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Grunt Birthday
mendicantbias00 is celebrating his birthday today (one day early). Check out his forum post for a shot of the cake his girlfriend made for him. That one’s a keeper, mb!(Louis Wu 20:08:54 UTC)
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Halo 3: Recon Story in OXM UK
Over at NeoGAF, MirageDwarf noticed that there’s a Halo 3: Recon story in the latest issue of OXM (the UK version) – you can swing by their Ezine page for a taste. I think Brian ‘SketchFactor’ Jarrard is going to need to change his name to John Smith, or something – nobody can seem to spell the real one correctly.(Louis Wu 19:54:49 UTC)
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Halo Wars NXE Premium Theme
BenjaminBirdie posted a bunch of Premium Themes screens over at NeoGAF, so you can see what you’re getting into before you drop 250 MS Points. Scroll down a little to see the Halo Wars theme. Thanks, Herr Zrbo. (Louis Wu 19:54:04 UTC)
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BringIt – win cash for playing
Ran across an odd press release – a new service called ‘BringIt‘ will allow you to challenge other gamers to matches in a variety of games (including Halo 3) – you build a challenge, listing how much you want to play for. Others can take up that challenge – winner takes the pot, minus a 10% fee for BringIt. You have to be 18, and it’s only available in certain states – read the rules and the FAQ for full detaiils.(Louis Wu 18:45:24 UTC)
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Charity Auctions – Ending Soon!
My7hos pointed out that his charity auctions are ending this evening – you’ve still got a few hours left, and most things that are up are still pretty cheap. Go see – maybe you can pick up an inexpensive Christmas present for someone! The money you spend will benefit veterans, via the TTL Foundation.(Louis Wu 18:39:42 UTC)
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AH: Saints Row 2: Demolition Man Guide
I hope everyone is having a good Friday. In celebration of the weekend, we’re back with another Saints Row 2 video and this time it’s for Demolition Man, which you unlock for completing all levels of the Demolition Derby activity. This activity only has…
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Halo Wars Assets Surface
Bongo let us know about a thread at Polycount – it was started by DH_, who works at Ensemble. He posted some of the stuff he’s worked on, including a bunch of early Halo Wars stuff. Check out the early version of the Ship AI!(Louis Wu 16:29:00 UTC)
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The Wrecking Crew
RVideo sent along a pair of panoramas, compiled from early portions of The Covenant level. Check out Wrecking Crew 1 and Wrecking Crew 2!(Louis Wu 16:27:46 UTC)
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The Catch
TTL Demag0gue let us know that Reclaimer 114 is now up – I gotta tell you, what the Reclaimer is about to be in for doesn’t sound like a lot of fun.(Louis Wu 16:27:25 UTC)
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Friday Caption Fun, Round 25
Hawty McBloggy has posted another round of Friday Caption Fun – swing by for some of the best of last week’s offerings, and a new (and pretty lewd) shot to caption. Normally, I’d toss my offering in as the title to this post… but lots of people read the RSS feed for this site, and they don’t need that sort of thing showing up on their desktop. (Louis Wu 16:23:42 UTC)
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Friday’s Fan Fiction
Only three new stories this week in the Fan Fiction section… I guess the Doing It Write challenge burned everyone out!(Louis Wu 16:22:29 UTC)
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Fearless leader gets older, wiser
You think Halo is old? Get a hacksaw and count the rings in the meaty part of Mr. Wu’s upper thigh. OK, don’t. But wish the old bloke a happy b-day anyway, willya?(Ding 14:55:30 UTC)
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AH: Mirror's Edge: Hidden Bag Walkthrough Part 2 of 4
Hey Everyone, We’re back again today with part two of our four part “Hidden Bag” walkthrough for the Packrat Achievement in Mirror’s Edge. This one was made with extra love. Click on the above image to see. Also, there will be a community video…
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AH: Saints Row 2: Trickster Achievement Guide
Good afternoon, everyone. Today we’re back with another Saints Row 2 video and this time it’s for Trickster, which you unlock for completing all levels of the Escort activity. Again, by showing the 6th level, that pretty much covers how to beat the previous…
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AH: Community Day: Jumper, Mirror's Edge, Fable 2
Good Lord, Today’s round of Community Videos is presented to you courtesy of Fragger, NewfieKeir, and Tatsudoshi. They’ve provided us some amazing videos of the following: Jumper – Gnoming, Pack Rat Fable 2 – The Teaser Mirror’s Edge – Bag Lady You…
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Bungie – a first-class experience
The ‘Breaking In’ series continues at Bungie.net – urk talks to Pat Jandro, a Cinematic Animator for Bungie, about how he got into the field, and what’s good about the job. (Louis Wu 23:43:39 UTC)
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Zune Pass users get to keep 10 songs indefinitely
Zune Pass users can now download 10 tracks per month in a protection-free MP3 format for permanent ownership, in addition the existing “all you can eat” subscription usage. For $15 a month users can download unlimited music and keep listening to it as long as they pay the monthly fee. Stop paying the fee and you get to keep the 10 songs per month that are a part of your Zune Pass. Each month, Microsoft will credit you with 10 free downloads.
Microsoft is also dropping the price of their flash-based players: The 4GB version will drop to $99, the 8GB model will drop by $10 to $139, and the 16GB model will sell for $179, down from $199.
90% of the Zune Marketplace library is in .mp3 format. The Zune Pass works with some non-Zune devices.
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The latest news about the Halo series of games from Microsoft
