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Thursday, March 5, 2009 |  |
If I owned Mombasa
7heSuper's back with a new message for you... Ever wonder what Dr. Seuss might sound like in 500 years? (Louis Wu 19:39:45 UTC) (permalink)
405th Source, March 2009 now available
Sean Bradley let us know that the March issue of the 405th e-zine is now online - it's 45 pages long, and chock-full of goodness like a the inside story of the building of Sean's Arbiter costume (fantastic photos!), an interview with SkullCandyGirl, a spotlight on 405th member Moz, a bunch of fan fiction, a tutorial on smoothcasting... and more. Go grab a copy! (Louis Wu 19:16:33 UTC) (permalink)
Voicemail Diarrhea
Bryan Simon has posted Volume Five of his Voicemail Chronicles - this looks to be the last one! Go enjoy the messages this man gets. And be happy you're not him. (Louis Wu 19:14:56 UTC) (permalink)
Bungie Blog Roundup
Step out for lunch, come back to a mountain of new content on Bungie.net. Stuff that caught my eye:
- Random's Halo 3 Funtage focuses on sticks and mongoose kills.
- M1STA WU1FY has a Brute Shot montage for you. (Soundtrack is starting to sound overused...)
- Elephants Never Forget To Kill expands the concept of the Elephant Cannon. Things go boom.
- americanista123 continues his 'Bungie Employee Montage' series with a Blooper reel.
- This week's Double XP Weekend is Grifball - the last Winter League Weekend! Go enjoy it.
- 360Sync has offered up three Mythic Map Pack codes... but it looks like B.net might have killed them.
There's more there... but we've either posted it already, or... it's not really postworthy. Go explore on your own! (Louis Wu 19:06:40 UTC) (permalink)
End the shameless glorification of the tall!
Awesome story over at Destructoid today - "How Killzone 2 is blatantly better than Halo 3" is full of the sort of sharp insights, logical conclusions, and serious reporting that has made game journalism what it is today. (In all seriousness, it's very funny.) (Louis Wu 15:08:29 UTC) (permalink)
Another Mythic Code Giveaway
If you've got a minimum of 60 posts already on the XboxGameZone forums (they're a UK Xbox site), you should read this news post - qualified members have a shot at a Mythic Map Pack code to be given out in two weeks. (I suppose you don't have to have 60 posts NOW - you simply have to have 60 posts by the 19th.) Don't spam! (Louis Wu 15:08:11 UTC) (permalink)
Game With Flame kicks off
Using a name that should have been obvious MONTHS ago, Bungie has morphed the 'Humpday Challenge' a little bit into a community 'play with Bungie' night. If they win, they write it up, in all its glorious detail. If they lose, they'll ban the other team's players and purge the stats. (Not really. Probably.) In any case, you'll end up with an entertaining writeup of SOMETHING, coupled with some great pictures. Swing by to read the first one now. (Louis Wu 15:05:05 UTC) (permalink)
1UP's Mythic Game Night, on film
1UP gave out 50 Mythic codes last week - and held a massive game night for the winners. The video of the evening is up now - it's an hour-long discussion of the maps, interspersed with copious amounts of gameplay. minasodaboy (who won one of the random codes we gave out) participated, and stopped in last night to announce the video.
(Louis Wu 15:02:55 UTC) (permalink)
On top of the world
The first screenshot in this post is epic. (Louis Wu 15:02:01 UTC) (permalink)
Autographed Halo Poster Giveaway
Hawty McBloggy got her hands on a pair of very cool posters created by the wizards at the 405th - and she's giving them away. Swing by to see how you can win them!
(Louis Wu 15:00:52 UTC) (permalink)
Assistance Served
The Catfish came by to announce 2501 Episode 23 - with guest stars. (Louis Wu 14:56:43 UTC) (permalink)
Older
Bungie.net has word of a montage from Bagel, which has some nice gameplay synched (really well) to a really catchy tune. Worth the watch. In HD. (Louis Wu 14:55:47 UTC) (permalink)
Art for Fans' sake
Fan-generated artwork today:
- NG put some of the Halo work he's done in the past three years into a video - go watch it in HD.
- Cody Gordon created some interesting Mythic panos - they're up for viewing on his Flickr stream. Not your typical pano fare...
- PsH Bling added a bunch of shots to his pano thread over at High Impact Halo.
Nice work, all around! (Louis Wu 14:54:33 UTC) (permalink)
Halo Wars news roundup, Thursday
Halo Wars content today:
- Virulent Aesthetics put up a review (thanks, Scotty)
- The official site has released a Tech Tree (a 4-page PDF detailing all of the tech available in Halo Wars) - thanks, Psychophan7.
- LIVE is offering a premium theme for 250 points. No preview I can find. Thanks, Exanubisleader.
- CNET'S Crave blog has reviewed the game.
- 411mania.com has reviewed the game.
Still a lot of buzz... Update: Jase Dakota found Fidgit's Ten reasons to play the Covenant in Halo Wars this morning, too. (Louis Wu 14:53:52 UTC) (permalink)
Ask The Rookie: Results
Last night, I got word from Domino Theory that he'd made it through all of the entries for the Ask the Rookie contest, pared it down to his favorites, and picked a winner. Just to give you an idea of the work he faced: all of the entries, added sequentially to a Microsoft Word document and formatted at 10pt Times, with all identifying information removed, filled 492 pages. He sorted a BOOK. The winner he chose was a poem in iambic pentameter, written by David Newton:
Dear Rookie,
Alas, for I'll be scarce e'er you arrive,
To Installation Five will I be gone.
Against the Covenant must I to strive;
This New Mombasa's fate to you is pawned.
Of what you'll face can I no sight presage,
But 'gainst the threat thine task asserts be braced.
From me must thou be lent a single page:
Kick ass and might you live to see my face.
- Master Chief
We'd like to thank all 700 entrants for this one - and to congratulate David on his poem! And a huge thank you to Domino Theory, for offering the code in the first place... and performing the monumental task that judging turned out to be. (Louis Wu 12:39:52 UTC) (permalink)
Wednesday's news in brief:
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Blast Gets Mythic More Favorites to Download Noobus Maximus 2 Which game did YOU come in on? Comic Wednesday GamePro's Halo Wars Giveaway More Halo 3 Panos Lost Levels Episode 5 |
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