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Monday, February 16, 2009 |
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Halo Wars Preview - UNSC and Covenant Compared
Exanubisleader noticed that IGN is kicking off a weeklong video series highlighting Halo Wars - the first piece is up now. Go watch! (Louis Wu 22:50:32 UTC) (permalink) 
Wort Wort Wort
The Bungie Blog posted a new 'tag and release' feature today, with some very cool Elite pictures. I'm sure you can find more of your own! (Louis Wu 22:48:20 UTC) (permalink) 
Desert Oasis Ep 1 Fushiko came by to talk about a new machinima he's released that illustrates Bible proverbs with Halo 3 action. That's definitely different... (Louis Wu 22:46:44 UTC) (permalink) 
Mario Vs Spartan 2 GeneticSpartan stopped in with word of Mario Vs Spartan 2, a pretty amazing piece of machinima. Go watch as Mario and his friends take on a Spartan army... effects are fantastic! 9:15 long... and worth it. (Hawty McBloggy had nice things to say about it, too.)
(Louis Wu 18:02:39 UTC) (permalink) 
Cardboard Halo 3 Rifle PsH Bling ran across a cosplayer who's created a pretty cool Battle Rifle out of cardboard. There are four pics at Cosplay.com: cutout | midway | waiting for paint | finished. Really well-done!
(Louis Wu 18:01:18 UTC) (permalink) 
MicroMachinima Episode 1: The Entertainer
AnTi PRO sent word of a new machinima series entitled 'MicroMachinima' - short skits for your enjoyment, while they're working on larger projects. Episode 1: The Entertainer is online now. It's... odd. (Well-done... but odd.) Go watch it!
(Louis Wu 18:00:11 UTC) (permalink) 
Comic Tutorial: Halo 3 Filters
TTL Demag0gue also announced a new how-to article on Halo 3 Webcomics - this one covers Halo 3 Filters, and was written by HolyJunkie.
(Louis Wu 17:59:47 UTC) (permalink) 
Top 10 Halo 3 Epic Fails: Episode 24
urk got word that The Top 10 Halo 3 series has released Episode 24 - Top 10 Epic Fails. I looked for clips of me... but I got lucky this time. (Louis Wu 17:58:31 UTC) (permalink) 
The Seventh
It's Monday, so it's time for another episode of Reclaimer - Episode 149 shows off a new site design, and unveils some alterations made by Ferial. (Louis Wu 17:52:03 UTC) (permalink) 
Halo music up for 2009 G.A.N.G. Award
The Game Audio Network Guild (G.A.N.G.) Has announced their finalists for the 7th Annual G.A.N.G. Awards - winners will be announced at the Game Developers Conference in San Francisco on March 26. The Halo Trilogy - Complete Original Soundtracks product is up for Best Soundtrack Album. Good luck! (Louis Wu 17:51:40 UTC) (permalink) 
CEUGWAOCC - you can't pronounce it, but you want to play it
Willy announced a contest on his clan website whereby you can win 16 months of LIVE, or a bunch of MS Points, by being a top scorer in an obstacle course he's designed. Swing by the post to read the details.
(Louis Wu 17:51:10 UTC) (permalink) 
New McFarlane Halo stuff from ToyFair 09
New McFarlane toys were shown at Toyfair this weekend - InnerRayg found pictures at Toyark and more (with a writeup) at figures.com. If you just want to see the newest stuff, Bongo8789 pointed out the TOYSREVIL blog - nice pics snagged from Toyark, and no hunting.
(Louis Wu 17:50:32 UTC) (permalink) 
Halo Wars Reviews
The (London) Sunday Times reviewed five games this week - Halo Wars (and 3 others) received 4 stars each, while Killzone 2 received 5. Either it was a really good week for games... or the Times is generous. Also, over in Australia, five Kotaku readers were able to play Halo Wars at a press event - and they wrote up their impressions.
(Louis Wu 17:49:46 UTC) (permalink) 
You can't hide...
Hawty McBloggy found a pretty neat little event captured (not so neatly) on video - a grenade is knocked off course by a rocket... and makes a stick around a corner. Ouch!
(Louis Wu 17:49:20 UTC) (permalink) 
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