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ODST, through IGN UK's eyes
IGN, too, was present at the UK showing of Halo 3: ODST; they've even got some new screens. (Thanks, Kibbles.) If there are more of these, we'll compile a single-post list. (Louis Wu 18:23:06 UTC) (permalink)
The Guardian checks out The Rookie
The Guardian (a UK mainstay) has posted a preliminary review of Halo 3: ODST, based on a hands-on play session provided by Bungie this week. (Same deal as E3, and other ODST sessions so far - a demo of the first level, played by a Bungie employee, followed by some Firefight.) Interesting impressions! (Louis Wu 18:12:00 UTC) (permalink)
urk's workin' hard to keep you occupied
Goodies for you today on the BungLog™:
- Forge Cafe is having a 'Sandcastle Contest' - build a sandcastle with Forge, win stuff. More details in their Contest post.
- The Zoxin It Up! LIVE Podcast will be recording (as the name suggests, live) at 9pm EST tonight. Swing by for the interview with GrifballHUB.com's Puptastrophe.
- Arbiter 617 put together a Warthog Montage - 7.5 minutes of hoggin'.
- Methadonebunyip created a Matchmaker's Waltz - pretty, pretty violence.
Go be entertained. (Louis Wu 17:31:34 UTC) (permalink)
Screenshot Spotlight, from maximumfear
maximumfear has started a 'Screenshot Spotlight' - looks like it's another sort of 'Tag and Release' feature, much like Bungie's, but picked by him. He's got two up right now - Star Wars and Films/Movies 1. (Louis Wu 17:23:40 UTC) (permalink)
Psst! Wanna buy a warthog?
2900d4u noticed a video by Kotaku's Brian Crecente, showing off the Avatar Marketplace on Xbox LIVE. Crecente bought the Halo Warthog, so you can see what you get for 320 MS Points. (Not much, it appears.) (Louis Wu 17:20:19 UTC) (permalink)
Customizing a Legendary Helmet
PsH Bling decided to make his Legendary Helmet a little more personalized; first her removed the plastic liner (so that it fit on his head), and then started in on the paint job (pic 1 | pic 2). He's thinking about adding LEDs soon. (Louis Wu 14:52:26 UTC) (permalink)
Friday Comic Roundup
Here are the Halo-related comics we've heard about in the last couple of days:
- The Catfish released 2501 Episode 79 yesterday - thanks, urk.
- We mentioned Part 1 of the finale for Chaos Theory on Wednesday - since then, Adam Susskind has released Part 2 (Horizon's Finale), Part 3 (Some Kind of Therapy), and today Part 4 (The End). The Finale is... final.
That's it! Update: Bloogyo jumped in a little late with Rat's Nest Episodes 22-1 through 22-4 (see his post for links). Update 2: Reclaimer is a bit late, too - but back in action. Go check out Episode 205 - Flawed Intuition. There might be a problem... (Louis Wu 14:46:18 UTC) (permalink)
Friday's Fan Fiction
Five new pieces are now up in the Fan Fiction section - go read! (Louis Wu 14:37:51 UTC) (permalink)
Friday Caption Fun, Round 56
Hawty McBloggy has not let Halo anime or new fan portals get in her way of bringing you fun pics to caption - it's Friday, so go caption! (Louis Wu 14:04:17 UTC) (permalink)
CE United 20 Questions - July
Willy stopped in to announce that CE United has interviewed Team Killjoy, the crew who won first place in Bryan Simon's song contest. (Louis Wu 14:03:40 UTC) (permalink)
Halo Wars Matchmaking Bucket Changes
2900d4u noticed some news at the Halo Wars site - looks like they're changing up the Matchmaking buckets a bit. Swing by either his post or the HW front page for details. (Louis Wu 14:03:05 UTC) (permalink)
Blomkamp says he's Halo'd out.
For those hoping that Neill Blomkamp would use the upcoming District 9 as a springboard to relaunch his shelved Halo movie... sorry. /Film's David Chen caught up with Blomkamp at Comic-Con yesterday, and asked about the possibilities... Blomkamp's done with Halo. Go read the article for full details. Thanks, BARBARIC RAGE. (Louis Wu 13:06:22 UTC) (permalink)
Halo Legends, Waypoint revealed
A quick link roundup relating to yesterday's Halo panel discussion at the San Diego Comic-Con:
- The event was live-blogged by IGN and G4TV (thanks, 2900d4u)
- The trailer that showed on GTTV last night is now available online on GameTrailers (and elsewhere, of course, but since they're all stealing it from GT, I'm just linking to the original)
- There's Firefight play footage from the Microsoft booth at YouTube and GameVideos (thanks, Kibbles)
- NeoGAF's Voltron64 wrote up his experiences of the day
- If you log into Xbox LIVE, and visit the 'Inside Xbox' section, the current 'Major's Minute' feature has Major Nelson interviewing Frank O'Connor about both Halo Legends and Waypoint - a nice 60-second overview of the pair. (Thanks, Domino Theory.)
Our forum is chock-full of discussion about the Legends trailer, Waypoint, and the future of the Halo franchise. Funniest exchange of the night: Jayshum posted an image that summed up his (negative) feelings... and Frankie replied, Frank-style. Update: Gah, I totally forgot to include the multi-day coverage from Teabag Prevention's Jake108! Swing by and see what he has to offer. (Louis Wu 13:01:29 UTC) (permalink)
Thursday's news in brief:
Wednesday's news in brief:
