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Halo 3's water is the best
The 'Break it Down' blog looks at a couple of articles that detail the evolution of water in video games... and decides that Halo 3 is better than any of the games they looked at. Go read why! (Louis Wu 21:07:44 UTC) (permalink)
Creeping Death
Due to some true foolishness, Another Halo Comic Strip has been offline for several hours - but it's back now, with a new funny. Hmm... I'm not sure 'funny' is the right word, in this particular case... in fact, some of you may wish I'd kept the site broken after reading it. In any case, though, it's up, and you should look. (Louis Wu 20:34:15 UTC) (permalink)
Believe Ad Diorama Details
Microsoft's Larry Larsen went into the Microsoft company store with a camera to take some cool footage of pieces of the huge diorama built for the Believe ad. Taylor Smith, of the Xbox Global Marketing Team, helps to explain what you're looking at. Amazing stuff. (Louis Wu 20:22:29 UTC) (permalink)
Journey's End
On Essentials, Disc One (the disc that comes with both the Limited and Legendary Editions of Halo 3) is a six-part documentary called 'Anatomy of a Game: Making Halo 3'. (We reviewed it just before Halo 3 was released.) One of those parts focuses on Halo's story - and that piece, reshuffled a bit, is now available as a free HD download from Xbox Live Marketplace. (It's fifteen minutes long, and more than 750 MB.) It's a fantastic piece of work, and if you haven't seen it, certainly go grab it. If you don't have Xbox Live, it will be available shortly for download on Bungie.net (and here). Thanks to AlStrong for the first heads-up. (Louis Wu 19:41:45 UTC) (permalink)
VGL to play at Spike's VGAs
I've you've never seen a Video Games Live concert - they'll be on TV during Spike TV's 2007 Video Game Awards, airing December 9. Thanks to Music 4 Games for the full details. (Louis Wu 18:58:24 UTC) (permalink)
IGN's Top 100, 2007
Another Top X list - this time it's at IGN, and it's the Top 100 Games of All Time. (Well, the 2007 edition, anyway.) You can read a summary of their older rankings in last year's newspost - but the bottom line is, Halo's slipping. In 2003, it was 39th. 2004 - 18th (but this one was fan-picked). 2005 - 30th. 2006 - 14. And this year? 32nd. Halo 2 and Halo 3 haven't been mentioned yet - so either they're higher-ranked than Halo (possible for Halo 3, unlikely for Halo 2, given the previous scores it received)... or they're not on the list at all. The top 20 are still to be posted. Thanks, Avateur. (Louis Wu 18:25:09 UTC) (permalink)
Written for the guys, I think.
Jimmy Jangles wrote a not-safe-for-work essay on why Halo 3 is better than sex. Um... yeah. You decide. (Louis Wu 18:13:44 UTC) (permalink)
Top Ten Best Weapons in an FPS
The Angry Pixel has comiled their list of the Top Ten Best Weapons in an FPS. I look askance at any top 10 list that contains two Turok references in it... but hey, to each his own. Halo 3's Gravity Hammer comes in at #8. Thanks, mjolnir15. (Louis Wu 18:06:34 UTC) (permalink)
Multiple Saves in Halo 3
Rockslider has taken a bit of time to write up a tutorial explaining how to create multiple Halo 3 saves without having to play through for each one. Given that it seems to exploit a set of circumstances that might or might not be closed to exploits in the future, this might not work forever... but it works now. If you like to set up complicated situations, and want to save more than one of them, check this out! (Louis Wu 16:31:14 UTC) (permalink)
Comparing the Halos
Over at The Hushed Casket, D15AV0W3D has taken a look at all three Halo games, and tried to figure out which one is 'best'. Go read his rationale, and see if you agree! Thanks to Narcogen, at Rampancy.net, for the heads-up. (Louis Wu 16:24:57 UTC) (permalink)
Weapon-Lowering on Live - Not Gonna Happen
Time Glitch asked Frankie about the Weapon Lowering feature in Halo 3, and why it only works offline. Frankie told him that they just weren't able to justify the testing resources needed to ensure this glitch wasn't exploitable in online play. (This didn't go over very well with the respondents - either on our forum, or on Bungie.net - but the bottom line is, the missing functionality isn't due to an oversight. They thought about it, and CHOSE not to include it - so the likelihood of it being re-added at a later date is slim.) There are a number of workarounds - but all are compromises; the unfortunate truth is that creating machinima with characters that aren't continually pointing guns at each other's faces is more difficult in Halo 3 than it was in Halo 2. Sorry, guys! (Louis Wu 14:34:15 UTC) (permalink)
Exclusive Active Camo Spartan from McFarlane
McFarlane is offering an exclusive Active Camouflage Spartan, in EVA armor; if you're interested, you MUST preorder it from the Spawn Store. The figure will be released in March 2008, and will sell for $12.99. The preorder period began yesterday, and ends on December 12. GamesBond007 was the first to let us know, though if you would like to discuss this, there's a thread about it on our forum. (Louis Wu 14:16:26 UTC) (permalink)
Zukan discusses machinima
Fanportal-World has interviewed Zukan, a Halo machinima maker who's been off the scene for a bit (he got sick). Great read. Thanks, Lordstemplar1. (Louis Wu 14:06:27 UTC) (permalink)
MLG Gametypes v2 released
MLG has posted their MLG Gametypes v2 - tweaked maps, tweaked gametypes, lots of testing. Thanks to synide for stopping by to tell us about it - and check out the feedback so far; some people are happy, some are unhappy. I suppose that's the way of the world... (Louis Wu 14:04:41 UTC) (permalink)
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