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Thursday, July 19, 2007 |  |
The Unchosen - Mjolnir, Complete
Whoa. I hate it when things get away from me. In mid-June, we received a really cool CD (outside, 166k | inside, 150k) from The Unchosen, a UK band who's been in our news before. They wrote a song called 'Mjolnir' (news | news), and then commissioned Paul Davies to create cool cover artwork. The CD contains all of that artwork, plus 5 separate versions of the song (including a 'Mojo Megamix' - you gotta hear it to understand) - all five can be downloaded on their website. (If you like their style, check out their debut album, 'In My Head'.) I feel bad that it took me so long to get this online - but I love seeing what Halo can inspire in creative people. Check 'em out! (Louis Wu 20:51:17 UTC) (permalink)
Ghosts of Onyx Suite, Pegasi Delta Assault
We have still MORE scores inspired by Ghosts of Onyx, from Sean Mortensen - there's Pegasi Delta Assault (3:07 long, 2.8 mb), and the Ghosts of Onyx Suite (10:43 long, 9.8 mb). Looks like we're going to need to set up a page for organization soon! (Louis Wu 16:14:20 UTC) (permalink)
Milking the Golden Cow
Great quote from Shane Kim, in an interview with Wired:
"...this is our belief. We love our Halo fans. And the Halo fans are generally willing to spend a lot of money on Halo. But you have to be careful in how you take advantage of that."
I hope they continue to remember this concept. (He's discussing the pricing of the Limited Edition Halo 3 Xbox 360, which will clearly cost less than an Elite.) Thanks, LostRock11. (Louis Wu 16:00:16 UTC) (permalink)
Grunt Plushie Templates
A couple of days ago, we mentioned Horus' Grunt Plushie - he stopped by this morning to let people know he'd put up some rough templates, if you want to create your own. Nice! (Louis Wu 14:01:36 UTC) (permalink)
Treasure Hunt Clues: Day 4/7
ManKitten posted Day 4's clues for his Halo Treasure Hunt on our forum - you've now got 16 clues, are you getting warmer? (Louis Wu 13:56:46 UTC) (permalink)
Halo 3 Blooper Reel Deuce
Sane Intolerant let us know that a new episode of Halo Toy Box has been released - he promises that he didn't see a similar strip from Mister Froggy's Halo, Articulated until AFTER this was posted. (Louis Wu 13:55:26 UTC) (permalink)
Halo 3 in Gamespy's E3 Awards
Gamespy announced their E3 Awards - Halo 3 pulled down #5 in the Top 5 360 Games category, and #6 in the Overall Top 10. According to the judges, a strong field of contenders, rather than any shortcoming in Halo 3, kept it from climbing higher on those lists. Thanks, Milhouse. (Louis Wu 13:50:37 UTC) (permalink)
What's next? The Halo Party game?
1UP talked to Shane Kim about the 'overstretching' of the Halo brand - Kim says with a franchise worth four or five billion dollars to Microsoft, diluting it with low-quality properties would be foolish. Good to hear, I guess... (Louis Wu 13:45:36 UTC) (permalink)
UGO's Favorite Outer Space Adventures
UGO has decided to take a look at their favorite outer space adventures - their list contains 4 movies, one TV show... and Halo. Nice! (Louis Wu 13:40:56 UTC) (permalink)
This Online Coop thing is making me crazy.
Wow. Before I get to actually posting news today, I would like to beg for a little more rationality in the gaming press. I simply CANNOT BELIEVE how many articles are out there this morning that say "Bungie has cancelled online Coop!" (To be fair, there are a number of sites that present the news as a possibility - which it is, of course - and some sites, like Kotaku, who are even reasonable about it all - but for the most part, it's all gloom and doom this morning.) The facts: this information is coming from the September issue of EGM - an issue that isn't even printed yet. Someone at the printer grabbed unbound pages and snapped blurry photos of them - EGM is taking a HUGE hit for this, and I hope that when this issue hits the stands in early August, folks buy it, because they've been robbed. But that's really a side issue, I guess. The comments on online coop, made by Frankie to the EGM crew, were made a month ago - they were collecting info for this article during the week of June 19. It's POSSIBLE that that particular info is still accurate - but it's equally possible that it's not. (Magazine print deadlines make it hard to keep up on fast-changing info. This is the primary reason there are embargoes on press information; if they didn't exist, magazines could never compete with online sources, because the info would have been published weeks earlier. Bungie does a great job of making sure that what you read in magazines is, for the most part, news to you - but if the subject is a work in progress (like online coop), there's only so much prediction that can go on.) Bottom line: in mid-June, online coop was not working very well. Whether that's changed in the intervening month, we don't know - we won't know until either Bungie makes a public statement (possible, but I wouldn't hold my breath), or Halo 3 is released. What you can't say with any confidence is that "AS OF RIGHT NOW, ONLINE COOP IS OUT" - because that comment is a month out of date. (Louis Wu 13:22:24 UTC) (permalink)
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