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Saturday, May 12, 2007 |  |
The de facto face of Bungie talks to Joystiq
Joystiq interviewed Frank O'Connor yesterday at the Halo 3 Beta press event - it's a fun read. Mostly beta stuff, but they certainly get into a few other subjects (Halo movie, Shigeru Miyamoto, Luke Smith...). Go read. Thanks, White Rabbit. (Louis Wu 18:26:01 UTC) (permalink)
Shirley You Jest
Mister Froggy sent word of Halo, Articulated #38 - he says "Master Chief proves he isn't too smart". Um, yeah. (Louis Wu 18:17:57 UTC) (permalink)
Pelican Tooling
Mid7night posted a couple of movies of his X-Plane Pelican flying around inside (and outside) a Marathon-class cruiser - cool stuff! (Louis Wu 18:13:37 UTC) (permalink)
That's not MY friend.
Wow, this is TOTALLY absurd. Some people have decided to sell their friends and family invites (yes, the ones that got them into the beta 5 days before the rest of the world) on eBay - this one is going for $910 right now, and the auction doesn't even end until 24 hours after the seller could have actually started playing. Someone's willing to pay $1000 to play Halo 4 days earlier than he otherwise could... that makes me sad. I don't know if there are rules about selling F&F invites... but I think there should be. It's 'Friends and Family', after all; there's something... not nice about turning that into a profit. (Thanks to serpx for the link, and skum4182 for the thread.) (Louis Wu 13:59:11 UTC) (permalink)
Dean Takahashi talks Halo 3 with Sketch
In San Francisco, Dean Takahashi snagged Brian Jarrard for an interview between fragging sessions - read the result in his blog. (Louis Wu 13:52:07 UTC) (permalink)
Halo 3 Zune
Gizmodo posted pics of the new Zune Halo 3 Special Edition - thanks to MarkHawk, via email, and sorahn, on our forum, for the heads-up. (Louis Wu 13:50:41 UTC) (permalink)
The first Halo 3 Beta Easter Egg?
whiteraven found an easter egg in the Halo 3 beta - maybe the first? If you use your binoculars, you'll string of binary code on the edge - this translates to 'Dave', the designer of the interface. Nice find! (No, marathon symbols visible on the AR don't count - they've been seen already.)
(Louis Wu 13:48:28 UTC) (permalink)
UNSCDF is back
Major Silva pointed out that UNSCDF is back up and running - with a boatload of new content. You can find a summary - and links - in his forum post.
(Louis Wu 13:46:15 UTC) (permalink)
Halo3-based HUD concept
BOLL was hit with inspiration, and created a concept HUD for Halo 3 - very, very cool. Go read his rationale, and look at the final product! (Louis Wu 13:44:30 UTC) (permalink)
X-Plane Sparrowhawk, revisited
There was other news yesterday, too. DuBbLe wrote up a summary of his Sparrowhawk in X-Plane, complete with pictures and movies, for example. Check it out. (Louis Wu 13:43:04 UTC) (permalink)
Halo 3 Press Kit
If you're realiy into screenshots, grab the Halo 3 Press Kit from Xbox.com - it's nearly 700 mb, because it contains ridiculously high-res pictures (6400x3600) in uncompressed TIFF format. They are oh, so pretty, though... thanks to Metapfhor, who provided a link in his forum post. (Louis Wu 13:39:07 UTC) (permalink)
Nerf vehicles lolz
The Bungie Weekly Update got posted last night, by Luke Smith, who got left behind in Seattle as SketchFactor and Frankie hobnobbed with the press in San Francisco and New York, respectively. Nice interview - and a link to new screenshots on Bungie.net, lots of 'em. You can, of course, read it in our Weekly Update Archive. (Louis Wu 13:37:05 UTC) (permalink)
Beta Info Deluge
There is more Halo 3 Beta coverage out there than anyone can read or watch, I think - you can find videos at Xboxyde, Gamespot, Kotaku, there's a roundup at Gearheads of War (thanks, 3Suns), dogsounds wrote a review, 1Up wrote a preview (thanks, LoneRanger 2.5), Dean Takahashi wrote an impressions article... there are hundreds and hundreds more out there, this is a tiny taste of what you can find. (I'm pretty sure I won't be able to keep up on all of it, so after this post, you're on your own.) Get to reading!
(Louis Wu 13:32:20 UTC) (permalink)
There goes the rest of my free time!
The big news today? Well the Halo 3 MP beta was previewed today for the press and industry, and for folks that are lucky enough and got into the Friends & Family program, you get an extra week of gameplay before everyone else (Crackdown owners, etc.) gets their hands on the beta. Kiss your *own* friends and family goodbye as you get sucked into Halo 3 gameplay! (Ding 00:35:56 UTC) (permalink)
Friday's news in brief:
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New videos at MLG With Friends And Family LIke These... I Voted For Palpatine Friday's Fanfic And... one more. The things people do for charity Betalicious |
Thursday's news in brief:
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Halo: Contact Harvest 4 million in NA alone? Wonga. European release for H2V pushed to June Stat Reset/Playlist Update Hired Gun Head Talks Halo 2 |
