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Thursday, April 24, 2008 |  |
Just Playin'
Luke McKay whipped up a little Cortana doodle today, over in his RvB Journal - we've added it to his Gallery here. (Louis Wu 21:44:22 UTC) (permalink)
Double XP SWAT Weekend Live Now
Bungie has announced that this weekend's Double XP playlist will be SWAT - and that it's live, now. (XerxdeeJ... LIVE is calling you!) This is the last SWAT weekend - and your last chance to play SWAT unranked; when it comes back in May, it'll be a full-time playlist, and it will be ranked. Go shoot! (Louis Wu 21:32:38 UTC) (permalink)
So THAT'S where the M rating came from!
Hawty McBloggy found a fun shirt at Split Reason - I've never seen a Spartan Laser do that, but it makes a nice sign! (Louis Wu 21:29:16 UTC) (permalink)
Beat The Yeti - week of 4/23
HeavenlyYeti let us know that Beat the Yeti had another challenge - this time it was Team Yeti vs Team Flaming Tampons. Three games, with an overall tie. Sounds like fun games! (Louis Wu 21:27:36 UTC) (permalink)
Podtacular Pod TV Pilot
The first episode of the new Podtacular Video Podcast (numbered 159, as a continuation of the audio podcast) is now up at Podtacular.com. Freak in a Box and Crypto flix interview Foo Mo Jive and JVB. 37 mb, 18 minutes, with layout of the upcoming episodes. Go watch! Thanks, Samus 117. (Louis Wu 21:22:12 UTC) (permalink)
When Missiles Go Rogue
PaulMc's friend was playing on Valhalla, and took a shot at a Banshee with his missile pod, from pretty close range. He missed, the Banshee boosted in and splattered him. Pretty standard, right? Well... the missile ALMOST got a lock... so it decided it was gonna follow that Banshee after all. The 'shee had headed for the enemy base, looking to see what it could hit... the missile caught up to it as it rounded the spire. It started down for the kill... and then it found a new target. This one was moving more slowly, perhaps, or maybe it was the peanut-butter coating on the Elite armor. We'll never know. The missile flew into the ground behind the running Elite that had just spawned, killing him. The cool part? That running Elite was PaulMc's friend, back from purgatory just in time to be killed by his own missile. Check this post for HD download links of the 24-second film clip, if you don't want to download the Fileshare'd Saved Film Paul put up. This one needs a special medal, I think... (Louis Wu 20:23:07 UTC) (permalink)
Lowered Expectations
ZZoMBiE13 looks at the naming of the Halo Map Packs to date, does some extrapolating, and lets you know what might be coming next, in the latest installment of Another Halo Comic Strip. Here's hoping he's wrong. (Louis Wu 20:20:03 UTC) (permalink)
Inside Halo 13
Whoa, that was quick. Inside Halo 13 is now online - The Dead Pixel shows off some cool screens, details a new request for submissions (you'll have to watch it yourself for specifics), executes some mailbag hijinx, and gives you a taste of the endtimes. Go watch! Thanks, Adam Kovic. (Louis Wu 20:12:10 UTC) (permalink)
Bugs
Dennis Powers let us know that Shipwrecked Episode 13 is now up - some nice animations in those shots! (Louis Wu 20:04:21 UTC) (permalink)
NFL Running Back to host a Halo 3 tourney in NE
If you live in Omaha, NE (or nearby, I guess), you might be interested in a Halo 3 tournament to be hosted this weekend at Heidelberg's Sports Bar by Ahman Green, an NFL running back with the Houston Texans. Details (and an application form) are available in the Omaha World Herald story linked above. (Louis Wu 20:02:31 UTC) (permalink)
Summary, Observations, Hypothesis, Experiment, Conclusion
Game and Player has a scientific review of the Halo 3 Legendary Map Pack. Go read it to see what that means. (Louis Wu 19:57:02 UTC) (permalink)
Chairleg offering a Halo 3 Cutscene in HD
The Chairleg Productions crew is planning on releasing some new machinima in HD, and to test whether their server can handle the load, they're releasing a Halo 3 cutscene (the ending of Floodgate) in QuickTime H.264 HD format. Swing by Squarecoin's forum post for details and a download link.
(Louis Wu 19:22:51 UTC) (permalink)
Scout Helmet - nearing completion
We got new pics of GhettoMole's Scout helmet - he's finished up the grey and black painting, looking forward to the violet highlights and the visor! Go look. (Louis Wu 19:22:02 UTC) (permalink)
Camouflage for when you're hiding in a weapons bin
SPU7N1K was doing some searching, and stumbled across a blog post from back in September, showing off photos of a couple of Halo 3 caps I don't recall seeing before. I'm not sure I'd wear 'em - but it's interesting that they're out there. (Louis Wu 19:21:37 UTC) (permalink)
Magic Overshield Grab
xenøs was messing around with some map building, and ran across a pretty bizarre glitch; apparently, you can pick up an overshield by traveling between a pair of teleporters that has that overshield near the path that connects them. Huh? Watch his movie for more details (downloadable saved films linked in the forum post, too), and see if you can figure out what's going on! (Louis Wu 19:21:14 UTC) (permalink)
Brothers in Arms
Phatcorns dropped in with a link to a little montage vid showing off some brotherly love. Made me feel all warm and fuzzy. (Louis Wu 19:20:29 UTC) (permalink)
Banshee Hijacking
I hate days like this. Sorry for the lack of news. Rockslider wrote up an easy way to hijack banshees on The Covenant - swing by Bad Cyborg for details. (Louis Wu 19:19:19 UTC) (permalink)
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