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Saturday, June 21, 2008 |  |
Screw your pass!
Today's edition of Another Halo Comic Strip is an interesting look at Finders Keepers... (Louis Wu 22:36:42 UTC) (permalink)
Halo 3 Believe wins two Grand Prix Lions
The Halo 3 'Believe' campaign continues to rack up advertising awards - the latest is a pair of Gran Prix Lions (Film and Integrated) won at the 55th International Advertising Festival in Cannes last night. Check sample writeups at Adweek and AdvertisingAge. (Louis Wu 20:15:39 UTC) (permalink)
Halo Corpse Alphabet
Hawty McBloggy has kicked off the Halo Corpse Alphabet, a rather macabre project aimed at reproducing the standard English alphabet in... well, dead Spartans. The news story shows off an example of an X. Go see what you can contribute! (Louis Wu 19:36:56 UTC) (permalink)
Forecast the Series Episode 4
Tyler sent word that Forecast the Series Episode 4 is now online - you can read about it on their website, or watch it on YouTube. Folks are getting pretty creative with the machinimatography! (On second thought, there's not much to read - just go watch it.) (Louis Wu 19:36:10 UTC) (permalink)
Inside Halo 18
Inside Halo 18 has a really short recap of MLG San Diego, the top 5 plays of the week, and some machinima highlights - go watch! Thanks, Bob 116. Update: It's also downloadable at machinima.com (thanks, Smurfa). (Louis Wu 16:55:19 UTC) (permalink)
Library Learns from Halo LAN
Heh - the Plumsted, NJ public library has discovered that you can attract a little-seen demographic (young adults) by hosting a Halo lanfest. (The article mentions that young MALE adults were brought in - but the picture accompanying the story shows a mixed audience.) The question is, are they checking out books before they leave? (Louis Wu 12:44:45 UTC) (permalink)
Master Chief Mingles Down Under
News.com.au has a story about Supanova, a science fiction convention in Sydney, Australia this weekend. The picture gallery has a couple of nice shots of a fan's Master Chief costume. (Louis Wu 12:44:19 UTC) (permalink)
Fan Fic Pick of the Week
UNSC Trooper pointed out that the Fan Fic Pick of the Week is up over at the HBOFF forum. Go see what (ENS) Rabid_Gallagher came up with as the top few stories of the batch!
(Louis Wu 12:43:42 UTC) (permalink)
The Battle Rifle, Cold Storage, and More
Last night, Bungie posted their Weekly Update (available, as always, in our Weekly Update Archive in addition to Bungie.net), and it contains a monster writeup of the Halo 3 Battle Rifle, and how it was designed to work. (This week saw a lot of discussion around the net about how the battle rifle is 'broken' - its bullet spread is too random at long range for many hardcore users. The explanation in the WU makes it clear that this is by design - and only affects the weapon at long range. Bungie wanted the BR to be used primarily as a mid-range weapon, with long-range tasks (like pinging a sniper to pull him out of scope, or finishing off an unshielded target), but without the ability to be used as a universal "I can kill anything on the map with this puppy, regardless of location" tool.) Past this very detailed writeup, there's also information about the San Diego Comic Convention, mention of a couple of dates to keep track of, and a couple of gorgeous screenshots of Cold Storage (nee Chill Out). Large versions of the Cold Storage shots are available in Bungie's Screenshot Gallery. Go read! It's a good 'un. (Louis Wu 10:38:03 UTC) (permalink)
Friday's news in brief:
Thursday's news in brief:
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The Bungie Store has Left the Building Team Snipers - For Double XP Big W3rdz Mayk Yu Smrt Beastie Boys - Sabotage (in Halo 3) MLG San Diego Halo 3 Wrap Up Halo Wars Addict Podcast Ep 1 The Fine Print |
