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First Person... Shooter?
Gah. I managed to forget to post yesterday's episode of Another Halo Comic Strip. Which stinks, because it's really well-done, and funny. Go read it. (Sorry, ZZoMBiE13!) (Louis Wu 16:21:16 UTC) (permalink)
Building Better Battles
Damien Isla was one of the Bungie employees who talked at this year's Game Developer Conference - he described how the Halo 3 AI Objectives System made the game more fun for players. Over at Game/AI, he's written about how he didn't actually think this system would work, during development - its focus on end results, rather than guidelines TOWARDS those results, would be too hard for designers to work with (he thought). He was wrong - and he talks a little bit about why. If you're interested in the behind-the-scenes stuff, this is a fun blog post! (Louis Wu 15:44:04 UTC) (permalink)
Rocket Assault
Rockslider continues to look for new ways to enjoy Halo 3 - today he's come up with a marine-saving challenge, and a related rocket launcher preservation mission. (I'd love to see footage from the battle he describes.) Give it a read at Bad Cyborg! (Louis Wu 15:09:15 UTC) (permalink)
Learning from a master
1Up has posted an article called 'Five Things We've Learned From D&D' - a tribute to Gary Gygax. In each lesson, they point to current games that have taken inspiration from Gygax's innovations. Halo pops up a couple of times (though not always in a positive light). (Louis Wu 14:37:33 UTC) (permalink)
Prophecy Episode 3
Lordstemplar1 pointed out that Prophecy Episode 3 has been posted on the 508th Brigade forum. 12 minutes long, it tells the story of the Covenant overrunning of Thermopylae - and the human resistance to overwhelming force. Nice battle footage, and a well-told story - this one's shaping up! (Louis Wu 14:25:34 UTC) (permalink)
Halo 2 Vista - for cheap
Black Six noticed that GoGamer.com is selling Halo 2 Vista for $15 - for the next 41 hours or so. (He actually told us about this 8 hours ago... but hey, we all gotta sleep sometime.) (Louis Wu 14:08:08 UTC) (permalink)
The Halo CE Chronicles Comic
Getting into the screenshot-based comic game is Dennis Powers, who's creating a graphic novella about a couple of characters you'll see more of in the Season 5 machinima of The Halo CE Chronicles, currently in production. New episodes will be up once per week. (Details about the comic are here - the comic itself is here.) (Louis Wu 14:05:57 UTC) (permalink)
Saturday's news in brief:
Friday's news in brief:
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Halo 2 Cutscenes... now in Hi-Def Friday Caption Fun - a Hit The beginnings of an Arbiter helmet Friday's Fan Fiction A Rare Humpday |
