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Thursday, March 19, 2009 |  |
No Carney Holes on Desolation...
Dan Amrich, who's one half of Palette-Swap Ninja (a parody band), sent word about Halo ((All I Play-Oh)), a Halo parody of the Red Hot Chili Peppers' "Snow ((Hey Oh))". I grabbed a local copy; we'll host this if the site goes down [up now because though the site's up, the song's not -lwu], because it's AWESOME. Go listen. (Anyone giving props to John Frusciante can't be all bad...) (Louis Wu 19:22:20 UTC) (permalink)
Get him off of me!
This Halo 3 Dragon optical illusion is quite cool. (Be sure to check out the blog post for the origin of this particular style of illusion.) (Louis Wu 19:17:01 UTC) (permalink)
Halo Wars becomes best-selling console RTS (sort of)
LoneRanger 2.5 noticed a press release announcing the fact that Halo Wars has sold 1 million copies. Not bad for three weeks! (The 'Best-selling RTS' claim came with an additional qualification - "on any current generation console." I guess that means there might be a PS2 RTS that sold more...) (Louis Wu 19:11:59 UTC) (permalink)
Bungie Blog Blastacular
Was out this afternoon, came back to a monster collection of material on the Bungie Blog:
- Jamie98s (or Koko98s, as he's known on Bungie.net) has released The Unlucky Elite 5 - that poor dude can't catch a break. Great effects.
- Halo3BigApple whipped up a montage from Mythic map footage - seriously short (it's 1:40 long, and the actual gameplay is less than fifty seconds of that), but nice clips.
- Real Life Halo 3 is a pretty amazing piece of work - the crew at the Granger Community Church put two real players inside a game for some awesome bomb-planting action. Check this one out.
- urk's got word of another Mythic Map code giveaway, this time at The 7th Wonder. Register to win.
- Juggernaut is really short, so its one laugh works out to a decent laugh-per-minute rate. (Not sure what urk saw in this one.)
- 3 Ball is live as this weekend's Double XP Weekend playlist - go earn an achievement or two.
- Greenskull and SMG90 continue their Rube Goldberg-style golf courses - this one actually starts in the Crypt, and ends up in the Sky Bubble.
Aren't you glad urk's looking out for your free time? (Louis Wu 18:50:56 UTC) (permalink)
Lots of Goodies from Kotaku AU
Kotaku Australia is hosting a giveaway in which the top prize is a 360 console, a copy of Halo 3 Legendary Edition, and a copy of Halo Wars Limited Edition. Write a Halo haiku before tomorrow, and you've got a shot. (Well, if you're an Australian resident.) Get to writing! (Louis Wu 11:34:07 UTC) (permalink)
ODST Giveaway
Scotty stopped in to announce that the Virulent Aesthetics blog is planning on giving away a copy of ODST the day it's released - just swing by and add a comment (with your email address), and you'll be registered for the drawing. (Louis Wu 11:30:43 UTC) (permalink)
Friend
The Bungie Blog pointed out a Halo 3 Machinima called 'Friend' yesterday - great music, great camera work, touching story. Go watch! (Louis Wu 11:28:37 UTC) (permalink)
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