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Tuesday, July 17, 2007 |  |
The Best Marathon Experience To Date
Not STRICTLY Halo-related... but it's still worth knowing about (Marathon is, after all, the precursor to your favorite first-person shooter): Luke Smith sat down with Bruce Morrison, of Freeverse, to talk about Marathon: Durandal for XBLA. Great read - get psyched for release! (Louis Wu 22:41:14 UTC) (permalink)
An Edible Masterpiece.
This is simply astounding. Will sent us a link to a video he created to show off a Halo cake he made for a friend. It's... amazing. You have to watch it. It's available at break.com, in Flash format, or you can download it from us in WMP9 format (20.2 mb) or QuickTime format (21.8 mb). This is absolutely the most impressive Halo cake I've ever seen. (Louis Wu 15:41:12 UTC) (permalink)
Digging in for the details
There are a couple of pretty in-depth looks at the E3 trailer - one is from Narcogen, over at Rampancy.net, and comes complete with pictures, the other is from Red Leader, over on the Bungie.net forums. Different viewpoints, a LOT of details. Go see what you can find. (Louis Wu 14:57:15 UTC) (permalink)
Twisted Shadows Trailer
eternalscrappy made a trailer for a machinima project he doesn't plan on actually making. It's called Twisted Shadows, and I liked it - I'd love to see the final product. (Yes, I understand that there isn't one.) Local mirrors (WMP9 and QT) are in this post. (Louis Wu 13:53:08 UTC) (permalink)
For the sake of screaming
IceWeasel's back, with a 1.3 mb beauty of stop-motion action. It's... not what you'd expect. (Louis Wu 13:33:59 UTC) (permalink)
Plush Covenant
Wow. Horus stopped by to let us know he'd made a grunt plushie out of scrap materials (check out that needler!)... and his sister made a hunter plushie. I can't believe I STILL can't buy something like this! These are awesome. (Louis Wu 13:15:04 UTC) (permalink)
HAFTed.
You know - I'm pretty good about keeping up with comic strips that folks tell me about. I'm even pretty good at reading Elnea's Halo Action Figure Theater as it's released... but for some reason, I never remember to POST about that one. Elnea's come to my rescue, by pointing out the last few strips herself. She mentions that the most recent strips are somewhat surreal - I'd have to agree. Definitely funny, though. (You need to read the whole story, though; don't start at the end.) (Louis Wu 12:48:14 UTC) (permalink)
Trouble Brewing
Mister Froggy let us know about Halo, Articulated #57 - there's been some discussion about Grunts fighting on both sides of the upcoming battles in Halo 3, and this strip suggests one reason why. (Louis Wu 12:44:30 UTC) (permalink)
Tiiiiiiieeeed.... the Leader!
It's Tuesday, so it's time for a Tied the Leader update - XerxdeeJ stopped by to provide one. There's a shout-out to the clans that met them honorably on the field of battle, and there's a plea, of sorts, that Halo 3 will contain some sort of Clan system built into it. Go read! (Louis Wu 12:42:14 UTC) (permalink)
Treasure Hunt Clues: Day 2/7
ManKitten has posted Day 2's clues for his Treasure Hunt on our forum - this batch seems to rule out a LOT of levels. Go see if it helps you! (Louis Wu 12:34:38 UTC) (permalink)
Pixel Wars
BBC has posted a piece on game trailers, and how important they've become in the marketing process. It compares Killzone 2 and Halo 3, and the offerings both had at E3. Kroll GB is tickled by the fact that some of the quotes used in the piece were taken from our front page, and from our forum. (As for my words being used out of context - I think they were trying to make the point that Bungie has impossible expectations to live up to; I think that's an accurate point. I have an enormous amount of faith that Halo 3 will blow me away - but I think there are fans out there who've made themselves believe that Halo 3 will be all that, AND cook them breakfast.) (Louis Wu 12:33:08 UTC) (permalink)
6 months. You can write a book in 6 months.
Imagine my horror and dismay when I discovered that the Wallpaper section hadn't been updated since JANUARY! January. That's beyond careless. That's just silly. Well, I've gathered up everything in the queue, up till now, and posted them all up on the page - many of those images have multiple versions, so check for the size you're looking for. And please - accept my humble apologies for the ridiculous queue time. I blame KP. (Louis Wu 01:48:17 UTC) (permalink)
Don't talk back to pretty lady inside head!
elitewarrior117 found something you shouldn't watch. Unless you like karate/spartan exploitation films. Set up for E3, it's just... wrong. Update: doober187 pointed out this vid, as well, and on a far less silly note, the playing of Corporeal in the first few minutes of the first video on this page. (Louis Wu 01:39:37 UTC) (permalink)
A Narrow Squeak.
latekid wanted to know what happened to the daily comic. After you read the most recent One One Se7en, maybe you'll understand why I blocked its posting out of my mind. (Louis Wu 01:31:59 UTC) (permalink)
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Sunday's news in brief:
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