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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
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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
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Tyrant’s Mythic Tips and Tricks – Volume II (plus)
Daniel ‘Tyrant’ Morris sent word of Tyrant’s Mythic Tips & Tricks – Volume II – five tricks that can make speedruns or LASO runs far more feasible for mere mortals like you and me. Winter Contingency, Exodus, ONI Sword Base, and the Package just got a bit easier! And while we’re on the subject of Mythic news, check out Quad Nightfall, a run Tyrant did with Michael Archer, Leumas Loch, and X Factor 51. It’s not the first Quad Mythic run of this level (MATCLAN and friends completed it last week), but all players stay together – great teamwork! Worth a watch – it’s only 5 minutes long.(Louis Wu 14:30:52 UTC)
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Halo: Faith Updates
Hitmonchan collected a bunch of new links about the Halo: Faith project – but he didn’t get around to posting them to our front page. I guess I’m gonna scoop him with his own work. Check out some concept art of Hunters in action (we pointed out the model a few days ago), an interview with one of the Faith actors, and a call for Visual Effects Artists – they’re churning along! Go explore.(Louis Wu 14:01:00 UTC)
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The Grif Cannon
CruelLEGACEY sent word of The Grif Cannon, a weapon envisioned by RvB’s Sarge that could use Spartans as… well, bullets. Still needs work.(Louis Wu 14:00:30 UTC)
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Hannaford’s Concept Art Collection Grows
Quirel was the first to tell us about new updates at Isaac Hannaford’s blog – check out some early Spartan concepts, and a tie-in with a current DARPA starship challenge!(Louis Wu 13:59:35 UTC)
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Loving Tribute
Today, I received a pretty cool sculpture in the mail – fansites can leave such a strong imprint on their creators that they want to honor the memory with a gorgeous piece of custom art. High Impact Halo will not be forgotten, for at least as long as my Halo shelf is visible…(Louis Wu 21:19:11 UTC)
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10th Anniversary Halo Art Book
Last month, we mentioned ‘The Art of Building Worlds’, a new Halo art book. Today, Halo Waypoint has more information about the book – looking forward to this! Thanks, CaptainTony.(Louis Wu 21:12:45 UTC)
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20 Sides of Nerd: Futon Computing
Marissa’s Dad, of Marissa’s Bunny fame (have you visited recently?), recently had Halcylon (once of the Hawty McBloggy forums, now working for Bungie) on the 20 Sides of Nerd podcast – interesting discussion! Go listen. (If you want to hear the rest of the podcasts in the series, you can find the full list on iTunes.)(Louis Wu 20:55:21 UTC)
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I Dream Of Mickey
cellxz wanted to show off a very cool project that he worked on: an ODST-themed Dreamscene/screensaver. Check it out and then let him know what you think!(GrimBrother One 17:25:53 UTC)
The latest news about the Halo series of games from Microsoft
