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Halo Wars - Universe Expanded: Act 2 - Evolution
IGN has posted part two of its "Halo Wars - Universe Expanded" series; swing by and watch a very nicely put-together documentary on the making of the game and its story. Thanks, Exanubisleader. (If you'd rather watch these in HD, you can download it on Xbox LIVE Marketplace for free - Part 1 is up now, Parts 2 and 3 will be out next week.) (Louis Wu 23:40:20 UTC) (permalink)
HBO: Goosed - Results
Domino Theory has finished judging the HBO: Goosed competition... and picked a winner. Congratulations to gAlAcTiC HeLL, for his awesome Brokeback shot! (Louis Wu 23:18:36 UTC) (permalink)
Mythic Gameplay at MLGPro.com
MLGPro.com has some more gameplay on Mythic Maps - 4v4 action on Orbital, and FFA fun on Assembly. Swing by and watch! Thanks, urk.
(Louis Wu 23:18:12 UTC) (permalink)
Midnight Launch Events for Halo Wars at Gamestop
Looks like Gamestop is hosting Midnight Launch Events nationwide for Halo Wars - swing by and read about what's going to be on tap. ("Warthog races"? Really?) (Louis Wu 23:17:51 UTC) (permalink)
The Man, The Myth, The World Cup Founder
The latest Breaking In article on Bungie.net focuses on Chris Butcher, who's been with Bungie since the dawn of time. (Well, okay, since 2000.) He's got some great advice for people trying to get a foot in the door... give it a read. (Louis Wu 23:03:40 UTC) (permalink)
Halo Mythic Map Pack Walkthrough: Orbital
Rooster Teeth has added their Orbital Walkthrough - go watch. Thanks, T07WRX5. (Louis Wu 20:05:08 UTC) (permalink)
Halo a top console game? Appears to be, yes...
According to Joystiq, the Guinness Book of World Records has created a 'Top 50 Console Games of All Time' for their 2009 Gamer's Edition - and Halo comes in at #6. Nice! (Joystiq thinks there might be shenanigans involved.) Thanks, RevDotNed. (Louis Wu 20:02:21 UTC) (permalink)
Bungie Blog Roundup... again
I left for a couple of hours, so there's a lot of catching up to do, thanks to urk's tireless blogging over at Bungie.net. Here's the new stuff:
- ArmTheFlag has created a Halo music video, using Bryan Simon's 'My New Home in Halo' as the soundtrack. I'm wondering how they got that Spartan's armor off him...
- The crazies at HaloTracks have put together the first Mongoose racetrack in Sandbox's sky bubble. Go watch a preview. (If you register on their website, you can also see pictures of the map.) Video makes it look pretty cool!
- This week's Double XP playlist is Team Flag - and it's live now. If you were looking forward to Team Melee, sorry, you missed it, it was last week.
- 'Warthog Montage' is a seven-minute look at hog-based fun. Insanely short clips of people getting splattered... lots and lots and lots and lots of them.
There are a couple of other articles - but they cover stuff we've already posted. (Suck it, urk!) (Louis Wu 19:58:04 UTC) (permalink)
Return of the Chief
BlueNinja put up a few new panoramas - many of which include Forged maps. check 'em out! (Louis Wu 14:49:05 UTC) (permalink)
Adam Podcast 4 - Making a Marine Helmet
Adam Grumbo let us know that his Podcast #4 is now up on YouTube. (The first three, which we didn't know about, are in his YouTube channel if you'd like to watch them.) This focuses on making a Marine helmet (using the ODST helmet we mentioned yesterday)... and also contains a pretty cool contest that has a custom-made AR as a prize. (You'll have to watch the podcast for contest details.) Great to watch, even if you're not a helmet builder! (Louis Wu 14:46:36 UTC) (permalink)
Running the last level of Halo 3 (literally)
Matthew Rivera stopped by last night with some links to videos showing a team of four friends running the final level of Halo 3... on foot. Yes, on foot. (No, they couldn't COMPLETELY finish; you can't make the final jump without a vehicle. But other than that one... wow.) Go watch! (Louis Wu 14:42:24 UTC) (permalink)
Thursday's Comic Roundup
Once again, by early morning there are multiple Halo comics updated around the web:
- Elnea has posted Episode 155 of Halo Action Figure Theater (Baby Doctor (plus some french stuff)) - I can sympathize with the problem in this one, since I have kids too.
- The Catfish told us about 2501 Episode 20 (Counter-Attack), wherein a strange scenario unfolds.
- TTL Demag0gue informed our forum that Part Five of Reclaimer: Mythic Edition (Episode 156, Force Recruitment) is now live, revealing yet another tidbit about Viper.
We really should get back to the dedicated comic site we'd planned to open years ago... (Louis Wu 14:40:18 UTC) (permalink)
HBO gaming... it's what's for dinner
pete_the_duck put together a montage of 'random little moments' - there's nothing spectacular, per se, but watching it brought a smile to my face multiple times. No music, just gameplay. Enjoy! In the same vein, Avateur put up a summary of some HBO-regular-attended gaming nights during the month of February, complete with pics and a montage. The community that plays together, stays together! (Louis Wu 14:39:46 UTC) (permalink)
Halo Wars Movie Poster - Updated
FireDragon04 has updated his 'Halo Wars Movie Poster' (the first draft was mentioned last week), and has produced a collection of variants - you can see them all in his forum post. (We've put up local mirrors down at the bottom of the post, in case the originals stop working someday.) I think this one looks great! (Louis Wu 14:39:23 UTC) (permalink)
Halo Mythic Map Pack: Assembly Walkthrough
Red vs Blue has put up a walkthrough, of sorts, of Assembly - go watch it. Thanks to AvatarAang for the timely heads-up last night.
(Louis Wu 14:38:47 UTC) (permalink)
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