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Thursday, March 12, 2009 |  |
Stats, and offices, and video, oh my!
There's a brand-new 'Broken In' article (I guess that's what you get when you talk to someone who isn't BREAKING in at the moment) - this one focuses on Roger Wolfson, the Server Software Development Lead at Bungie. He's the guy that makes stats (and such) work so well on Bungie.net. Go see what got him where he is today! (Louis Wu 22:19:35 UTC) (permalink)
Double XP: Legendary Brawl
It's Thursday, so it's time to start a new Double XP Weekend! This week is a return to Legendary Brawl - 12-player FFA on mostly-DLC maps. Go play! (Louis Wu 19:28:28 UTC) (permalink)
Stab, Stab, Boom
The GrifballHub.com crew put up 'Pup and Friends - March 2009 Double XP', a video showing Grifball enthusiasts being enthusiastic. Thanks, urk. (Louis Wu 17:08:46 UTC) (permalink)
How many light bulbs does it take to kill a Spartan?
Wanna see how silly you can be and still earn achievements? Check out Rooster Teeth's Geoff and Gav as they work on the Tank Dropper achievement. I think there must have been alcohol involved. (Louis Wu 17:04:55 UTC) (permalink)
Alpha Zombie
The Bungie Blog got word of 'Alpha Zombie', a machinima from Ze Royal Viking Productions. It's a bit long (12 minutes, spread out over 2 segments - Part 1 | Part 2 - with about three minutes of credits between them), but it's a coherent story. Give it a shot. (Louis Wu 16:50:31 UTC) (permalink)
New work from Luke McKay
Luke McKay continues to play with Halo images - a couple of weeks ago, he sketched up a great angle on the Master Chief, and today he released a shot done in a new style he's been experimenting with. Pretty nice work! We've added both of these to his Gallery here. Update: Oops, almost missed this Cortana detail of the newer pic. (Louis Wu 12:56:08 UTC) (permalink)
GDC Summary - The Bungie Edition
The 2009 Game Developers Conference kicks off in a little over a week - and here are the Bungie/Halo related presenters:
- Max Hoberman (former Multiplayer Lead for Halo games) has a talk called 'From Bungie to Bootstrapping - Starting an Independent Developer Studio'.
- Allen Murray (Producer, Halo 3) is sharing production challenges in a talk entitled 'Building Your Airplane While Flying: Production at Bungie'.
- David Hunt (Lead Character Rigger) is discussing 'Modular Procedural Rigging'.
- Artist Seth Gibson is participating in a panel on Technical Art Techniques.
- Luke Smith is participating in a panel on Game Design.
There might be more - but the search function isn't nearly as friendly as it's been in previous years. Thanks to Ssparks, over at NeoGAF, for the initial heads-up. (Louis Wu 12:31:56 UTC) (permalink)
This Spartan Life - Coming (Back) Soon!
It's been a while since we've heard from This Spartan Life - but they're coming back! There's a new trailer up on their website, showing off their unique combination of interesting interviews and... well, bullets to the head. Thanks to finalcutmin for noticing! (Louis Wu 12:17:19 UTC) (permalink)
Mongoose Commercial
The Bungie Blog posted a fan-made video showcasing the Mongoose - it's a lot of fun. Go watch it in HD! (Louis Wu 12:17:00 UTC) (permalink)
Expanding the Emotional Universe
Wow. Just... wow. vector40 (who was once a large contributor to our Fan Fiction section) stopped by last night to mention that the textbook being used in a course he's taking on video game structure contains a Halo-based fan-written poem... taken from our Fan Fiction section. In fact, it was written by UNSC Trooper, who's currently on our Story Page staff. Fan Fiction showing up in a textbook on game design... that blows my mind. (Louis Wu 12:16:30 UTC) (permalink)
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