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Thursday, February 21, 2008 |  |
Ghost Town - coming soon
wolfman was first to post on our forum with news of Bungie's upcoming Ghost Town map - Bungie's posted screenshots and an interview with the guys who built it. I'm having trouble getting a feel for the layout from the existing shots... but MAN it's beautiful. Check it out! (Louis Wu 23:16:52 UTC) (permalink)
Master Replicas adds new stuff
PriorMarcus noticed new pics from ToyFair 08 - this time they're from Master Replicas, and they include models of stuff we've never seen before... like Hornets. w00t! (Louis Wu 23:16:28 UTC) (permalink)
She Who Travels Fastest
Things continue to develop at Halo Action Figure Theater, today with 112% more educational content! Also, snow. And Uno! Can't forget that. (mnemesis 18:46:38 UTC) (permalink)
...till it's gone
ZZoMBiE13 continues with Drone Week on Another Halo Comic Strip - and his writeup is chock-full of useful links for folks who need more ZZoMBiE goodness in their lives. Go read! And.... that's it for me for the day. Say hi to mnemesis for me! (Louis Wu 13:13:56 UTC) (permalink)
Halo 3 cleans up at 1UP Reader's Choice
PR Newswire has a press release from 1UP.com - their Reader's Choice Awards for 2007 were announced at a special ceremony this week in San Francisco... and Halo 3 did really well. They took home Best Shooting Game, Best Multiplayer Game, and Game of the Year. Congrats, guys! Full details can be found in the 1UP writeup. (Louis Wu 13:09:49 UTC) (permalink)
Why should players care about your stupid story?
Not Halo-focused (although Halo is mentioned in the article, briefly), but very relevant to a large chunk of our readership - Ken Levine, Creative Director of 2K Boston (the folks who made Bioshock) talked at the GDC about stories in video games, and how developers have to walk a fine line between casual and hardcore fans. Your story has to be understandable in a one-paragraph synopsis... but it also has to be deep and interesting to those who delve into it. A non-trivial conundrum! (Louis Wu 13:07:32 UTC) (permalink)
Chris Butcher talks to everybody
Tons of stuff coming out of the Game Developer Conference this week - couple of good Chris Butcher bits. Next Generation has a nice article on how Matchmaking has evolved (info from Chris), and Develop Magazine has an interview with him (on a wide range of interesting topics). Go read! (Louis Wu 13:06:18 UTC) (permalink)
What they Play - in brief
USA Today has a news story about What They Play, a website that aims to provide parents with useful and concise information about videogames in the context of how appropriate they might be for their kids. The Halo review on the site mentions the level of violence (predominately human-on-alien in singleplayer, human-on-armored human in multiplayer), the presence of blood ("reasonably restrained"), and the frequency of cursing (way more from other players on LIVE than from NPCs in-game). This could be a useful tool for parents who don't have time to play all games their kids are interested in! (Louis Wu 13:05:31 UTC) (permalink)
CoD4 - still on top
For the third week in a row, Call of Duty 4 is on top of Major Nelson's LIVE usage charts - will that remain true now that the Auto Update has been released? Tune in next week to find out! (Before anyone gets upset that I'm even listing this - we had no trouble at all mentioning that Halo 2 remained on top of the charts for months and months and months, and as has been mentioned by many many people, both CoD4 and Halo 3 are great games, and deserve the praises heaped upon them; which one the public chooses to play more is actually a relevant fact for a Halo news site, whether you, personally, find it important or not.) (Louis Wu 13:04:41 UTC) (permalink)
VGL at GDC in SF
Video Games Live is doing a special show at the GDC this week - Friday night, February 22, they'll be at the Nob Hill Masonic Auditorium, with Skywalker Symphony Orchestra and Choir playing the goodies. Lots of industry luminaries will be on hand for the Meet and Greet afterwards, including Bungie's Marty O'Donnell. Full details are on VGL's website. (Louis Wu 13:03:50 UTC) (permalink)
Halo 3 Stats Widget
uberpuppy whipped up a Halo 3 stats widget for folks using Mac OSX - grabs your most important stats, and puts them a keystroke away in your Dashboard. Check it out! You can see screens, and download the widget, at his website. (Louis Wu 13:03:11 UTC) (permalink)
Standoff VR - 360 degree goodness
nefarius armati stopped by with a new Forge project he's working on; we don't generally cover those (there are just too many), but his presentation was unique; he created a QuickTime VR movie to show it off. Nice! (Louis Wu 13:02:37 UTC) (permalink)
Blawg Hawtness
Hawty McBloggy's been busy this week - she's put together a Halo 3-themed gamer gear roundup (pick out your spring duds now!), and she's compiled a list of the Top 10 Best Halo 3 Suicide videos. Boom! (Louis Wu 13:01:51 UTC) (permalink)
ESPN/MLG Top Ten kicks off
Synide let us know that Major League Gaming has just announced the ESPN/MLG Top Ten series - clips they're putting together every couple of weeks for ESPN.com. The first one is up now - it's a set of ten really fun-to-watch plays in Halo 3. (Read Synide's thread for an explanation on at least one of these clips, and why it made the list; good stuff.) And submit your own! (Details on how are in the MLG story.) (Louis Wu 13:00:37 UTC) (permalink)
Grunts... in... SPACE!
Rockslider found some fun stuff to do with Grunts - read about it at Bad Cyborg. (Louis Wu 13:00:04 UTC) (permalink)
Bungie Podcast - Luke Timmins
Huge props to mnemesis, who covered the place yesterday when I simply couldn't get to an internet connection. Let's see if I can whip out a few posts in the short time I've got available this morning - he might be around later today. First up - almost lost in the noise of the AutoUpdate release yesterday was a new Bungie podcast, this time with Luke Timmins. Just under an hour, 66 mb Go listen! (Thanks, MasterChief2829.) (Louis Wu 12:58:47 UTC) (permalink)
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