Rifle, the Concussion Rifle, and more! Thanks to Vladimir Kuksenko for the first heads-up, and to Hedgemony for the forum thread and the link to Ken Taya’s tweet.(Louis Wu 15:26:29 UTC)
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Last one out, get the lights
ElzarTheBam put together a video tribute to Bungie, using scenery shots from Reach. Reminding me of Jamie98’s Oh So Beautiful series, this takes a gentle look at the charm that is Reach. Check it out!(Louis Wu 16:42:46 UTC)
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Headhunters 2
Over at Halo Waypoint, Headhunters 2 has been posted (thanks, CaptainTony). Amazing how much damage a single pair of Spartans can do… but things are set up nicely for Episode 3!(Louis Wu 16:19:58 UTC)
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Structure
Jmacz + The Rev provided the gameplay for a montage called “Structure”, while Envious provided the editing. I’m not usually a huge fan of heavily-edited montages – but this one’s got some interesting techniques, and isn’t overly long. Go watch! (Louis Wu 14:47:43 UTC)
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