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I think he needs the space for a banquet table.
PFG is selling off the doubles in his (rather ridiculously large) Joyride Action Figure collection - go see what there is, and make him an offer! (Louis Wu 23:54:04 UTC) (permalink)
Spartanarena
We got email from Tucker Barrie, who let us know about one of the coolest stop-motion Halo films to pass through our doors in quite some time. It's called 'Spartanarena', and probably not for the reason you're thinking. You can download it in QuickTime (26.4 mb) or WMP9 (21.1 mb) formats - or you can watch it on YouTube, if you must (the quality's better on the downloadables). Don't miss this one. (Louis Wu 22:10:02 UTC) (permalink)
Pairing Up
Gamespot has a nice writeup of Halo 3 Coop, as played in Sydney. Thanks, Sir Topham Hat. (Louis Wu 22:05:40 UTC) (permalink)
Even more gameplay clips
Astounding number of singleplayer clips appearing today - Nucflash found another one at IGTV, and Bootsman found a pair (one | two) at GameVideos.com. I'm sure there'll be more - but I've got to call it quits at this point. (Louis Wu 21:53:36 UTC) (permalink)
Those ironic Bungie guys...
Awesome. If things go as planned, standbyers in Halo 3 will find themselves playing only other standbyers. (Well... and people with really crappy connections.) Bungie.net forum post found by Nucflash. (Louis Wu 21:43:23 UTC) (permalink)
Halo 3 in airy height play
Halo Universe has some photos of the Halo 3 Ferris Wheel we mentioned a couple of days ago, set up at the Leipzig Games Convention - as the pics show, there are 360s set up in each car, so you can play Halo 3 as you rotate over Leipzig. Thanks, Marc. (Post title is Google's wonderful translation skillz at work.) (Louis Wu 21:37:45 UTC) (permalink)
Halo 3 - IMAX Audio Report
360RantRave.com was at the IMAX showing last night; they grabbed some audio from the show. (Bungie's restrictions barred "Photography, video cameras and cell phone camera use" - no mention of audio recorders, so I guess this is okay.) Thanks, SIRBOE. (Louis Wu 20:34:26 UTC) (permalink)
Peter Jackson, Back in the News
There's an article in the New Zealand Herald that purports to be about Peter Jackson's Halo game - but really, it's just about how it's not really related to the Trilogy, story-wise. Thanks to Blackstar for the heads-up. (Louis Wu 18:53:18 UTC) (permalink)
Campaign Footage
There's a small clip of actual gameplay from Halo 3's campaign, shakeycam'd off a monitor and recorded during the Leipzig Games Convention, at IGN (first movie on the page). (Sort of has that start-of-Delta-Halo feel to it... but prettier.) It's actually linked from this hands-on article, which also contains the "Top 5 Leipzig GC Halo 3 Moments". Give it a read! Thanks, Spenser. Update: there's another clip, showing part of a singleplayer level and a tiny bit of a multiplayer level, recorded at Leipzig, at IGTV - thanks, serpx. (Louis Wu 18:44:59 UTC) (permalink)
Opus Machinima
Andras Ostrom has sent along a new, and MASSIVE, piece of Halo machinima; it's 30 minutes long, and weighs in at about 200 mb, depending on format. It's called 'Opus Machinima', and it pokes fun at... well, the entire genre. It's really nicely filmed, has great voice acting, and contains quite a few funny moments - if you've got the bandwidth, it's worth the download. You can grab it in either QuickTime or WMP9 formats; we can, again, spread this out over multiple servers if the bandwidth gets tight. Update: The film has its own website - take a look. (Louis Wu 16:01:34 UTC) (permalink)
Retardant.
Bungie's new weapon choices might cause some trouble during gameplay - check today's One One Se7en. (Louis Wu 15:16:53 UTC) (permalink)
Forging New Paths
The Age's Screen Play blog has a great discussion about Forge - info collected during the Sydney playtest, but embargoed until today. The more I read about this tool, the more drool collects on my keyboard... (Louis Wu 15:11:19 UTC) (permalink)
Halo 3 Audio - Finished?
Over at Rampancy.net, Narcogen noticed a note from Marty on the Marty Army group page that suggests that Halo 3 Audio might be nearly done. I guess that's good, because the game has to get to replicators soon... (Louis Wu 13:29:38 UTC) (permalink)
Where's Graham Cracker Chief when you need him?
Flipa15 posted his Mallow Chief (170k) creation (thanks, Narc) to the denizens of IRC; in his words, 'a bit stale, but still delicious.' (Louis Wu 13:16:40 UTC) (permalink)
Gamestop Halo 3 Ad
Over the last few days, we've received a number of reports of a commercial put together by Gamestop, saying goodbye to Halo 2 on the way to Halo 3 - but the very first time I saw it was at LiveVideo.com last Friday, when I received a Google News Alert mentioning it. I can't remember what distracted me from posting it then - but it's up now. Go watch. Pretty fun. (Louis Wu 13:12:44 UTC) (permalink)
Halo 3 at IMAX - Tons of Web Content
There are a number of writeups of the IMAX showing of Halo 3 last night in Seattle - you can find them around the web at places like Gamerscoreblog and CyberRoach - but there's also quite a bit of info in our own forum. x1zero started a thread while waiting in line last night - but the real meat is in threads like CougRon's, or THASF's, both of which contain lots of content about what was there. Sounds like it was a blast! (Louis Wu 12:10:17 UTC) (permalink)
It's all about immersion.
Gamespy has put up a nice preview of the upcoming ActionClix Halo figures - they caught up with WizKids at GenCon last week. Thanks, Black Six. (Louis Wu 12:00:33 UTC) (permalink)
Oops.
Saw this on Digg - a French TV channel is sponsoring a contest involving photoshopping Halo 3 content into your own pictures. The winner gets to play Halo 3 live against a famous personality. Sounds cool, right? The problem is... there's zero moderation. This has led to a whole bunch of totally inappropriate images being posted - if you follow the Digg link (it goes to a French language website, but Google does a pretty good job of translating it), be aware that the content they've highlighted is REALLY not safe for work (or school). That said - the whole situation is pretty amusing... unless you're a PR flak for Microsoft. (Louis Wu 11:54:28 UTC) (permalink)
Did you know games have laws?
ClassyDude put up a podcast which had Laird and RvB community member Dark54555 discussing the new Microsoft Game Content Rules, and how they affect Halo machinima. You can find it on this page - you're looking for Episode 2 (it's down near the bottom). (Louis Wu 11:48:41 UTC) (permalink)
Halo 2 Tourney near Nashville
bluerunner wrote to let us know about a Halo 2 tournament that will be happening in Hendersonville, TN (near Nashville) on September 21 and 22. Grand prize is a Legendary Edition of Halo 3, all proceeds go to charity. They're shooting for 32 4-player teams. More details can be found on their web page. (Louis Wu 11:37:59 UTC) (permalink)
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