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Thursday, June 7, 2007 |  |
I thought she was 18, officer.
Black Aye slipped something in my beer last night, and when I woke up, an interview was posted on his website. And then he's brazen enough to post on our forum about it... man, when this hangover goes away, I'm goin' huntin'. (Louis Wu 22:53:07 UTC) (permalink)
That's just way too many kills.
Over on Bungie.net, you'll find an interview with SmokedYeti. Who's SmokedYeti, you ask? Oh, nobody... he's just the first guy to gain 'General' rank in the Halo 3 Beta. Over 20,000 kills (in over 1100 games) - it's unlikely you're gonna catch up to him. Go read why. Thanks again, Vandle Valsher. (Louis Wu 22:48:17 UTC) (permalink)
Pwned List
xMixMasterX pointed out a new stats site - it'll take a while to grab your Halo 3 Beta data, and it's switching back to Halo 2 on June 11, so if you haven't registered yet, you'll be doing it twice in a week... but if you want someplace that can add up all the medals you've gotten in the Beta, this might be the place. (Louis Wu 22:44:15 UTC) (permalink)
War Craft
This week's Halo Humpday Challenge had a bunch of Blizzard guys meeting a bunch of Bungie guys on the field of battle - but not along company lines. They split up every game, making it really hard to tell who was challenging whom (and why). The writeup was just as confusing - though I suppose it might make more sense to someone who, say, has PLAYED some Blizzard games. (Sorry - I've been a little busy.) Thanks, Vandle Valsher. (Louis Wu 22:40:46 UTC) (permalink)
Now a Warthog
Last month, we mentioned a Pelican addon for Microsoft Flight Simulator - gijake noticed that a Warthog has been added to the same page. Check it out! (Louis Wu 22:35:15 UTC) (permalink)
Halo 3 fiddy bux
Blackstar found a pretty nice price for Halo 3 - saves you $10, at least. Check it out! (Louis Wu 22:32:31 UTC) (permalink)
ManCannon Vids Wanted
James "Peench" McCormick, of PreGameLobby.com, let us know that the site is giving away a Halo 3 Beta shirt (one of the green ones from the press event, not the charcoal or brown ones you can buy at the Bungie Store). You have to hurry, though - the contest only lasts until the end of the Beta, this coming Sunday. Swing by their forum for details on what you need to do to win. (Louis Wu 20:00:47 UTC) (permalink)
When Pigs Fly.
Almost forgot to post this - rapture found a version of Halo 2 for a platform nobody ever expected. (Local version of the image, if they happen to fix it.) Nice typo! (Louis Wu 16:56:49 UTC) (permalink)
A Phoenix Tat
This isn't exactly Halo-related... but phoenix.bungie.org is pretty dead, and the Phoenix team DID all move on to work on Halo 2, and it's cool. John Andersen dropped Gholsbane a line (Gholsbane created the original EPS line art that folks messed with to make their phoenix fan art), to let him know that he (John) liked the logo so much he'd gotten it inked on his arm. Looks great! (Louis Wu 14:44:16 UTC) (permalink)
Just Vid It.
Dang. Those High Speed Halo guys are HARDCORE. Check out Full Path Halo - a project designed to see how fast Halo levels can be speedrun... with all baddies being killed. The Halo Vidmaster is finally defined. Thanks, Ducain. (Louis Wu 14:35:40 UTC) (permalink)
Master Chief Model
Kiory dropped in with pictures of his new Master Chief model. Take a look! (Louis Wu 14:20:31 UTC) (permalink)
Noobs Gone Wild: Beta!
BoneKin has put together some fun "omg what did you do!" moments in a video he calls "Noobs Gone Wild: Beta!" If you've never done any of these yourself... I don't ever want to play with you. (Louis Wu 14:16:55 UTC) (permalink)
I wonder if it goes faster because of...
ManKitten has been playing a lot of Forza 2 lately... but he never forgets his roots. Props. (Louis Wu 13:51:50 UTC) (permalink)
Halo 3 Box Art - revisited
Last week, we pointed out that Amazon had posted an image nobody had seen before as the Halo 3 Standard Edition box art; we suggested it could very well be the final version. A couple of days ago, SPARTAN-137 noticed that the box art shown on xbox.com had changed - it was using the 'Emotion' image Bungie released in late April. (I suggested that this wasn't definitive - but later learned that this image was, in fact, being used internally in many places.) And today, GhaleonEB let us know that Amazon, too, has changed their box art to match this image. For better or for worse - it looks like we now know what the Standard Edition box art looks like. (Louis Wu 13:43:37 UTC) (permalink)
Podtacular Ep 115
Big Goalie Dan points out that Podtacular Episode 115 is up - 56 minutes, 40 mb, guest hosted by George from aeropause.com (a general gaming blog). Go listen. (Louis Wu 13:31:53 UTC) (permalink)
Video Head-to-Head
If you're an IGN Insider, you can download a 'Video Head-to-Head' comparison of Halo 2 Xbox and Halo 2 Vista (as well as H2V vs H3 Beta). It's sort of an interesting concept; they tried to play through Cairo Station on both boxes at similar speeds, with the video set up next to each other... but 1) you can NEVER get the gameplay exactly the same, 2) it's hard to tell how much of the graphic glitches are due to the video compression and how much can be attributed to the platform. Judge for yourself. (If, of course, you're an Insider.) (Louis Wu 13:24:28 UTC) (permalink)
Press Coverage
Halo press for the day: Gamespy has a review of Halo 2 Vista (3/5, they thought it was too little, too late) - thanks, HaloPlanet; The New York Times has a profile of Lil' Poison, the (now) 9 year old Halo pro (don't forget about Bug Me Not if you don't have a NYT account), and FG_Jolly sent along a local review of the beta from the Lexington (KY) Herald-Leader. There's a lot of Halo buzz out there these days! (Louis Wu 13:17:17 UTC) (permalink)
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