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Phil - Day Three: 'Clan Macho'
BlackLightProductions let us know that Phil - Day Three has been posted. Phil learns about the Juggernaut gametype, America's Top Model, and hand lotion. And other stuff. Pretty funny - go watch! (Louis Wu 23:43:11 UTC) (permalink)
Armor Fusing
wwm0nkey1 wrote to let us know about an in-game glitch that can create some pretty bizarre Halo armor variants; start with two turrets, placed one on top of each other, and then two players, one on each turret, and you get some wild results! Lots and lots of examples, plus a map variant already built for you, in this thread on Bungie.net. Too bad you can't actually run around like that! (He's looking for someone with Recon to volunteer to help with some extra variants.) (Louis Wu 20:41:07 UTC) (permalink)
PreGame Lobby Episode 6
tg sneak stopped in to point out that PreGame Lobby Episode 6, 'dDrunmk!', is now up on YouTube. Drinking and Zombies... mmm. (Louis Wu 20:30:47 UTC) (permalink)
Bank shot into the corner pocke- um, skull
Hawty McBloggy found a video where someone picked up an astoundingly lucky snipe - three bounces, and then the head of an unsuspecting (and totally unseen) target. Should sniper bullets bounce this much? Tell Hawty what you think! (Louis Wu 19:35:23 UTC) (permalink)
Valhalla - in Boom Blox
EazyB recreated Valhalla using the Wii's Boom Blox. Amazing! (Even more so when he blows it up!) (Louis Wu 18:19:10 UTC) (permalink)
Bury yourself as the Chief?
Geez, this is a little twisted... Creative Coffins will let you be buried in a casket that reflects your life loves... including Halo 3. LackOfKnowledge found this at Gizmodo. (It's unclear whether these are real, actually; the Creative Coffins website contains no mention of the video game choices, and the coffin SHAPES shown there are different from the ones on the T3 website.) Update: The actual article on T3 suggests that the coffin designs are new, which would explain their absence on the Creative Coffins website. (Louis Wu 16:55:32 UTC) (permalink)
One Plus Two Equals Fourteen
Wow, here's an out-there rumor... allaboutiPhone.net is reporting that Bungie has given out iPhones to all its employees, and they speculate that Bungie might be developing apps for the unit. Pocket Gamer goes one step further - they're discussing a Halo-related iPhone app. The bare facts - that Bungie has supplied iPhones to their employees, and is paying for the service contracts - are true, according to a Bungie employee. The rest of it... that's just people talking. Thanks, Kibbles. (Louis Wu 16:44:16 UTC) (permalink)
Boring Comics Number One
OddGodHMK wrote to say that the first comic in his news series 'Boring Comics' is Halo-related. I can totally relate - any playlist with more than 4 on a team, and I say a LOT of stuff my teammates never hear! (Louis Wu 13:19:03 UTC) (permalink)
Option 2
TTL Demag0gue stopped in with word of Reclaimer 68 - he says there's a promise of answers, but it looks more confusing than ever to me! (Louis Wu 13:08:26 UTC) (permalink)
Microsoft's Hiring - in the Halo universe
Bryan Young noticed a job listing at Microsoft (via Gamasutra, posted last week) for a "Creative Director - building a new Halo universe". The listing links to a job description that's several months old, and doesn't specify Halo explicitly - recycled description, or just an unfilled position? (Louis Wu 13:06:25 UTC) (permalink)
E3 Comments from UK Sites
Couple of news stories about E3 wrapups of interest to the Halo community - Eurogamer will have an interview with Don Mattrick tomorrow, but today they've got a teaser in which Harold Ryan (Bungie President) is quoted as laughing off the cancelled project announcement (thanks, broony). And TechRadar UK talked to Brian Jarrard of Bungie - he had positive things to say about E3 in general, while expressing some disappointment with how Bungie's role in the proceedings was changed. (Louis Wu 12:58:29 UTC) (permalink)
Kudos for Halo Wars
PlanetXbox360 gave Halo Wars the nod as the Best Strategy Game in its Best of E3 2008 Awards. Nice! ("No New Halo Game" was also a contender in the "Biggest Surprise" category.) (Louis Wu 12:40:14 UTC) (permalink)
What are YOU playing these days?
Major Nelson posted his standard LIVE activity list last night, for the week of July 14... and Halo 3 tops the list for the first time since the week of January 21. Folks have been discussing this (on our forum, among other places), and nobody has a really good explanation as to why (well, why NOW). Time will tell if it's just a blip, or if Halo 3's staying power is greater than CoD4's (or something else entirely)! (Louis Wu 12:31:56 UTC) (permalink)
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