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Wednesday, March 5, 2008 |  |
Ten Hawt Desktops
Hawty McBloggy picked out some kickass Halo 3 Wallpaper designs from around the net - she got a bunch from here, but she also got a bunch from other places. Go see! Thanks, discopete019. (Louis Wu 23:15:54 UTC) (permalink)
March Playlist Update Info
Bungie's posted info about the March Playlist update over at Bungie.net - they're introducing DoubleXP weekend playlists, with the first one featuring Grifball. They're also adding some tweaks to the Heroic DLC hopper, and some random changes to other playlists. Go read for full details! Thanks, Pkmnrulz240. (Louis Wu 23:13:03 UTC) (permalink)
HSH Tourney Highlights
Cody Miller posted highlights from the recent High Speed Halo tournament - check out the videos in his forum post. Looks like it was a lot of fun! (Louis Wu 21:40:03 UTC) (permalink)
Signed Halo 3 Legendary Master Chief Helmet
Bungie Lead Mission Designer Chris Opdahl has a sister at the Magnolia Intermediate School in Grass Valley, CA - and he's managed to get her a Bungie-signed Legendary Helmet to auction on eBay as a fundraiser for the school. If you're interested in the helmet, or in helping out the school... swing by the auction page! (Louis Wu 14:28:02 UTC) (permalink)
The Red guy was campaigning for Obama
Schedonnardus went to an Election Coverage party at his school last night (he lives in Texas)... and snapped some pictures of a blue Master Chief pulling for Ron Paul. Check out his forum post for pics, and a vid. (Louis Wu 12:45:21 UTC) (permalink)
School Bands play Halo
QuickTactical showed off a YouTube vid of 4 school bands playing a Halo piece together - apparently, this was only the second time they'd played it as a group. Not bad! (Louis Wu 12:41:30 UTC) (permalink)
I'm hosting a 'take out my garbage' contest.
Blinding stopped by to announce a 'Forging Contest' - he's looking for a Forged map he can use to make machinima, and (for now, at least), the winner will get to have their map used in a Halo 3 machinima. (Eventually, if he makes enough money from Google's AdSense, he'll offer other goodies - but for now, it's the pride of winning.) Read all the details, including what he needs, in his forum post. (Louis Wu 12:39:15 UTC) (permalink)
Win Free Halo 3 Figures from McFarlane
The Spawn.com website is giving away two complete sets of the McFarlane Halo 3 Series 1 figures - just fill in the form here, and you might win! (Hurry; contest ends next Thursday.) (Louis Wu 12:36:02 UTC) (permalink)
A Cautionary Tale
oriol003 wanted us to know about a news post at Grunts R Us - apparently, a significant number of the Recon winners from the Valentines Day playlist have been 'hacked', and had their accounts stolen. (I have no way of verifying this information - but for the purposes of this newspost, we'll assume it's true.) I don't work for Microsoft, and I'm not privy to huge amounts of backroom information - but the info I DO have (not about these cases specifically, but about older ones) suggests that most of the time, 'hacking' entails guessing a simple password. If you don't want your Xbox Live account stolen... make sure your password is secure. (That doesn't only mean not telling anybody. That means following basic password safety rules - don't use real words, don't use facts about your life (like your birthday), mix lower/uppercase letters, add numbers, make sure it's long enough, and so on.) It is very, very, VERY unlikely that these accounts are being taken over by tricking representatives at the Xbox Live service center - and it's even MORE unlikely that someone is actually 'hacking' into the LIVE database and accessing the accounts directly. Be safe, and your chances of being on this list are about the same as your chances of being hit by lightning... twice. Update: Anton P. Nym adds a bunch of useful information about protecting yourself in this forum post. (Louis Wu 12:31:05 UTC) (permalink)
A Halo Comic - a fan takes on Marvel
Dan Baker contacted us and told us that because he was disappointed with Halo: Uprising, he decided to do something about it. He's started his own Halo comic - penciled, inked, painted in Photoshop, laid out in InDesign. He's going to be providing it in two formats - an online version posted panel by panel as he completes them, and a decent-res PDF that folks can download and print, if they choose. The first few pages are up now - and quality is VERY high. Check this out! (Louis Wu 01:23:36 UTC) (permalink)
The Heart of Dorkness
Digikid pointed out that Spriggs Episode 7 has been released; currently there's only a DivX download available, but more is coming. 16 minutes, 87 mb, the story is getting far more coherent. (No less silly - but that's not necessarily a bad thing.) Go watch! (Louis Wu 01:13:26 UTC) (permalink)
Halownage.com FFA Tourney
Lani let us know that Halownage is running a small 32-player online tournament - play starts and ends on March 20, with Microsoft points, XBL subscriptions, and HoC credits on the line. Go read the Halownage forum post for the full details. (Louis Wu 01:08:31 UTC) (permalink)
Tuesday's news in brief:
Monday's news in brief:
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Not Just All Good Things. Help RJB Finish the Fight Tournament Buy McFarlane/ActionClix stuff (or get it free) This could totally work. Inside Halo - Episode 8 |
