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Marine Armor, and a Rocket Launcher
Joey Rantz created a suit of UNSC Marine armor last year, after being inspired by Chris Bryan's work. Great stuff - go look at the pics! (Louis Wu 20:13:45 UTC) (permalink)
Try this in real life, you'll die.
Whoa. EGG0S has put up a video in the MLG Gameroom that shows some astounding exploits of a physics glitch in the Halo 3 engine; I'm not positive, put it looks like what's happening is that when you toss equipment, it can actually provide support for a short (very short) time; if you're in the air, and you throw it down, you can actually JUMP OFF IT. This makes pretty amazingly long jumps possible. Go watch. Thanks, trigger119. (Louis Wu 19:33:04 UTC) (permalink)
Humday Challenge.
Stuntmutt speculates about the Covenant heirarchy in today's One One Se7en. You can smack him later. (Louis Wu 16:54:16 UTC) (permalink)
Co-op Cutscenes - Take One
Cody Miller, with help from Simpsons Rule and Psychophan7, has finished going through the Halo 3 cutscenes while playing Co-op. There were 8 changes they found, most pretty subtle. We're putting up the first half of those today: you can find co-op scenes from Sierra 117, Tsavo Highway, Floodgate, and The Ark in our Halo 3 Cutscene Database. Update: Vincent pointed out that the Sierra 117 cutscene has the Arbiter in it in solo play, as well - so we've yanked that cutscene. To atone, we've posted the opening scene of The Ark, which we'd missed this morning. And finally, we've replaced the Cortana Rescue movies with versions that contain the (very important) first line - our original versions had that cut off. You know... just in case you hadn't downloaded enough stuff yet today. (Louis Wu 15:49:19 UTC) (permalink)
The Other Project
TTL Demag0gue has posted the next episode of his comic series - Reclaimer: Chapter One, Part Five can be read on his website. The relationship between the Reclaimer Project and the Viper Project becomes clearer... (Louis Wu 14:21:07 UTC) (permalink)
Halo 3 Dialogue Databank - Now Open
Folks have been asking when the Halo 3 Dialogue Databank is going to come online - and as usual, it's simply been a matter of finding time. I think it's been found, though; the first batch of snippets, from Captain Spark and Hellhawk, is now online. Go listen. (And if you feel like recording... do so!) (Louis Wu 12:48:54 UTC) (permalink)
Wait... HOW long did it take her to write that?
Hawty McBloggy looked at the case of the five-star general we mentioned yesterday... and came up with some other activities he could have been doing instead of boosting. (She also came up with a new medal for him; it's probably not safe for work.) (Louis Wu 12:45:16 UTC) (permalink)
Tally Ho, What?
Obienator is working on a new machinima project (search our news for older ones; they've gotten some pretty nice feedback), but he's despairing of ever finding the perfect voice actor for a specific part. He needs someone who can do a believable "distinguished English gentleman" voice - if he can't find someone, he's going to have to cut a special scene. If you think you can help, contact him through his website, or better yet just drop him an email.
(Louis Wu 12:41:40 UTC) (permalink)
Fight Like a Girl - a Success
Cayote stopped by to let us know that the Fight Like a Girl tourney was a success - 256 participants, and $4300 raised to fight breast cancer. The forum post even contains a couple of thank-you vids. This community ROCKS! (Louis Wu 11:55:25 UTC) (permalink)
Video Game VIPs
Yahoo says the Master Chief is among the top 10 Game VIPs, ever. Thanks, TylerDurden76. (Louis Wu 11:48:57 UTC) (permalink)
Counter Measures
J23 noticed a Halo 3 reference in a recent episode of EXTRALIFE, a webcomic. Be careful what you eat. (Louis Wu 11:46:06 UTC) (permalink)
Master Chief Halo 3 MADtv skit
A couple of days ago, we pointed out a Halo 3 spoof on Mad TV - Miguel C. sent along a GameTrailers link where you can watch the skit. They did a pretty good job nailing the particulars! (Louis Wu 11:29:52 UTC) (permalink)
Endings
A couple of weeks ago, Narcogen looked at the end of Halo 3, and how well a job Bungie did in 'finishing the fight'. He's now gone back and looked at other aspects of the storyline(s), to see how THEY tie in. Nice read! (Louis Wu 11:26:49 UTC) (permalink)
A new action figure?
Arancio Atlas found an odd link for what looks like a 12" McFarlane statue... typo, or a new product? (The standard McFarlane line is 6" tall.) Update: Ranger_000 exposed my dirty secret - I don't actually read the news I post. This figure was included in the list that came out a few weeks ago. (It wasn't added after the news post, since it's listed in Littlebigman's transcript, as well.) Update 2: Turns out there HAVE been pics of this figure out there before; we even linked to one, indirectly, back during the San Diego Comic-Con. (The figure is in the bottom of the picture just above the main pic of the Gentle Giant busts.) Thanks to BARBARIC_RAGE, who reminded me of this (and pointed out a far better pic taken the same night). Date's wrong, and the sign specifically says no photography... but it's still an amazing-looking statue. (Louis Wu 11:24:06 UTC) (permalink)
The Pandora Experiment Trailer
PuzzledBread stopped by with a trailer for an upcoming machinima project entitled 'The Pandora Experiment' - it teases, but does not give too much away. Could be good! (Louis Wu 11:22:30 UTC) (permalink)
Could have been worse - he... nah, it couldn't.
Injunfett was surprised by Halo 3 spawn logic - check the film. I think I might have been annoyed, too. (Louis Wu 11:17:26 UTC) (permalink)
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