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Minutemen - A Halo Fanfic
We got word from Woody Tondorf (a comedy writer for HBO - the broadcast network, not us - and a contributor to our Fan Fiction section for almost five years) that he's been working on a fiction series set in the Halo universe known as 'Minutemen' - he's been publishing chapters on his blog. (He submitted some of these to our Fanfic section - but these are expanded, more details chapters, including illustration.) Chapter 1 went up in early July - you can find it here. Chapter 6 went live a couple of days ago - he's planning on uploading a new chapter every Monday. The series contains strong language, and the tone can be pretty dark at times. Go on by and give it a read! (Louis Wu 23:19:14 UTC) (permalink)
Halo Custom Edition Update - July 2009
Dennis Powers sent us a Halo Custom Edition update from Halomaps - more than 100 files were added during July, including the CMT SPv2 beta (mentioned earlier today), the Ring of Life videos (mentioned the last couple of Mondays), and some new maps - single-player maps like Rio Firefight and Salisp, and MP maps like Abandonment, Paradis Perdu, and Destiny. Go check 'em all out! (Louis Wu 20:18:40 UTC) (permalink)
Community Spotlight: Outcast Reborn
The latest community to be spotlighted is Outcast Reborn, a group that's been around since 2005, and is still going strong. Go read about 'em on Bungie.net, then check out some of their favorite files in the Bungie Favorites section. (Louis Wu 18:39:25 UTC) (permalink)
A roller coaster ride of utter disappointment
Ouch! I managed to miss an article from the Katonian Press - sounds like 343 Industries might not be as benign as we thought! Swing by Hawty McBloggy's to read. (Louis Wu 17:47:01 UTC) (permalink)
Movies, movies, and more movies
New videos courtesy of the BungLog™
- BacKtoBasiKs created 'Bocket Jumping' - using bubble shields and rockets to make jumps you can't make with just one or the other. Fun stuff!
- Honor Guard has created Halolympics Episode 2 - testing yourself (and being laughed at) is becoming an institution!
- Ghoster released a 'minitage' called "Create" - it's three and a half minutes long, though... so maybe not so mini.
Go watch! (Louis Wu 17:42:42 UTC) (permalink)
Wednesday Comic Roundup
Well, I waited until afternoon in the hopes of getting some extra entries... but it seems today's comic roundup is going to be pretty light. Tied the O7AH has some new episodes up (thanks, Cozmo23)... and ODS Steve #36 (Upgrades) is now live (thanks, Hawty). Better late than never! (Louis Wu 17:40:43 UTC) (permalink)
124493 - I need a sit-rep!
Interesting News Items has the scoop on NPC dialogue in ODST - go see what you're in for! (Clearly, though, some of the information is suspect; for example, they list the name of the next game as "Halo 4: Tijuana R&R", when everyone knows that it's really "Halo 4: Dark Planetoid Rising". So keep on your toes.) (Louis Wu 15:54:38 UTC) (permalink)
Weta's Cortana - Unboxed
MsValentine is the first person I know about who's received one of Weta's Cortana figures - and she created a pretty nice photostream to document it. Swing by and take a look! (Louis Wu 12:58:19 UTC) (permalink)
Another Fine Art Halo option
Thanks again to Kibbles, who pointed out (also over at NeoGAF) Acme Archives Direct, a company creating gliclee reproductions of Halo artwork - there are some killer images in there! (Louis Wu 12:42:04 UTC) (permalink)
More ODST (and Reach) details from Paris
Looks like Halo Destiny (a French site) interviewed Lars Bakken in Paris last week about ODST - the text is in French, but the video is in English (and Kibbles, who pointed this out on NeoGAF, kindly linked to a Google translation for those who feel like struggling through it). Selected tidbits: it's possible that the final three multiplayer maps will be released as DLC at some point in the future, but the only way to get them right away is to buy ODST... and Reach has been in development since at least the launch of Halo 3. Go watch! (Louis Wu 12:41:14 UTC) (permalink)
CMT SPv2 A10 Public Beta
Dratt, on our forum, and TheGhost, via email, were nearly simultaneous about letting our community know about a new release of the Custom Mapping Team's SPV2 mod. You can check out the public beta by downloading the first map, The Pillar of Autumn, at Modacity. (You will, of course, need Halo: Custom Edition, a free add-on to HaloPC.) Dratt also pointed out a mirror at Halomaps, and a few screenshots he cherry-picked from XFire.
(Louis Wu 12:39:51 UTC) (permalink)
Hard Justice S2: Episode 7
Jon CJG is back with Hard Justice Season 2: Episode 7 - Bernard and Eddie flee to Canada. They got some funny rules up there... but maybe the Canadian bacon has insulating properties, or something... Thanks to urk for the heads-up on the Bungie Blog. (Louis Wu 12:39:03 UTC) (permalink)
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