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Friday, October 5, 2007 |  |
Stick Different.
trigger119 pointed out a vid in the MLG Gameroom called 'Halo PlasmaTrotters', made by TTO AceHawk89 as an entry into MLG's Halo 3 Film Festival, Most Creative category. I LOVE this kind of thing. Man... I could watch these all day. (Louis Wu 23:27:28 UTC) (permalink)
Request for content
Over the years, we've become known as a repository for certain static types of Halo information. Today, there are more sites out there that are collecting data... but we feel that having local copies of the more important stuff simply... makes sense. Fansites come and go, after all.
With the release of Halo 3, we're looking to build these sections up. Some of them we've already gotten started on; we have a volunteer working on filming the cutscenes, to add to our Cutscene Library, I've contacted Mike Miller about a Halo 3 Legendary Guide (though that might be a while in coming; he's got some commitments that are more important than Halo at the moment), and there are some people working on a full multimedia library of the Halo 3 Terminals. There is still need for more volunteer help, however; we'd love to have transcripts of all the campaign levels, for example. If you're interested in this, here's what you should know: we're interested in the dialogue for all difficulties, we're interested in accuracy, and we're interested in mainly scripted material. (It's not very important - or practical - to try and catalogue the combat dialogue you hear - after all, there are 20,000 lines of it. But Cutscene dialogue, and in-game scripted material, including difficulty variants, are definitely wanted.) Send us some email (at halostory@bungie.org) telling us which level(s) and at which difficulties you'd like to work on, so that there's not too much overlap. And thanks!
(Louis Wu 20:12:09 UTC) (permalink)
Gallinago Gallinago.
Stuntmutt notices some new monster design might be more than just eye candy in today's One One Se7en. (Louis Wu 19:14:40 UTC) (permalink)
Another Friday, Another Top 10
InsideVandy has posted a list of the Top 10 First-person Shooters - Halo 3 comes in second, after Half-Life 2. (Louis Wu 19:07:57 UTC) (permalink)
Weekly What's Update - Bungie belongs to Bungie
Whoa. Bungie's managed to get the Weekly What's Update up a LOT of hours early; never fear, though, it's not done. As we mentioned on Wednesday, they solicited Halo 3 questions from the community for this one; they'll be posting answers all day long. HOWEVER: that is not the big news in this update. The Big News is that (as the rumors earlier this week suggested) Bungie has become a private entity, no longer owned by Microsoft. Microsoft will still be publishing their games (for now), and they're still working on the 360 platform (for now)... but they're no longer owned by MS. And to that, I say... wonga. (Read the rest of the update, too; those questions that weren't the big news? They're still questions that are puzzling large numbers of fans on the internet, and Bungie's answering lots of them.) A local version of the WWU will be up in our Weekly Update Archive later today, when most of the questions have been fleshed out. Looks like a thread has already kicked off on our forum, if you want to discuss this. Update: For posterity, the official press release is here. Update 2: Marty O'Donnell pointed out that the official Bungie press release is actually more official than the Microsoft press release, given the situation: we've posted a copy of that, as well. Update 3: This has now been added to our Weekly Update Archive. (Louis Wu 15:27:57 UTC) (permalink)
Halo 3 Music Contest at MySpace
Empress Cortana pointed out a contest being run by MySpace - Xbox and Bungie are looking for music to be included "on an upcoming Halo 3 record" (wording further down the page suggests it'll be an album entitled 'Inspired by Halo 3') - if your entry is selected, you're on the disc, and you (along with 2nd and 3rd place finishers) will receive a Halo 3 prize package worth over $2500. You've got until October 22 to submit your entry; songs will be judged by a panel that includes Marty O'Donnell and Nile Rogers. (Be sure to read the rules - there are a few that might trip you up if you're a music maker. Songs must be between 1 and 3 minutes, lyrics must be in English, no obscene material, no trademarks, and so on.)
(Louis Wu 14:06:09 UTC) (permalink)
Gamestop to rake in more than $80M in Halo 3 sales
In this little piece in the Hollywood Reporter about how Gamestop (a retailer) is doing well and Midway (a publisher) is doing poorly, there's an amazing tidbit - Gamestop will capture 25-30% of all sales of Halo 3, worldwide. That's a rather huge number; I had no idea they were THAT big. (Louis Wu 13:47:49 UTC) (permalink)
Another look at Big Science
A couple of weeks ago, we mentioned Big Science, the guys behind the music used in the 'Making of Diorama' video - you can read more about how this gig came to be in the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. (Louis Wu 13:43:33 UTC) (permalink)
It's cheaper to visit the HBO forum.
