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Wednesday, September 17, 2008 |  |
Take Our Stuff - A Bungie.org Contest
It's taken longer than expected to get this running... but we'd like to give away a bunch of stuff. Some of it we collected at PAX, some we're helping Bungie clear out of their stockpile. All of it is stuff Halo fans can use. Swing by the contest page for full details, rules, and more. (Louis Wu 21:15:08 UTC) (permalink)
It could have been 'Puff The Magic Hadron'
The Royal Society for Chemistry in London was unhappy with the name 'Large Hadron Collider' for the newly-operational construct in France and Switzerland, so they launched a competition for a new name... and the most popular choice (and winner of the competition) was 'Halo'.
"Halo conjures visions of radiant beauty, power and wisdom. The circle of light reflects the collider's form; it is a crowning achievement of science and engineering. It also gives more than a nod to the experiment's importance to religious debate."
No mention at all of the popular video game franchise that almost certainly played a role in many of the submissions of that name... thanks to Kris Callow for the heads-up on this one. (Louis Wu 20:42:55 UTC) (permalink)
Atari Modern Classics
Heh - gunluva noticed (via Kotaku) a feature on The -Minus World that's funny, and has Halo content to boot; what more could you want? (Me, I wanna play that version of Bioshock.) (Louis Wu 20:35:27 UTC) (permalink)
TRR Favs - Classic Halo 3 Moments
The Running Riot let us know that they've sorted through a large number of submitted screenshots and video clips to pick their TRR Favs - swing by to see the top three screens and top 3 clips. I loved 'Lucky Mine'! (Louis Wu 16:41:43 UTC) (permalink)
Dave Finds Out
OddGodHMK has combined his Boring Comics series with his 'The Biased' comic series to create Boring Comics #23 - where's that fourth wall when you need it? (Louis Wu 16:41:28 UTC) (permalink)
Halo 3 Art Assets (Cut)
Pynion was a contributor to our forum long before he was hired by Bungie to work on Halo 3. Yesterday, he sent along some artwork he'd created for the game that hadn't made it into the final build - go take a look at these tidbits! (Louis Wu 15:08:32 UTC) (permalink)
The Last One
Speaking of Artist Galleries here at HBO, we got word last night from Bryn Casey that he'd whipped up another Halo scene - This one is called 'The Last One', and it's a powerful view of a damaged Earth! (Louis Wu 14:50:58 UTC) (permalink)
RvB: Reconstruction - Luke McKay Art
Luke McKay has been posting sketches of characters and scenes from Red vs Blue: Reconstruction since early June, but we've been really lax about adding them to his gallery here. Swing by for visualizations of Washington, South, the Meta, and a great scene from Episode 6. (Louis Wu 14:43:39 UTC) (permalink)
Designing for Hard Modes in Games
Gamasutra has an article, reprinted from Game Developer magazine, about how to introduce difficulty intelligently into video games. Halo is held up more than once as a good example. Give it a read!
(Louis Wu 14:19:24 UTC) (permalink)
Extra Life - a charity event for kids, from gamers
O L sent us a note about a charity called 'Extra Life', a 24 hour gaming marathon, where people can pledge money for each our a gamer participates. It's being supported by two gaming communities that have Halo ties - Sarcastic Gamer and Achievement Hunter. This isn't really Halo-related... but proceeds go to the Texas Children's Hospital. Swing by and check it out! Update: Wow. RvB community members Peenutty and Greatmumphry have committed to matching the first $1000 collected by this team through their wonderful mexican food company, XLNT Foods. They're already at $680 - another $320 and the total will jump $1000 more. Don't you love this community? (Louis Wu 14:17:19 UTC) (permalink)
Things Not to Say
Hawty McBloggy ran another batch of Halo pick-up lines through some online translators... and came up with... well, stuff you probably shouldn't try on someone you're trying to pick up. (You know, she seemed like such a sweet person, in person...)
(Louis Wu 14:10:09 UTC) (permalink)
Halo: Overdrilling Imminent
GamesIndustry.biz talked to MGS Head Phil Spencer recently - and he mentioned that "there are more than two or three teams building Halo things right now." We know about Halo Chronicles, built by an internal Microsoft team, we know about Halo Wars, being built by Ensemble. We know about one or two Halo-related projects being built by Bungie - but "more than [...] three teams" suggests that there might even be other ones. Is the Halo franchise being overmilked? Our forum thinks so, apparently - Avateur found this story at Kotaku, and the reaction has been pretty negative.
(Louis Wu 14:02:13 UTC) (permalink)
Power Tap
TTL Demag0gue let us know that Reclaimer 88 has been posted - the Reclaimer is beginning to understand what is required of him. (Louis Wu 13:54:03 UTC) (permalink)
E.O.A. Episode 0.5
SnowJP 360 let us know that DWT Productions has posted E.O.A. Episode 0.5; it's old footage, showing off some Halo 2 random tricks... but it's a nice burst of nostalgia.
(Louis Wu 13:53:43 UTC) (permalink)
Hold RB To Morph
Morpheus is kicking off a new service - he's willing to capture Halo 3 clips for you, at no cost. It's not automatic, so I'm thinking he'll probably get overwhelmed relatively quickly... but if you've got stuff you want captured, and you're not happy with the limitations of GameVee, this might be a decent option!
(Louis Wu 13:53:16 UTC) (permalink)
Halo Sig Gen
oriol003 let us know that Grunts R Us has revived their Halo Signature Generator; swing by if you need one!
(Louis Wu 13:52:32 UTC) (permalink)
Lost Halo Excerpts with SilverBrin
SilverBrin discovered an old collection of 'Lost Halo Excerpts' he wrote some time ago - some are silly, some are pretty funny, all are nice and short.
(Louis Wu 13:52:16 UTC) (permalink)
Halo Marines
schnear25 discovered a 'Halo comic' (it's more of a short story, or something, with a small piece of artwork to go along) at College Humor - pretty spot-on. Take a look! (Louis Wu 13:51:33 UTC) (permalink)
Avoid Spikes - now with Halo Goodness
Our old friend dogsounds has gotten in touch - he has a comic strip called 'Avoid Spikes' which hasn't been about Halo... until recently. His graphic tablet died, so he's resorted to Halo 3 screenshots to tell his story - so until a new tablet can be afforded, you're likely to see a lot of Halo content in the strip! The Halo strips start with #24: Happy Birthday Mart! (Louis Wu 13:38:53 UTC) (permalink)
Custom Hayabusa Armor on eBay
Hawty McBloggy found a fan-made Hayabusa Armor suit for sale on eBay - auction ends tomorrow. Starting bid is $1100 - go check it out! (Louis Wu 13:38:34 UTC) (permalink)
Spriggs, Episode 12
Bradley Mileski let us know that we've been lax about keeping you informed about new releases from the Spriggs crew - they released Episode 12 Part A in late August, and Episode 12 Part B a couple of days ago. I'm starting to wonder if they haven't lost track of what they were aiming for when they began... but the videos are up, if you'd like to watch. (Louis Wu 13:37:46 UTC) (permalink)
All The World's Problems
I wasn't going to get to Halo news for a little while today; it's a busy morning. However, Bryan Simon just sent along his newest ode to Bungie - this one is called "All The World's Problems" and it shows how Halo can solve everything. (Well, maybe not global warming.) As usual, if you're interested in the MP3, you can grab it from us (3.7 mb). Always good to start your day with a smile! (Louis Wu 11:54:15 UTC) (permalink)
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