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Sunday, October 7, 2007 |  |
Don't make the lightbulb angry.
RVideo was screwing around on The Ark, and discovered something pretty odd; if you kill off all your Marines (on purpose), 343 Guilty Spark will make you pay. (He also took a shot from your perspective.) I made a small video showing the nastiness (3 mb, WMP9 | QT); please forgive my lousy capture equipment. It'll be getting better soon. Using Sparky as the deus ex machina to keep you from wiping out all your allies seems like an odd choice for Bungie; now they have to come up with some sort of explanation for why he doesn't use that beam at any other point (well, except one). Brings back memories of killing Keyes on the Pillar of Autumn, though... good stuff. (Louis Wu 19:21:10 UTC) (permalink)
Ultimate Forge-tacular Giveaway
David Leggett let us know that Halo 3 Planet is giving away a bunch of goodies for folks who come up with the best maps/custom gametypes in Forge. Go read the giveaway page for full details; you've got until mid-November to work. Get going!
(Louis Wu 18:55:48 UTC) (permalink)
The Riot 68
Sigafoos let us know that The Riot 68 is up - they've got an interview with trigger119 (of GamingTV and MLG), they've got information about Gaming4Others, a group that runs tournaments for charity, and they've got their standard community news/tourney info. 37 minutes, 15 mb. Go listen!
(Louis Wu 18:51:43 UTC) (permalink)
Rooster Teeth guys talk about Halo 3
GameDaily interviewed three of the Rooster Teeth guys about the dialogue they've added to Halo 3 - great stuff. Thanks, Joystiq (that article also points out a podcast at Xbox 360 Fanboy with RT's Geoff Ramsey, who talks about a lot of stuff, including Halo 3). (Louis Wu 18:11:30 UTC) (permalink)
Halo 3 Killers
UGO posted an article looking at a series of upcoming games, and rating them as "Halo 3 Killers". Top contenders seem to be Call of Duty 4 (threat rating: 75%) and The Orange Box (Valve's massive 5-game release - threat rating: 90%). (Louis Wu 18:07:19 UTC) (permalink)
Brutish!
Getty Ritter put together a cute little cutscene in Flash - I wonder if Marty had problems like this? (Warning: language.) Thanks, Empress Cortana. (Louis Wu 18:05:07 UTC) (permalink)
Halo = free alcohol and porn
The New York Times looks at churches around the country that are using Halo as a 'recruiting' technique for teenagers (setting up lans, for example) - and how some in the community feel this is inappropriate. An interesting read.
(Louis Wu 18:03:10 UTC) (permalink)
Blomkamp's piece, all together
EvanVolm wrote to point out that he'd combined all three Neill Blomkamp Halo shorts into a single piece, which is available on YouTube. I suppose if you haven't seen them all, this isn't a bad way to take them in. (Another option is FrAnK SiXeR's Halo Tribute, which is higher-resolution than the YouTube flick; it contains the two Combat shorts (not the E3 one), and also contains a bunch of Halo 3 footage (including most of the final cutscene, so clearly this one's as spoiler-rich as they come).)
(Louis Wu 17:58:40 UTC) (permalink)
Splitsville
Alekat pointed out that yesterday's Red vs Blue comic (no registration needed to view) is a great take on the Bungie/MS situation - go laugh. (Louis Wu 17:52:26 UTC) (permalink)
Even when you're killed, it feels fair.
Ryan Pearson wrote a piece about how well the Halo 3 matchmaking system works; how it's still fun for beginners, right from the start. If you've been tentative about jumping into Live... read this. (Louis Wu 17:49:47 UTC) (permalink)
On the internet, nobody knows you're a cinematics director.
Heh - there's a blog post from someone who recently joined Animation Mentor, an online animation school - he was amazed to find out that one of his fellow students was none other than CJ Cowan, Halo 3's Cinematic Director. It's a fun read - check it out. Thanks, elite89. (Louis Wu 17:41:46 UTC) (permalink)
Marty talks to Major Nelson
Major Nelson's latest podcast is up right now, currently only in .wma format, but eventually on iTunes; it's a monster of a show (2 hours long), with an interview with Marty O'Donnell. I haven't had time to listen to it yet (been a busy morning), but I'd guess it's absolutely worth hearing. Go grab it. More news coming later... but the busy morning isn't over yet. Update: it's now available in MP3 format, as well as available from iTunes. And I was right - if you're even a little bit interested in the audio side of Halo, this is a must-hear.
(Louis Wu 14:58:08 UTC) (permalink)
Section 3: Desert Troopers, Part 3
V10L3N7 JAY stopped by to point out Issue 5 of Section 3, his comic-from-screenshots story that's been unfolding for the last week or so, is now available. Action galore! (Louis Wu 14:56:35 UTC) (permalink)
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