Wow, this is sort of weird. Someone is auctioning off their friendship (as an Xbox Live Halo 3 playing buddy) on eBay - the Buy-it-Now price was set to $4000, but since bidding has actually kicked off, that's no longer an option. Current bid is $20.50, with a day and a half left to go. Both Kotaku (where I read it) and Destructoid (where they found it) are pretty harsh in the writeups. (Louis Wu 13:29:01 UTC) (permalink)
Halo Grudge Match - for Insiders
IGN Insider looks at Halo 1, 2, and 3 to see what works and what doesn't through the series. Unfortunately, it's not readable without a subscription. (Louis Wu 13:21:42 UTC) (permalink)
Halo earns big bucks for kids
Remember that Special Halo 3 Xbox Super Bundle we mentioned last week? The auction finished last night - final price was $8,400. Not too bad for the Boys & Girls Clubs of King County! (They're the ones this was for.)
(Louis Wu 13:18:14 UTC) (permalink)
There's a reason some call it a 'HaloBox'.
Heh - there's a story in the Rider News about the popularity of Halo 3; a Gamestop employee describes a customer trading in a Wii to buy Halo and a 360.
"He spent $430 just to play one game," Taylor said. "I guarantee that didn't happen in any other store except ours."
I guarantee Taylor is wrong. <g> (Louis Wu 13:13:06 UTC) (permalink)
Halo 3, Day 4: Killing Bugs Dead
Jake Seaton's Mission-a-Day (sort of) walkthrough of Halo 3 was updated last night; Day 4 is now online (in lots of newspapers). He liked the Missile Pod quite a lot. If you missed them, we mentioned Day 3 here, while links to 1 and 2 are here.
(Louis Wu 13:11:15 UTC) (permalink)
Screenshot Collection
Someone had to do it - a site has been created where someone has been collecting funny screenshots from fileshares, and putting them in one place. (As far as I can tell, there's zero attribution to the original screenshot taker, which sort of stinks.) What's amazing to me is the nearly 2000 diggs this has gotten in the last day... (Louis Wu 13:03:47 UTC) (permalink)
Better than dynamite
It... I don't... guh. Frogblast has invented a NEW Halo 3 sport - Fish-stunning. Read his post, watch the movie. Then go play.
(Louis Wu 12:43:39 UTC) (permalink)
Bungie - still stacking the deck
The first real Halo 3 Humpday Challenge (that is, between Bungie and people outside Bungie, with filmz you can download and everything) was played this week; five Bungie guys went into the Social Slayer matchmaking list, and barely squeaked out a win over a bunch of randomly selected casual players. Hmm... I wonder what's going to happen when they play a real TEAM? Thanks, CheckMate. (Louis Wu 12:32:05 UTC) (permalink)
Friday Review Roundup
Another four, today:
- Blogcritics gave it 5 stars, LOVED the multiplayer, were disappointed by parts of the campaign. (Thanks, Rampancy.net)
- The Eastern Progress had three separate writers look at it; they all agreed, it was a winner - apparently it has "pushed people to the limit of class attendance policies."
- The Tracy Press gives Halo 3 a 10/10
- A second Game Industry News review ALSO rates it 5/5 (the first one did, too)
Metacritic's critic review average is still at 94 (though fans have rated it only 7.8/10) - that's a wider range than other top 360 titles (Bioshock is at 96/8.9, and Gears of War is at 94/8.4, for comparison). Are the critics blinded by the hype... or are there anti-Halo fans skewing the user numbers? Only time will tell! (Louis Wu 12:27:17 UTC) (permalink)
Friday's Fan Fiction
Eleven new pieces up for you this week in the Fan Fiction section... get to reading! (Louis Wu 12:08:46 UTC) (permalink)
300 Mill? Pfft.
Jon Ogg, at 24/7 Wall St., says $300 million is nothing - Halo 3 will hit $500 million soon. (I suppose if 'soon' means 'sometime in the next two or three years', I'd agree with him. If he means 'before the end of 2007'... I'm not sure I'd take that bet. He probably means something in between, though.)
(Louis Wu 12:00:00 UTC) (permalink)
Cheating the Gods
Wow, this is pretty cool. Some folks at the VGCats forum managed to find a glitch that left Sargeant Johnson alive after the battle with Guilty Spark. They told a fun story through pictures. Thanks, Trunks.
(Louis Wu 11:56:51 UTC) (permalink)
ActionClix, on the ground
Sean "Shidarin/ig98" Wallitsch (longtime bungie.org readers might recognize the name; ig98 was one of the first maintainers of myth.bungie.org, back in 1999) picked up some Halo ActionClix goodies, and was kind enough to blog about his experience. Check it out! (Louis Wu 11:53:42 UTC) (permalink)
Thursday's news in brief:
Wednesday's news in brief:
