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Monday, July 21, 2008 |  |
Sometimes, a cigar is just a cigar, I guess.
Bah. Hyokin sent along this screengrab from the 'Five Long Years' cinematic that Ensemble released to hype Halo Wars - it shows the Legendary emblem painted on the nose of some Pelicans. I don't have high hopes for the whole 'sticking to canon' thing when UNSC aircraft, meeting Covenant forces for the very first time in history, have a symbol created with a Covenant skull, and a machete written out of the Halo Universe more than eight years ago, emblazoned on them. Ah, well... (Louis Wu 22:54:13 UTC) (permalink)
Halo: it's important
Kotaku talked to Phil Spencer and Shane Kim about Halo - seems to be a bit of spin about the botched announcement last week, but nothing was really said. The interviewer asked about Bungie's new project, the Halo movie, Halo "Blue", Peter Jackson's project - and got positive but vague answers about all of them. Microsoft clearly thinks Halo is a valuable property - but isn't interested in actually TALKING about what's coming yet. Thanks, yoshiary. (Louis Wu 18:42:43 UTC) (permalink)
'im on fire' - dangerous screenshot?
Last night, we got a message from a pretty trustworthy Halo 3 player, discussing an incident that occurred in a game played a few minutes earlier. Before the veto countdown had finished, the opposite team sent messages to all players, and one of the recipients opened the image file included in the message - that player's 360 froze, removing them from the game (and leaving the other team with a 4-3 advantage). The file being blamed as the culprit is on Bungie.net - but is not viewable online. (Update: image has been removed by Bungie.) The thread associated with the file suggests that others have had the same trouble, or have used the file to CAUSE the same trouble - and this morning, the warning showed up on our forum, as well. I'm sure Bungie is looking into the issue - but in the meantime, I'd recommend that you not open screenshots sent to you by unknowns while you're on your 360. (Louis Wu 17:01:16 UTC) (permalink)
Harsh Reminders
Dennis Powers let us know that Shipwrecked 37 is up - not all reactions are induced by external forces. (Louis Wu 17:00:54 UTC) (permalink)
Halo 3 Review - seeing the light a bit later
Longtime forum member Gryphonosiris recently published a review of Halo 3 - apparently, it was written right after the game came out, but never went up. Give it a read! (Louis Wu 16:36:59 UTC) (permalink)
Best of Forge, Round 2
ForgeHub's TrueDarkFusion let us know that the nomination round for their Best of Forge event has ended, and Round 2 of voting has begun. You've got 10 days to vote - you have to be registered, but once you are, the voting stuff is here. (Louis Wu 14:18:09 UTC) (permalink)
Flood Push
TTL Demag0gue has posted the latest Reclaimer (Episode 67) - it gives us an idea of what happened to the Chief... (Louis Wu 14:15:11 UTC) (permalink)
Forgetting Stuff
New sheet music available at Rampancy.net - Donkk has transcribed Unforgotten and Never Forget. Get to playing! (Louis Wu 14:14:54 UTC) (permalink)
More Halo Wars Coverage
mrtitan, over at Planet Halo, has summarized a roundup of Halo Wars articles in the wake of E3 that were listed on the Halo Wars website - there are a bunch I hadn't seen. Go read!
(Louis Wu 14:14:37 UTC) (permalink)
Banshee tips, via example
Slith has used GameVee to record a few clips that might be able to teach you some cool Banshee-flying techniques. Go see what he's got!
(Louis Wu 14:14:20 UTC) (permalink)
Fan Fic Pick of the Week
kr-1426 let us know last night that the HBO Fan Fic Pick of the Week was posted over at the HBOFF forum. Go get some advice in your reading material!
(Louis Wu 14:13:47 UTC) (permalink)
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