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Monday, July 24, 2006 |  |
Horror Scope.
Stuntmutt takes a look at a common XBL-related phobia in today's One One Se7en. If you were scared you were going to go a whole Monday without your corn fix, thank Coolpengwn. (If you're saddened that you ALMOST made it to Tuesday without this, blame Coolpengwn.) (Louis Wu 21:56:59 UTC) (permalink)
The Red Courtesy Phone
And another Halo 2 egg bites the dust. There's been a pretty wild hunt for the last few days over at High Impact Halo; Ducain has summarized the process, and the findings, in this forum thread. it's pretty obvious that this is a real easter egg - but it's always good to confirm these things with Bungie. Jaime Griesemer, Halo 2's Campaign Design Lead, had this to say:
I wondered when someone was going to find this one. Technically, the skull isn't necessary, it just makes it easier. Otherwise you have to play the entire mission without getting shot a single time. I should probably thank Joe [Staten] for getting Ron Perlman to record such a goofy line.
Unfortunately, I don't get the prize for the 'Best Hidden Egg' this time...
Playing through Cairo Station without getting shot seems... impossible, actually, so it's pretty nice that getting the Thunderstorm skull confuses the script, otherwise this would never have been triggered. More intriguing, though, is that last line... it means you guys have missed at least one egg! The referenced HIH thread contains links to HIH-hosted copies of the relevant media, but in the interest of global access, we're putting up more flavors; Original WMP9 vid (7.1 mb) | QuickTime vid (6.9 mb) | mp3 of audio egg (95 kb). Thanks once again to the HIH community; you guys rock! (Louis Wu 19:26:46 UTC) (permalink)
Mastering the Art of the Tease
MTV has an article today about how secrecy is both a necessity and a publicity tool for video game manufacturers - and Frank O'Connor, of Bungie Studios, is their prime evidence. Great read. Frankie, of course, broke the story. (Louis Wu 17:20:42 UTC) (permalink)
Nylund on Inspiration
Interesting - Dry Ice posted a note on our forum with a subject line guaranteed to rile the masses (I almost got annoyed when I saw it) - but the content is pretty solid stuff! Eric Nylund's latest blog post talks about ways to get yourself writing again - and one of the anecdotes he shares discusses a heavy influence on the first Halo novel. I have to admit, it's been a long time since I saw that movie... time for a Blockbuster run? (While you're there, read Eric's reasoning on why he won't answer Halo universe questions. He's not kidding about the monkeys.) (Louis Wu 13:03:55 UTC) (permalink)
Monday Morning Art Flood
I didn't clear out the queue, but there are 20 new desktop images in the Wallpaper section (27, if you count variants) - we'll get there! Check 'em out. (Louis Wu 12:52:19 UTC) (permalink)
MediaGamers 2v2 Tourney
Nexus Beat sent us word of a 2v2 tourney being run by a forum member of MediaGamers.com - swing by this thread to read the rules. No prize yet - but they're working on it. (Louis Wu 11:54:47 UTC) (permalink)
ClanSpeak
XerxdeeJ takes a hard look at clans, and what they mean for online play, in the lastest Tied the Leader discussion. Always nice when we get a heads-up in our forum! (Louis Wu 11:33:29 UTC) (permalink)
Blind Men and Elephants
Narcogen has taken the latest Halo Story Page update as a jumping-off place for speculation - some good thoughts about the Halo 3 trailer in there! Give it a read. (Louis Wu 11:18:23 UTC) (permalink)
Final Boss, Karma on top at MLG Chicago
It's all over but the writeups - MLG Chicago finished up yesterday, with Final Boss beating out Storm Ventures (twice) for the 4v4 win, and Karma holding on to his 1v1 winning streak. Full brackets are here. The full writeup of the 4v4 finals should be interesting - we'll let you know when it's up! Thanks to 3Suns for the multiple notices. Update: full 4v4 writeup is now here. Great read! Thanks, 3Suns. (Louis Wu 11:03:36 UTC) (permalink)
Sunday's news in brief:
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Comedy Skit Series Ep 2 The Crumpet Speaks CGI Recap at AMN H3DA looks at the HGN HGN Goodies QuickTactical's WMM Tutorial The End Has No End |
Saturday's news in brief:
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Monthly Halo Comic - Summer 2007 Tetris Forever The Kings of Midship meet the Lords of Lockout Johnson Speaks. Who will end up on top? JENGA! |
