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Friday, July 17, 2009 |  |
Harrison's Mom is Not Amused.
The Bungie Weekly Update is live - and it's full of apologies, and warnings, and general overall advice. And some information about upcoming showings of ODST. And artwork. And stuff. Go read! As always, the alternative to Bungie.net is our Weekly Update Archive. (Louis Wu 23:16:35 UTC) (permalink)
Modo Artist Sumimasen
Mrguy discovered an artist using the 3D program Modo who chose a subject near and dear to some of our hearts - amazing work! Check it out. (Louis Wu 20:04:29 UTC) (permalink)
Marvel posts updated Helljumper Preview
CaptainTony noticed another Helljumper preview at Marvel.com - some of the pages we've seen before, but now they have text. And a cameo from an old friend... (Louis Wu 20:03:00 UTC) (permalink)
Summer Mythic Recon Challenge VI: Cortana
Tyrant's Summer Mythic Recon Challenge continues - Week VI focuses on Cortana. Tyrant's writeup on Bungie.net gives you full details on what you need to do to win Recon for this level - but if you need a little extra help, Tyrant's Mythic Walkthrough v2.0 here on HBO has been updated with a chapter on Cortana. (Nothing's stopping you from using the v1.0 guide - it's just that he's had an additional eight months to hone some of the techniques with v2.0.) Go, Marine! You've got a week! (Louis Wu 17:11:42 UTC) (permalink)
Aesthetic Artist Interview: odmichael
jdars and Team Pepto are back with another Aesthetic Artist Interview - this one's a little different. It spotlights odmichael, Bungie Forum Ninja by day, screenshot maestro by night (remember, it's ALWAYS day or night SOMEWHERE) - but for the first time, it's video-based, rather than a text interview. It's sort of huge (nearly 200mb) - but there's an audio-only version if you'd rather. And screenshots. Cool screenshots. Go watch/listen/see! (Louis Wu 17:01:05 UTC) (permalink)
The Chronicles of Lyle: The Official Promo
A lot of people make Halo machinima - most of it is either really serious, or pretty juvenile. The Chronicles of Lyle is neither. (Well, okay - it's a bit juvenile. But it's pretty funny anyway.) Check out the promo on YouTube. Then thank urk for finding it (in between donuts). (Louis Wu 16:55:00 UTC) (permalink)
Bungie Community Podcast, July 16, 2009
SonicJohn and friends have put together a new Bungie Community Podcast, and posted it on the Bungie forums (I found it here) - 79 min, 73 mb worth of discussion about Halo 3: ODST, Halo: reach, and more. Go listen! (Louis Wu 16:52:10 UTC) (permalink)
Grifball - it hurts.
Pup and Friends played a bunch of Grifball during July - you can find highlights in this vid. (Thanks, Bungie Blog.) (Louis Wu 16:45:00 UTC) (permalink)
An amazing tool for Forgers
If you're finding yourself wishing you had a way to plan out your Sandbox-based maps before you got down to Forging them, wish no more - WhtButterflyLiz created a full reconstruction of Sandbox (all three levels) in Sketchup... along with all components available in Forge (each fully textured). This NeoGAF post by squidhands contains a download link for the package, as well as a link to a writeup of the project (with pointers) on Forge Hub. 44 mb of Sandbox goodness... go grab a copy! Update: DOH! Looks like this one was so good, we posted it twice. (First made the news back in March.) STEEL TRAP HAS HOLES! (Thanks, urk. Hope the windows get fixed.) (Louis Wu 13:12:28 UTC) (permalink)
Now THAT'S a Big Daddy!
Hawty McBloggy's Friday Caption Fun feature is up to episode 55 - and along ith some great captions for last week's pic, there's a new (and really funky) pic up for your captioning pleasure. Go look. (Louis Wu 13:02:08 UTC) (permalink)
Halo Wars Title Update 3 goes live today
The third Title Update to Halo Wars will be released today, according to HaloWars.com (thanks, 2900d4u) - lots of balance changes, a few bug fixes.
(Louis Wu 13:01:46 UTC) (permalink)
Friday Comic Roundup
A couple of comic updates for you today: Dennis Powers let us know that the final episodes of Shipwrecked are now online (Episode 80, Episode 81, and Episode 82 were all posted yesterday), and the full comic is available for download as a PDF (maybe; I was having trouble getting a copy). More adventures involving the cast will be coming in video form, soon. Also, Bloogyo stopped in with word of a couple of new episodes of Rat's Nest - 21-2 and 21-3 are live now. Enjoy!
(Louis Wu 13:01:13 UTC) (permalink)
Get Stuck
John_117 released a new sticktage - four and a half minutes of blue death. (Louis Wu 13:00:52 UTC) (permalink)
Friday's Fan Fiction
Six new stories are avaiable for your reading pleasure in the Fan Fiction section this week - go pleasure yourself! (Louis Wu 13:00:29 UTC) (permalink)
Broken In - Ken Taya
The latest Broken In article on Bungie.net went live yesterday afternoon - Environment Artist Ken Taya discusses what he does, how he got started, and what you should know about salmon sperm sacs. (Louis Wu 12:59:52 UTC) (permalink)
H3F Movie Competition 2
Z pointed out a new Halo 3 Movie competition over at Halo3Forum.com - submissions cost $10, and all of that money goes into the prize pool. The organizers are estimating that the top prize will be $1000. You've got until March 31, 2010 to create your masterpiece - so you've got to assume that some of the competitors are gonna be killer projects. Go read about it - and then get to planning!
(Louis Wu 12:59:13 UTC) (permalink)
Top 10 Halo 3 Ricochet Kills: Episode 34
Anoj continues his Top 10 Halo 3 series - Episode 34 looks at Ricochet Kills. Bullets, equipment, and even a warthog or two are bouncing around the maps and killing people on the rebound. Thanks, urk. (Louis Wu 12:58:51 UTC) (permalink)
Thursday's news in brief:
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3-Ballin' Community Cartographers - Actuality-Break He certainly LOOKS crotchety... Thursday Afternoon BungLog Movies Halo 3 XBL tourney rescheduled Minor (Proactive) Rumor-Busting |
Wednesday's news in brief:
