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Friday, April 18, 2008 |  |
Blackout Jumping
Sain7 whipped up a little Blackout Jumps tutorial recently - it's available in his Fileshare. However, if you don't want to fire up Halo 3 just to watch this, there are 720p renders of the video in this post. Some nice jumps in there! (Louis Wu 16:17:27 UTC) (permalink)
X-Play's Sarkathlon 2: Recon Challenge
Mr Sark dropped us a note with details about X-Play's Sarkathlon 2: Recon Challenge (it was on last night's show). It takes place on Avalanche, and the object is to get through the course as quickly as possible and be holding eight grenades when you cross the finish line. The winning time will earn its submitter a set of Recon armor. The full instructions are in the video linked above, but to make things a little bit easier, here's a link to Mr Sark's Fileshare. Grab Sarkathlon2-VIP (the gametype), Sarkathlon2-Map (the map - duh), and Sarkathlon2-Tut (a tutorial showing you what you need to do). You've got two weeks - submissions must be in by Friday, May 2. Next week's show will have a leaderboard, showing off the best times submitted to that point, and the winner will be announced on air on Friday, May 2. Get practicing! (Louis Wu 14:40:50 UTC) (permalink)
H3 v CoD4: A DLC Showdown
Games Radar postd a DLC showdown between Halo 3 and Call of Duty 4 - it's pretty hostile (as in, neither side will concede that the other actually has something of value) and doesn't provide much more insight than that conversation you had with your roommate at 3 am about this very subject - but hey, it's a big gaming website, so it must be important, right? (Louis Wu 14:11:47 UTC) (permalink)
abReacT
Straight gameplay montages have been done so often, and for so long, that it's hard to get excited about new ones. Z sent word of a new one, over at Halo3Forum, from Kriptic - I actually enjoyed watching it. Lots of sticks and snipes - but the focus seemed to be on Exterminations, and a couple of them were really nice (no easy kills). Great situational awareness (using fusion cores to maximum advantage), great control. Give it a shot! 123 mb for 6 minutes of gameplay. (Louis Wu 14:05:16 UTC) (permalink)
Friday's Fan Fiction
Five new pieces in the Fan Fiction section this week - get to reading! (Louis Wu 13:58:23 UTC) (permalink)
A bunch of nice shots
S043 took a bunch of nice screenshots, and posted 'em on our forum. Normally, I'd let these go by - we see a LOT of screenshots on our forum - but I liked this batch. (He posted a second batch later in the evening.) And radiant penguin stopped by, as well, with some new (and really, really impressive) vertical panoramas taken on the Legendary maps. I LOVE 'Boulevard of Broken Dreams' - and 'Cold Feet' is a great composition, too. Update: HaLo2FrEeEk decided to get into this, too - check the post for four Legendary map panoramas.
(Louis Wu 13:08:08 UTC) (permalink)
Wait... OTHER people wake up like that too?
Hawty McBloggy has part two of her 'You Know You Play Too Much Halo When...' quiz online right now - go see how bad your obsession really is. (Louis Wu 13:07:49 UTC) (permalink)
Double XP Weekend - Legendary Brawl
Almost forgot to mention - yesterday, Bungie made the latest Double XP Weekend playlist live. This one is called 'Legendary Brawl', and it's a 12-player free-for-all on the newest maps (both the Heroic and Legendary map packs are represented). You must have both sets of maps to play this. It's a ranked list, so your chances to grab those last few multiplayer achievements are right there in front of you! (Louis Wu 13:07:32 UTC) (permalink)
CI Design Contest - End Date and Prizes
HaLo2FrEeEk let us know that the cutoff date for the Infectionist Machinima Design Contest is coming up - April 30 is the last day to submit entries. Prizes include 1600 MS points, a 1-month LIVE code, and a custom title on their forum, with a runner-up getting an honorable mention on the front page and a dedicated forum thread displaying their work. More details can be found at the Infectionist Machinima website. (Louis Wu 13:07:15 UTC) (permalink)
Major's Minute - Master Chief Edition
darthbob noticed a new interview on the Inside Xbox link of Xbox LIVE Marketplace - it's the latest edition of Major's Minute, and this week Major Nelson is talking to Frankie about the Legendary maps. 60 seconds of info - short and sweet! (Louis Wu 13:06:55 UTC) (permalink)
Thursday's news in brief:
Wednesday's news in brief:
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Legendary Panoramas mychildren mybride- headshot Sarkathlon II - and an exclusive prize I need a cigar. |
