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Thursday, December 13, 2007 |  |
Maps and Cannibals at Gamasutra
RotaJota noticed a couple of Halo articles at Gamasutra - both are interesting, though one has lots of meat and the other's just an appetizer. For snacks - an article suggesting that Halo 3 sales caused many, many fewer than expected sales for Stranglehold. (What... mediocre reviews might not have something to do with it?) The main course - a Q&A session with Bungie's Steve Cotton about the thought processes that went into the development of the DLC maps. It's a great read, and might give you some ideas about customization after the fact. (Louis Wu 23:39:55 UTC) (permalink)
Protips from the devs
Bungie's posted a 'Quick and Dirty Guide to the Heroic Maps' - layouts, weapon locations, vehicles, basic strats - absolutely worth reading if you want a leg up on the competition when you jump into the Heroic DLC playlist. Thanks, Avateur. (Louis Wu 23:29:48 UTC) (permalink)
Twelve. (And Thirteen.)
Whoops. Hikaru-119 pointed out that I forgot to mention yesterday's or today's One One Se7en Advent offerings... the dangers of auto-updates. Sorry about that! (Well... you might actually thank me after reading them.) (Louis Wu 23:22:44 UTC) (permalink)
Inside Halo episode 4
Machinima.com's Inside Halo Episode 4 is now online - you can watch or download it at machinima.com, or stream it at YouTube. SodaGod is off this time around, but the dead pixel will walk you through the basics of making machinima with Halo 3. Good info, interesting to watch, funny! Go grab it. Thanks, Adam Kovic. (Louis Wu 22:14:27 UTC) (permalink)
UNSC Messenger Bag
ThinkGeek is selling a pretty nice messenger bag - comes in Khaki or Grey, and holds an awful lot of stuff. Check it out! (Louis Wu 21:25:37 UTC) (permalink)
Halo 3 Voted Retail's Highlight Of 2007
There's a press release at GamesIndustry.biz that announces that MCV, the leading trade publication for the video games industry, has named the Halo 3 launch as the "best single moment in 2007". Not bad! (Louis Wu 21:19:57 UTC) (permalink)
Halo makes people spend big
Hawty McBloggy wrote up her experience at the Childs Play Charity Dinner Auction a couple of nights ago - her focus was on the Halo-related items, of which there were many for sale. A chance to use Bungie's 'Flaming Helmet' armor on Xbox Live went for $740, a bag of schwag (along with Recon armor) went for over $5000. All the proceeds went to Child's Play, the charity started by the Penny Arcade crew to bring games (and smiles) to hospitalized kids everywhere. Go read about it all! (Louis Wu 21:15:35 UTC) (permalink)
CNN says Halo launch a top sci-tech story of the year
CNN.com has posted their Top sci-tech stories of the year as part of their Year in Review coverage - use the little circles on the bottom to jump to September 25, and you'll see that Halo 3's launch made the list. Thanks, Avateur. (Louis Wu 21:03:59 UTC) (permalink)
Another shot at a cheap Legendary Edition
If you missed out on Amazon's $59.99 Halo 3 Legendary Edition on Black Friday, you've got another shot - while supplies last. Wal-Mart (well, walmart.com, at least) is selling the helmeted game for $59.82 right now. What are you waiting for? Update: looks like Clefton Twain noticed this, too. (Louis Wu 19:55:07 UTC) (permalink)
Unforgotten Sheet Music
chrischang127 has transcribed Unforgotten, from Halo - it's available at Rampancy.net as a PDF. (Remember, you must be logged in to see the download links.) (Louis Wu 17:00:26 UTC) (permalink)
FJOLIAGE
Today's Another Halo Comic Strip has a shout-out to all you folks using Legendary helmets on your trees. (Yes,like Paul.) Update: ZZoMBiE13 has added a wallpaper version of this image, in both normal and widescreen formats - check our Wallpaper section. (Louis Wu 16:22:36 UTC) (permalink)
Vista H3 Screenshot Viewer
This is intriguing - if you have Windows Vista, here's a sidebar gadget that lets you view Bungie.net screenshots on your desktop. (Louis Wu 16:14:59 UTC) (permalink)
Psst... buy your NYC VGL tix early
Hmm... not totally sure about this, but... cannon1iron let us know that tickets for a New York City performance of Video Games Live next April go on sale tomorrow, officially... but you can get in on an internet presale by using the password HEHALO on this page. I checked, and there are some great seats available! (Well, right NOW.) Beat the rush - prebuy now. Update: Mig has an opinion you might want to read.
(Louis Wu 16:10:49 UTC) (permalink)
Foundry: it's not just for breakfast any more.
MLG Canada has posted a video of some MLG Pros and office staff playing Halo 3 soccer. It looks fun. Not NEARLY as much fun as the several hours of Grifball I played last night with some RvB folks.. but fun. (Louis Wu 16:02:25 UTC) (permalink)
AceHawk's Halo 3 Minitage
AceHawk made a Minitage of Halo 3 gameplay - I'm not sure why it's called a 'Minitage', since it looks like a standard montage to me, but hey, you can call your work whatever you like, right? Thanks to trigger119 for letting us know - and for hosting it at GamingTV. (Louis Wu 15:55:27 UTC) (permalink)
Happy Birtday!
Chris Marshall pointed out a Bungie.net thread with pictures of a cake bought by a loving wife for her husband - the person who did the icing doesn't know how to spell 'Birthday', but other than that, it's great! (He also got to put his Legendary helmet on top of the tree.) (Louis Wu 14:07:20 UTC) (permalink)
Tough Guy
Um... I'm not sure I understand the criteria, but IGN Stars has declared Master Chief a winner in the 2007 Sweet Badassss! Awards, right up there with Jason Bourne. Thanks, Grey Wolf. (Louis Wu 13:51:55 UTC) (permalink)
Frank's Back on Game Theory
Frank O'Connor returned to the Game Theory podcast (he'd joined them for a podcast right after Halo 3 was released) - it's a long episode (an hour and 40 minutes), and although it's focused on the Games of the Year, it kicks off with Halo/Bungie discussions. Go listen! Thanks, Zeouterlimits. (Louis Wu 13:00:41 UTC) (permalink)
Screenshot contest for UK residents
If you're a resident of the UK, and 15 or older, you're eligible for this contest, being run on MySpace by Xbox 360 UK. Take a cool screenshot, be eligible for cool prizes. You'll need a MySpace account to play. Read the page for more details. Thanks, The More Deluded. (Louis Wu 12:51:59 UTC) (permalink)
The Word on Forged Map News
Wow. Okay, there's no WAY we're going to be able to satisfy everyone's desire to be front-paged with their latest Foundry creations - we've gotten dozens of announcements about map remakes, or fun gametypes, or whatever... our front page just isn't that big. Someone really needs to set up a database somewhere for Forged creations; I realize there are sites like Forge Hub and H3Forge, but there is nothing that lets people upload pictures and descriptions of their maps, that folks can easily search for what they're looking for. More importantly (for this post), we don't have the resources to be that place. You''re welcome to announce your creation on our forum - but please don't ask us to front-page it. Sorry! (Louis Wu 12:43:53 UTC) (permalink)
Wednesday's news in brief:
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