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Risk: Halo Wars Edition
According to Joystiq, A company called 'USAopoly' is releasing a themed edition of the board game Risk, using Halo Wars as a template. Cool! Thanks, Nevan. (Louis Wu 22:39:18 UTC) (permalink)
Blood Gulch Chronicles, Ep 1 (Comic)
Luke McKay found an old comic showing off a drawn version of the very first Blood Gulch Chronicles scene - we've added it to his gallery here. That really was some classic stuff... (Louis Wu 22:10:59 UTC) (permalink)
Hot Springs
Dennis Powers let us know that Shipwrecked 52 is now online - the ring holds surprises... (Louis Wu 22:09:10 UTC) (permalink)
Creamer talks testing at IDGA
kornman00 noticed that Bungie's Curtis Creamer, a Senior Producer, gave a talk at the IDGA 2008 Leadership Forum last November - "Applying User Testing During Development" looks at how user testing can be used to improve the game design cycle. (Search for 'Creamer' on the page within your browser to find the description - there are links to a video of the entire talk (an hour long), a summary with notes of the talk, a downloadable PowerPoint doc of his slides (1.7 mb), and a description of the session. The primary example source for this talk is Halo 3. This is not available (yet?) on the Bungie Publications page. (Louis Wu 20:40:04 UTC) (permalink)
Laser sounds... and engine thrusts
Bungie's Average Joe series continues with a local favorite - Stephen 'SoundEffect' Loftus, Halo researcher extraordinaire. Swing by and read what keeps him interested in this universe - and where ELSE he spends his time!
(Louis Wu 20:23:56 UTC) (permalink)
Screenshot Artist Spotlight: Predator5791
Alec9224, the author of last week's Screenshot Tips article at Bungie.net, is back with a new series of spotlights on Screenshot artists. First up: Predator5791. Interesting interview - give it a read! (Louis Wu 18:33:39 UTC) (permalink)
Fear, Part Two
Adam Susskind let us know that Chaos Theory Episode Nine is now online - it's the conclusion to last week's ep. Funky stuff... (Louis Wu 18:28:50 UTC) (permalink)
T-Shirt Design Contest - Closing Soon
Back in December, we mentioned a t-shirt design contest over at Arm the Flag - AnTi PRO just wrote to remind you that there's less than a week left before that contest closes. If you want a chance at the prizes on offer (a 3-month LIVE card, a 1600 MS Point card, and a copy of the final shirt), get your design in before the 31st! (Louis Wu 12:53:08 UTC) (permalink)
Squadron E
The Catfish stopped in to let us know that 2501 Episode 7 is online. New characters. (Louis Wu 12:16:22 UTC) (permalink)
You're Doing It Wrong.
Mr Fiddle has enjoyed the 'Fail' videos that have made the rounds recently - and he's new to Halo 3, so he decided to provide a couple of instances of his own for you. Check 'em out in this post. They're quite short. (Louis Wu 12:14:59 UTC) (permalink)
IAC, over the countryside
Mid7night went back to work on his X-Plane version of In Amber Clad - you can see a video from this forum post. I think that would give me a little bit of a start if it flew over me... (There's a bridge walkthrough in this post, as well.) (Louis Wu 12:13:47 UTC) (permalink)
Halo Wars Media Blowout
TeamXbox has a Halo Wars media feast - screenshots, gameplay movies, and a pair of cutscenes. (One of them actually contains the transition from cutscene to gameplay at the end... and for folks who were disappointed by the color forcings in Halo Wars multiplayer... you're going to be disappointed that those same forcings seem to exist in Campaign.) Thanks to Planet Halo for the heads-up. (Louis Wu 11:55:38 UTC) (permalink)
Spriggs Episode 13: All Hail The Murphy
Spriggs is back... after a pretty long break (if you don't count a short a few weeks ago). I think this one makes more sense if you eat those mushrooms the guy with the ponytail sold you. (And someone needs to tell me if those Pinks are German, or Indian, or French - the accents seem to morph a bit.) Thanks, Molten Slowa.
(Louis Wu 11:46:11 UTC) (permalink)
Master Chief, Tagged
We passed over yesterday's Tag and Release post at Bungie.net - mostly because it contained a pun so bad we thought we were doing the world a favor by not spreading it. But the screenshots, this time found with a "master Chief' tag, are pretty cool - so cover your eyes and visit. (Okay, that's not going to work. But don't read the text.)
(Louis Wu 11:41:01 UTC) (permalink)
Another Betrayal Montage
urk noted an older Betrayal Montage, put together by the Daisy Squad almost a year ago. Some of these are definitely accidents... but others are definitely not. Good thing they're all friends! (Louis Wu 11:38:58 UTC) (permalink)
MLG/ESPN Top Ten 14
MLGPro.com has posted the 14th 'MLG/ESPN Top Ten' - this time taking all of its clips from the Dallas and Las Vegas tournament dates. Some really sick sniping! Heads-up kudos to the Bungie Blog. (Louis Wu 11:38:00 UTC) (permalink)
Inside the 'Halo' Wedding
The Halo wedding that's been in the news a bit recently (since it took place on the 17th, just a week ago) has been summarized, with video, at MTV.com. Check it out! (Love the plasma grenade favors!)
(Louis Wu 11:31:00 UTC) (permalink)
Monday's news in brief:
Sunday's news in brief:
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