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Domino’s Grab Bag Giveaways, Round 12
Domino Theory has expanded the scope of his giveaways – you now get to pick what you’ll receive, if you win! It’s an embarrassment of riches. (Nothing’s stopping you from entering both Domino’s giveaway and Devin’s giveaway… HBO is just your one-stop-shop for free stuff these days!)(Louis Wu 14:59:31 UTC)
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On Design-Centric Game Criticism
There’s a discussion about game criticism at PopMatter’s Moving Pixels, talking about how game design commentary can be useful even to those who haven’t played the game if done right. Halo is used as an example. Great read!(Louis Wu 14:58:17 UTC)
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Social Infection Forge Contest
Hey You is running a Forge competition for Infection maps – you can read all the details in this group post on Bungie.net. Deadline is Halloween, and prizes include Live subscriptions, avatar codes, and more. Check it out!(Louis Wu 14:57:33 UTC)
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Tag and Release: Falcon
Geez. Almost missed yesterday’s Tag and Release feature on Bungie.net – which would have been a shame, since there are some epic Falcon pics. Go look!(Louis Wu 14:57:07 UTC)
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Always a Bridesmaid
Elnea reminded us that she’d updated Halo Action Figure theater this weekend – it’s a little… disturbing. Spartan Bride magazine, though, is amazing.(Louis Wu 14:55:37 UTC)
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Game For A Cure
spankysully stopped in to announce a Halo Reach tournament being run to raise money for cancer research. $20 per team to enter, tourney happens at the end of November. Go sign up!(Louis Wu 14:54:35 UTC)
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Fails of the Weak, Volume 3
ZZoMBiE13 sent word that Achievement Hunter’s Fails of the Weak Volume 3 is now online – Jack and Geoff look at clips of bad luck (and bad playing). The Elite Slayer fail on Cage made me laugh out loud.(Louis Wu 14:54:09 UTC)
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Sneaky…
Ever wonder how Bungie put a Skirmisher on the roof of the first building in Winter Contingency… but never let you see it? (It shows up on your motion sensor, and you can HEAR it… but you can’t see it.) Heh… they cheated. Thanks, Cuban Legend.(Louis Wu 14:53:25 UTC)
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AH: Left 4 Dead 2's No Mercy port
The new DLC “The Sacrifice” is available for both Left 4 Dead 1 and 2 and is identical on both, but has a special bonus for the L4D2ers. It comes with a port of Left 4 Dead 1’s No Mercy map. You can play the campaign map as the original survivors, which is pretty damn cool. I went ahead and made this video, comparing it to the original, just to see if there are any noticeable difference. Check it out.
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Reach Epilogue – Spartans Never Die
Here is Epilogue from the Halo Reach Official Sound Track. It is only the beginning part that is actually played on the piano that I have transcribed and no I will not be attempting to finish the rest. If there is another transcriber out there who would be willing to do so feel free to use this as your starting point. This song is really easy to play and shouldn’t take you any more than a few minutes to learn. And so without further ado I bid you farewell and enjoy the sheet music.
Folder contents:
Halo Reach Epilogue.midi
Halo Reach Epilogue.mus (Finale Printmusic 2011)
Halo Reach Epilogue.pdfNote: Just a heads up to everybody. I’m having a few problems trying to put Birth of a Spartan on Finale. The tempo of the song keeps randomly speeding up on me and I havent found a way around it yet so it might not be up as quick as I had hoped it would. I’ll finish it up and post the pdf within the week and I’ll try to get up the midi and mus as soon as I figure out how to solve the problem.
UPDATE: Revised sheet music and replaced old files.
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More Challenge Goodness
Thanks to Sorahn’s snazzy work, our forum is now sporting a cool little block at the top, showing the day’s challenges in an easy-to-digest format. w00t! Update: now it’s prettier, thanks to HawaiianPig.(Louis Wu 22:55:12 UTC)
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Give Them Props.
Ever felt naked without air support? Stuntmutt examines the phenomenon in today’s One One Se7en. (That’s probably the only time you can put ‘naked’ and ‘Stuntmutt’ in close proximity and not need to wash your mind.)(Louis Wu 20:01:47 UTC)
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New 343i Podcast with Greg Bear
According to David Ellis’ Twitter feed, a new podcast from 343i will go live tonight or tomorrow – and it will have David and Frankie talking to Greg Bear about Halo: Cryptum. Sounds like something to wait for! Thanks, GrimBrother One. (Louis Wu 19:53:13 UTC)
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Halo Reach Stats – Android App (Progress)
Mad Cow’s been working on a Reach Stats app for the Android phone – you can see how it works in this video. A bare-bones list of what’s in progress, what’s already in there, and an interface for leaving feedback can be found at his website. You can grab a copy at the Android Marketplace under “Halo Reach Stats” by LOLDEV, LLC. The music playing in that video might just be the first Halo: Reach fan music, created by longtime Bungie fan SilverBrin. This is looking (and sounding) great!(Louis Wu 19:51:21 UTC)
The latest news about the Halo series of games from Microsoft
