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Three Campaign Players, One Xbox
Interesting - a thread over at High Impact Halo describes a way to get three players on a single Xbox into a Coop Campaign game (normally, you're limited to two). DollarPwnCenter created a video tutorial for folks who learn visually. Looks pretty cool! Thanks to Cocopjojo for the heads-up. (Louis Wu 23:38:23 UTC) (permalink)
Oh, my darling
Jordan117 ran across a picture that answers a 7-year-old question... and ties some very cool dates together. Nice work! (Louis Wu 23:26:59 UTC) (permalink)
Friday's (Belated) Fan Fiction
Since I was out yesterday, the standard Fan Fiction update never happened - there were 9 new pieces in there. Go read 'em! (Louis Wu 15:24:31 UTC) (permalink)
Wrong place, wrong time
Today's episode of Another Halo Comic Strip has ZZoMBiE13 putting forth an alternative ending for Halo 3. I think I would have loved it. (Potential spoilers for anyone who hasn't finished the game yet.) (Louis Wu 15:12:25 UTC) (permalink)
Machinima for Engineers
A great article on the Rooster Teeth crew (focusing on their Halo work, with an awesome opening image) can be found in a somewhat unlikely place - IEEE Spectrum, a professional journal aimed primarily at electrical engineers. Check it out! (It does a nice job of covering machinima in general, as well.) Thanks to RvB's Gus for the heads-up. (Louis Wu 14:32:36 UTC) (permalink)
RPWS Bungie Day
TheChrisD let us know that Rumble Pit World series is holding a special 'Sevens' tournament on Cold Storage on Monday, in honor of Bungie Day - festivities start around 8 pm EST. 7 parties, 7 players, 7 minutes before a final with a first prize of $77! Go read the rest of the details at the site.
(Louis Wu 14:20:06 UTC) (permalink)
ET's Top 25 Video Games
darthbob pointed out a list over at Entertainment Weekly - the Top 25 Video Game Classics. Halo came in at #11.
(Louis Wu 10:21:32 UTC) (permalink)
The Sound of Halo 3
Hawty McBloggy found a video called 'The Sound of Halo 3', which attempts to create music from the battle sounds of Halo 3. It has mixed success. (Louis Wu 10:21:11 UTC) (permalink)
Finish The Fight, for Bungie Day
Bryan Ojeda recorded a tribute piano piece in honor of Bungie Day.
(Louis Wu 10:20:53 UTC) (permalink)
Master Chief Theater 3000 - Episode 5
mrsmiley let us know that Episode 5 of Pyrosmile's Master Chief Theater 3000 (the continuation of Pyroman's MST3K parody) is now on YouTube. This one shows off the end of Floodgate. (Louis Wu 10:20:24 UTC) (permalink)
Determining Object Sizes in Halo 3
Omega spent some time in Pan-Cam mode, measuring stuff. Interesting results! (Looks like Bungie did a little fudging... (Louis Wu 10:18:39 UTC) (permalink)
Like a church mouse...
2phast let us know that Larry the Marine has changed to a Friday release schedule - and that Episode 28 is now up. I think there are certain weapons Larry should never be allowed to get his hands on. (Louis Wu 10:18:09 UTC) (permalink)
That Arbiter's a Sneaky One...
Back in April, AfRo SaUcE recorded a funny clip showing the Arbiter betraying him on Floodgate. He's back, showing off a new attempt. Arby didn't succeed this time... but it was close! (Louis Wu 10:17:45 UTC) (permalink)
Party Hats and Evil Canadians
Yesterday was Friday, which means that Hawty McBloggy posted a new round of Friday Caption Fun. There are great submissions for last week's pic (along with some gratuitous pain for me) - and a new image which should generate more than a few drunk jokes. Go add your own!
(Louis Wu 10:17:10 UTC) (permalink)
Halo project rumors flying
Probably the biggest news making the rounds yesterday was a rumor - it started over at Sarcastic Gamer on Thursday (with a quick followup a little later) - they claim that an anonymous source asserts that Halo 4 is in full development by Bungie. The followup claims that this project will be announced at E3. These claims were picked up by many, many sites out there (Narcogen did a nice job of summarizing some of the bigger ones in this Rampancy.net newspost) - there's a thread on our forum, started by Red_Breast, for folks who want to discuss this. It looks pretty clear that SOMETHING new and Halo-related will be announced at E3 - but whether it will be 'Halo 4' from Bungie, or details of Peter Jackson's Halo project, or something entirely different - we'll just have to wait and see. (IGN predicts it'll be the Peter Jackson project - in an article that also places Halo Wars at #7 on their Most Anticipated Games of E3 2008. Thanks, Planet Halo.) Thanks to the many, many people who sent in news about this stuff. For now - we're filing this firmly in the 'Rumor' cabinet. (Louis Wu 09:58:39 UTC) (permalink)
Now on Bungie.net - Matchmaking Playlist Breakdown
Something that's been needed for a LONG time on Bungie.net has been a summary of the details of the playlists - what games/maps are in which lists, and how often, that sort of thing. Thursday night, Shishka (with some help) finally put this up - go visit to read about the lists! A comment thread was started in our forum, if you want to contribute. (Louis Wu 09:46:04 UTC) (permalink)
Chief vs Grunt
Hellhawk followed up his 'Chief vs Scarab' with a 'Chief vs Grunt' vid - also cute!
(Louis Wu 09:45:44 UTC) (permalink)
Sheet music for Leonidas for jazz band
Rampancy.net posted an arrangement of Leonidas for jazz band, created by cheeze. Cool! (Louis Wu 09:45:17 UTC) (permalink)
Pro vs GI Joe - Halo 3 tourney for racers and soldiers
Here's hoping everyone's 4th of July was memorable! I had a lot of Halo stuff facing me when I returned... let's see if I can get through a little of it before my day REALLY starts. First up - Watkins Glen International raceway held a special event on Thursday - they teamed IndyCar Series drivers up with US soldiers in Kuwait for a tournament they called 'Pro vs GI Joe'. You can read writeups on the News 10 Now website and the Rochester Democrat and Chronicle. Fun! (Louis Wu 09:44:22 UTC) (permalink)
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