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Friday, November 9, 2007 |  |
Realização Destravada!
Today's One One Se7en looks at one of the ways folks fleshed out their Halo 3 Achievement lists. (Stuntmutt's not kidding, either; it's too bad the achievement list on Xbox.com doesn't look like your own Xbox...) (Louis Wu 17:53:49 UTC) (permalink)
Secrecy
TTL Demag0gue continues his Reclaimer series - Chapter One, Part Six is now online. What does Ferial know? (Louis Wu 15:35:59 UTC) (permalink)
Bungie Pics - and an eBay'd Collectible
EmpressCortana stopped by with pictures from her Bungie tour last week - and a link to an eBay auction of a signed copy of Halo 3. Swing by, look at the pics, bid on the game... she's going to use the money for college textbooks. (Hey - that's better than beer, right?) (Louis Wu 15:23:29 UTC) (permalink)
A Compendium of Strategies
Over at MLGPro.com, Brick has put together a bunch of user-created videos that can teach you some cool strategies and techniques. Go read, go watch, and get better! (Lots of jumping vids, but also grenading weapons to you, angles for throws from particular positions TO particular positions, etc. Videos like this were common for Halo, and pretty useful - I saw fewer of them for Halo 2. This link will be a central location for the ones Brick thinks are worth sharing with the community, so check back. Thanks, trigger119. (Louis Wu 15:18:23 UTC) (permalink)
Pixelated Pupils - a Halo-ween series
On October 8, we mentioned a Halo-related comic at Pixelated Pupils; every strip since then (starting here) has been Halo-related, and the most recent strip makes me wish I'd done more this Halloween. Thanks, AngelicLionheart. (Louis Wu 15:04:23 UTC) (permalink)
Tuesday Night Halo Trivia
Also at Planet Halo - they're kicking off a weekly trivia game sponsored by Master Replicas; stop by on Tuesdays at 5:30 pm Pacific and play to win the Halo Weapons Replica Collection! (Louis Wu 14:53:14 UTC) (permalink)
Do Something Amazing - your vote is needed
Right after Halo 3 was released, Planet Halo announced a contest whereby cool film clips could win you cool schwag. The entries have been tabulated, the internal votes are in - and they've got three finalists for you to look at and vote on. The original film clips have been turned into HD movie files (WMP9), so you don't need an Xbox Live account to see 'em. The winner goes home with a new Xbox, but all three of these entries will walk away with SOMETHING. Go help decide what. Thanks, Fluffy. (Louis Wu 14:50:35 UTC) (permalink)
Friday's Fanfic
Nine new pieces up for your perusal in the Fan Fiction section this week - go read! (Louis Wu 14:19:37 UTC) (permalink)
Do they get any younger?
MasterChief2829 has a talented little brother - the kid's three and a half, and he's playing Halo 3 online (and doing reasonably well). Go watch the movie. (Louis Wu 14:11:29 UTC) (permalink)
Heatmaps: it's like Google Carnage.
The changes to your Stats page over at Bungie.net continue; mouseovers of the weapon images bring up great detailed pictures and text, and there's a new tab available: Heatmaps (thanks, RevDotNed). You can see frequency plots of kills or deaths by location on each map. There are global maps, as well, showing the aggregate data for the Halo community (thanks, Psychophan7). Pretty pictures - and educational, too! They'll tell you what parts of a map are safer (or less safe), for you or for everyone. Check 'em out! (Louis Wu 14:08:59 UTC) (permalink)
Halo Humpday, Bungie's Viewpoint
The Bungie take on this week's Halo Humpday Challenge with Podtacular (Podtac's was already mentioned yesterday) is now online. You know how if you tell a lie long enough, you begin to believe it? Luke claims that they're undefeated so far - it's pretty clear from the reading of this one that they've forgotten that they were beaten by the HBO team, and only 'won' by lying about which games were actually part of the challenge. Poor Bungie... thanks, Aidsterramma. (Louis Wu 14:03:18 UTC) (permalink)
McFarlane Figure with Removable Armor
Fragclone was the first to notice a new post at the Spawn website (home of McFarlane Toys) - looks like next March, we'll be seeing an exclusive McFarlane Spartan figure - he's wearing CQB armor, but more interestingly, it's removable (and interchangeable with other McFarlane Spartans). Awesome! You can build your own avatar. (Louis Wu 13:59:45 UTC) (permalink)
Cortana on the Wall
John_117 has been working on a wall painting for the inside of his house, with his girlfriend; he posted a picture of the early progress on our forum. Great start! (Louis Wu 13:56:53 UTC) (permalink)
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