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Lipstick on a Pig
Arithmomaniac continues to make our forum more useful – his latest script for your viewing pleasure adds a local timezone to forum posts. No more need to do the math yourself! (He’s also upgraded the more general HBO Forum Enhancer script – it now sports a fancy options box.)(Louis Wu 17:46:12 UTC)
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IGN’s Top Kills: 05.11.11
There’s a new Top 10 Halo Reach Kills vid over at IGN – fun tosee that sometimes the weekly Blame Stosh comes from Top 10 vids, and other times clips for the Top 10 vids come from Blame Stosh. Totally loved the Pro-Pipe bomb carrier kill, and the unlucky Rocket ricochet. Go watch! Thanks, ChrisTheeCrappy.(Louis Wu 17:41:21 UTC)
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Free Tix for Halo: Faith Movie Premiere
Bart Wagner pointed out that the Halo: Faith Facebook page is giving away 200 tickets to the theatrical premiere of the movie (“Locations to be determined”) – if you want in on this, swing by and check out the post!(Louis Wu 16:32:14 UTC)
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Did You Know?
CaneCutter dropped of a pair of videos on our forum that might inspire some creative thinking – check out his New Year’s Eve Ball Drop and a pretty interesting Reach glitch that might be pretty useful!(Louis Wu 14:03:06 UTC)
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Silly user name, fun artwork
SEspider found some nice Halo artwork from DeviantART’s Spank-Me-Elmo – an additional look through her gallery shows off an Arbiter pic, a Spec-Ops Elite, and an Avatar-inspired aviation concept she calls the ‘HawkMoth‘. Go look!(Louis Wu 14:01:26 UTC)
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No Other Marine Remains
Norm Scott from 1UP wanted to share the latest addition to his growing series of “point & click” conversions of popular games. If it’s on this site, you can probably guess what game he’s given the treatment to this time. Very funny, go and check it out!(GrimBrother One 13:01:54 UTC)
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Maptacular
Machinima has a pair of Forge-highlight videos today:- Episode two of “Halo: Reach Top Ten Maps of the Week” spotlights an impressive airplane forge, an air hockey rink and a bridge that reminds me of the Assault on the Control Room.
- The new “Halo Reach Forges” focuses on The Destructaur, an Infection map made by Buddah Crane & Mander A1.
Go watch! (Hitmonchan 19:18:32 UTC)
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More info about Bungie Aerospace begins to bleed out
Little by little, infomation surrounding Bungie Aerospace is bubbling to the surface. GameSpot reports that newly incorporated Bungie Aerospace has trademarked “Crimson.” The trademark filing lists it as “computer game software downloadable from a global computer network.” Sounds like Joseph Staten’s comment about “a world that was always there for you” is becoming clearer. Thanks to NeoGAF’s HiredN00bs for the tip.(Hitmonchan 18:55:10 UTC)
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Jackals of Faith
munky-058 let us know about a new piece of concept art from the Halo: Faith crew, this time a Jackal. Check it out and see what you think!(GrimBrother One 12:38:47 UTC)
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Separating the Goose from her Eggs
CNN has a meaty piece on Halo after Bungie – and Bungie after Halo. Even comes with a short video interview with Frank O’Connor. Go read!(Louis Wu 11:39:03 UTC)
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On Sale, Weta You Like It Or Not
For the next three days, Weta’s Master Chief and Flood sculpture is only $99 (in US dollars) – this is significantly off the normal price of $297. (We last mentioned this sculpture in September 2008, when it was still in the preorder phase.) The silver-plated version brought over $1,800 at auction… this might be your last chance at one of these! (Headline shamelessly stolen from Grim’s now nonexistent double post, because it’s pretty tasty.) (Louis Wu 11:17:12 UTC)
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TFS plays Reach
Ritchie Martin let us know that Team Four Star, the guys behind the Dragon Ball Z Abridged videos, has started playing Halo: Reach with their ‘Let’s Play’ series. You can see a trailer here – or jump right in with the existing videos on their Let’s Play page. Oddness…(Louis Wu 11:16:37 UTC)
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‘The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess’ Mod for Halo: CE
Sweet mother of pearl: M2KLink posted a YouTube video showcasing a “Twilight Princess” map and mod for Halo: CE. The Banshee is a little out of place, but other than that, this is incredible. Zelda customs, anyone?(Hitmonchan 19:30:22 UTC)
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Halo Reach: Top 10 Armor Ability Kills
Episode 21 of Anoj’s “Halo Reach: Top 10” series has some ridiculous armor ability moments. Go watch!(Hitmonchan 19:22:19 UTC)
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Building Worlds – A Look Inside
If you want some samples of the artwork inside ‘The Art of Building Worlds’ (the upcoming Halo art collection), swing by Kotaku – they got a few shots. Nice! Thanks, Steven Carson.(Louis Wu 19:15:25 UTC)
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Tyrant's Mythic Tips & Tricks – Volume II
Tips and tricks from some of the community’s finest Mythic Conquerors.
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Microsoft to Acquire Skype
For everyone that follows the show, you know that we use Skype to talk to each other and record the show. An interesting bit of news came out today that Microsoft has entered into an agreement with Skype to acquire Skype for $8.5 billion (USD). Skype is one of the leading Internet communication services providing free and premium accounts to home and business users. As with all acquisitions, things are bound to change somehow. Question is, will we still get the same great service as we do with Skype right now, and what kind of integration they plan to do with their other services, like Outlook and Messenger.
Microsoft Press Release: http://www.microsoft.com/Presspass/press/2011/may11/05-10CorpNewsPR.mspx
The latest news about the Halo series of games from Microsoft