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Nailed.
Today's One One Se7en might be considered a little tasteless - but the clever choice of words at the end makes up for it all. Those brutes make EVERYTHING messier. (Louis Wu 21:16:20 UTC) (permalink)
All you need to do is save the universe?
Wow. Master Chief made Maxim's '2007's Dudeliest Dudes of the Year' list. Sometimes you have to wonder. (Ads are probably NSFW.) (Louis Wu 21:08:37 UTC) (permalink)
The Studio - Experience by Microsoft
Interesting - a luxury hotel in Chicago has just opened up an entertainment lounge that's loaded with Microsoft goodies, and they're touting the ability to play (among other games) Halo 3 in HD on LIVE as one of the perks of staying at the hotel. (It's free for guests.) Thanks, Anton P. Nym. (Louis Wu 18:57:26 UTC) (permalink)
TTL Tednesday - wait, what?
It's not a T day, but there's still a Tied the Leader update, thanks to XerxdeeJ. There's a fun photoblog of a TTL Overlord get-together, and a reminder that you've got about a day left for your guesses in their 117 Day contest (they're closing the voting at noon, Central Time - that's 1pm EST, 10am PST and 5pm UTC). Go read - and make sure you guess! Every $2 is another $2 for injured vets. (Louis Wu 16:13:16 UTC) (permalink)
Journey, Frank? REALLY?
Wired Magazine has a 'One and One' mini-interview with Frank O'Connor; one question about gaming, one question about something totally different. It reminded me of the Roaming Gnome commercials for Travelocity, though. If you have a Red vs Blue account, you can read this old journal I wrote about this phenomenon; if you don't, lemme just say that Frankie's not gonna be doing the party planning for my next big bash. Thanks to Anton P. Nym for the heads-up. (Louis Wu 16:10:35 UTC) (permalink)
Now, Flip the Elephant
Elnea's posted Episode 114 of her Halo Action Figure Theater - poor O'Hara! (I'm reminded of the rescue scene in Princess Bride, actually.) Great action shots. Check it out!
(Louis Wu 15:24:01 UTC) (permalink)
Black is the new Grey
Heh - Bungie hasn't had a 'Black' option in your armor customization choices since Halo - but there IS a 'black' option in the 'Force Colors' team options for multiplayer games. So Gravemind took advantage of it to create a Halo 3 Spec Ops Elite. Nice! (Louis Wu 15:18:21 UTC) (permalink)
Custom Halo Drink Coaster
Wow, nova's got a pretty cool stepsister. She made him a handmade Halo-themed drink coaster - what a perfect place for that Grunty mug!
(Louis Wu 15:01:23 UTC) (permalink)
Mario Fusion Demo
Last week, we mentioned a Mario/Halo crossover game in development - a demo's been released. You can grab a copy at Megaupload - thanks, DHalo. (I don't have any way of testing this right now, so if bandwidth runs out, you're out of luck; I'm not willing to host something I 1) don't have permission to host, and 2) don't have any way of actually SEEING.) (Louis Wu 14:51:03 UTC) (permalink)
Jonathan Quail Release Trailer
Trigger119 pointed us to a teaser trailer for Jonathan Quail, a machinima project from CROSSFIRE. This puppy's been in the works for a while (we saw our first trailer for it back in October), but we now have a release date for the final product - January 17 (that's tomorrow, for those of you in a fog). This teaser is more an advertisement for color filters in movie effects programs... but CROSSFIRE's got a long history of fantastic machinima projects, so I'm willing to wait and see what comes tomorrow! (Louis Wu 14:45:02 UTC) (permalink)
Forged in the Pit of... Bungie
Over at Bungie.net, SketchFactor wrote up an article about Forging on Foundry - he used his own work for examples, and pointed out some of the things he's learned by doing. It's a nice overview of how you might go about building a fun map - things to keep in mind, pitfalls you face, tricks to make your life easier. Good stuff! I somehow missed it all day yesterday, but pete_the_duck was on the job. (Louis Wu 14:30:21 UTC) (permalink)
Newsweek Interviews Joe Staten - Part One, Try Two
Yesterday, I mentioned a tidbit from an interview that Newsweek did with Joe Staten last summer (but is publishing now). I forgot to actually point out part 1 of the interview - which is a very interesting read. (Part 2 should be out soon.) (Louis Wu 14:27:38 UTC) (permalink)
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