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Tuesday, July 22, 2008 |  |
Games for Windows LIVE - now free
Ross Mills noticed a story on Joystiq explaining that Microsoft has just made the Games For Windows Live service free (it used to be $50/year, just like Xbox LIVE). This means you can play Halo 2 PC online for nada. w00t! (Louis Wu 21:50:51 UTC) (permalink)
Buy a Mullins
Okay... this isn't Halo-related, but it's still very cool, and the GUY is Halo-related, so... Craig Mullins has done a TON of Bungie-inspired and Bungie-commissioned artwork, and has built a pretty enormous following in this community. (You can see his Marathon-related work here, and his Halo-related work here.) Latekid noticed that he's selling an oil painting (not videogame-related at all) on eBay right now - no bids yet, 9 days left. I gotta tell you... I have a custom Mullins on my wall, and I love it. Here's a chance to get one yourself. (Louis Wu 21:43:07 UTC) (permalink)
Halo Corpse Alphabet - Complete
Hawty McBloggy wrote to point out that the Halo Corpse Alphabet is finished... complete with a font. Amazing! Check it out. (Please, though - go easy on the font usage; it's very cool, but I could see it getting... annoying pretty quickly.) (Louis Wu 20:52:44 UTC) (permalink)
Controlling the War(s)
Kotaku has posted an article detailing the control scheme of Halo Wars - go see if it makes sense to you! Thanks, KP. (Louis Wu 20:46:59 UTC) (permalink)
Let's hope it doesn't start moving.
Al7eredBeasT stopped in with pictures of an infection form plushie he made this weekend... cute! (Louis Wu 17:42:56 UTC) (permalink)
Grey Team Transmission mumbletymumblty Part mhrmm
Okay, I'm confused. Back in March, Mindless Distortion released Gray Team Transmission One. A week later, they released Gray Team Transmission Two Trailer, and followed that up about two months later with Gray Team: Transmission 2 - Part 1. As far as I can tell, they never released part 2 - the next video in the series was Gray Team Transmission Three Trailer Part 2 (skipping Transmission 2 Part 2 and the first part of the Transmission 3 Trailer). Today, they've got Gray Team Transmission Three: Relegation Part 2 of 2. I THINK that the trailer part 2 was just a precursor of this file, and that the 'part 2 of 2' is needless confusion, since they jumped from Transmission Two to Transmission Three (that should be enough to suggest that they're linked, and one follows the other). But I'm not sure. Anyway, this episode is out, and ready for viewing. According to Marc Swint,
"After this episode, we will be moving to a 22 minute long format and beyond episode 5, Gray Team will be exclusively airing on the website Good Game TV."
Lots of explodey things. (Louis Wu 15:24:34 UTC) (permalink)
Some great Halo fan art at DA
Wow. onebitrocket pointed out this artwork of an Elite (and some Brutes), done by Chase-SC2 over on DeviantART. Amazing! (He also did a pretty nice ODST image.) Check 'em out! (Louis Wu 13:47:46 UTC) (permalink)
GEE-MC - ready for prime time
Back in January, we mentioned a 'Build a Spartan' flash app created by Scotty GEE - it wasn't done, but it was pretty nice. We just got word from Scotty - it's done now. Very cool! Go play with it. You can even take a screenshot when you're happy with your creation! (Louis Wu 13:43:58 UTC) (permalink)
It only counts if you call it.
Red vs Blue: Reconstruction Chapter 8 has been posted over at Rooster Teeth - this series just keeps getting better. These guys are taking machinima to a whole new level - I'm not sure how long I can say that about each new episode, but I really am impressed. Go watch. (I'll echo BlueNinja's "wow".)
(Louis Wu 10:19:42 UTC) (permalink)
Keeping It Clean
Heh - over at Tied the Leader, you'll find a fun exposition on the woes of wearing Recon in Matchmaking (made me smile), and a level-headed reminder that the subject we find ourselves up in arms about occasionally is, after all, only a game. Thanks, XerxdeeJ. (Louis Wu 10:14:45 UTC) (permalink)
Grand Canyon Flying
Midni7ght posted a very high resolution (1900x1200) version of In Amber Clad flying through the Grand Canyon - no sound, but the camera angles actually gave me a moment of vertigo! (Louis Wu 10:13:56 UTC) (permalink)
Goodies mined from the Bungie Blog
The Bungie.net blog posted a couple of items yesterday that were new to HBO. DigitalPh33r released a Director's Commentary version of the first episode of Arby 'n' the Chief; he has a little trouble staying focused on what he's saying at times, but in general, it's an interesting look into how he works. And the 2old2play crew has released the maps used in the 2o2p Pwnathon (last mentioned in early July) - go grab 'em!
(Louis Wu 10:06:56 UTC) (permalink)
A Halo screenshot worthy of mention
Yesterday, Google Alerts brought me news of a new screenshot released by Predator5791 and highlighted by bs angel on her I <3 Halo 3 Screenshots website. I'm hesitant to point out specific screenshots on our front page, because... well, because there are millions of them out there, and once you start to spotlight individual shots, you're opening the door to a force that could overwhelm the news page. So I posted it on our forum, instead - and the reaction it got was strong enough (and I got enough behind-the-scenes urging) that this time, I'm front-paging it. Go look. It's amazing what you can do with Forge. (Louis Wu 10:04:08 UTC) (permalink)
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