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Halo Custom Edition Update
Dennis Powers sent along some stats for the Halo Custom Edition of the Halo Maps website - 56 original multiplayer map designs, 68 modified levels, and 3 single player levels have been added since 2008 began, bringing the total number of assets to 3050. Wow! He also pointed out 4 maps of note - check out Contact, Vestige, Augurer, and Sympathy! (Louis Wu 21:47:52 UTC) (permalink)
Cortana... in the flesh
Xboxter, via email, and CaptainOblivious, on our forum, both pointed out the same NSFW naked Cortana at I4U News. (Xboxter actually found her through Kotaku, but that's neither here nor there.) Pass on this one if your boss doesn't like naked women on your monitor. Otherwise... she's pretty amazing. (Louis Wu 21:39:33 UTC) (permalink)
Inaction Theater
Dennis Powers pays homage to Elnea in the latest Halo CE Chronicles comic. Man... with all this cross-comic referencing, are we gonna be blessed with baby Halo comics? (Wait... we already had those.) (Louis Wu 17:50:45 UTC) (permalink)
Spine Destroyer Trailer
SirTopEmHat let us know that the trailer for his new project, Spine Destroyer, has been posted at FileFront. We've put up a couple of mirrors (a local copy of his WMP9 version, along with a QuickTime version), because it looks fun. Cloverfield-esque. Take a look!
(Louis Wu 16:29:21 UTC) (permalink)
Halo: Orions Spartans II
serpx noticed that Halo: Orions Spartans II is now up at Newgrounds. (We mentioned part I back in mid-September.) It's a little confusing, but if you pay attention, you should be able to get it all. Sounds like this might be the last one, too. (Louis Wu 16:28:00 UTC) (permalink)
Gamers for Giving - a success!
Zach Wigal, of the Gamers Outreach Foundation (search our news for more details), let us know that the Gamers for Giving event they held a couple of weeks ago went swimmingly - over 600 participants and spectators were present, and $4000 was raised for a local branch of the Autism Society of America. Go look at the pics! (Louis Wu 16:03:42 UTC) (permalink)
MA5 Interactive Model
sender let us know that over on the 405th forums, bevbor has made a SolidWorks MA5 interactive model. You'll need Windows to play with it. 4.3 mb download, password-protected. (Password is included in the forum thread.) (Louis Wu 15:57:36 UTC) (permalink)
Grifball Spring League - The Radio Version
Quikthnkr stopped by late last night to point out The Grifball Explosion, a new podcast devoted to Grifball and the working of the Spring League. If you're playing in the league (or even just interested in the sport itself), swing by and listen! (Division details are up now in the Grifball forum, though they haven't been published officially yet, so things might still change.) (Louis Wu 14:49:27 UTC) (permalink)
Irish I hadn't seen that
Today's Larry the Marine celebrates St. Paddy's Day... in a way that maybe it shouldn't be celebrated. Thanks, 2phast. (No, really, thanks.) (Louis Wu 14:21:29 UTC) (permalink)
Halo 3 in WCG 2008
Halo was a part of the World Cyber Games in 2003, 2004, and 2005 - but they dropped it in 2006 and 2007. (2001 and 2002 were PC-only competitions; Halo wasn't even eligible.) It's back now - Halo 3 was announced yesterday as one of the fourteen games (four console titles) in WCG 2008. Nice! (We mentioned the possibility in October, good to see it's panned out.) (Louis Wu 14:19:16 UTC) (permalink)
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