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Friday, August 7, 2009 |  |
She's probably not lookin' for Jack the Ripper...
Hawty McBloggy let us know about a new community project she's started up over at Halo3Screenshots.com - Halo Historic Scenes. Build a famous scene within Halo... what can you think of? (The example pic shows the raising of the flag on Iwo Jima, but there are plenty of other options. What can you come up with? (Louis Wu 22:56:04 UTC) (permalink)
Ghosts of Onyx Preview, Page 2 (and more)
Leviathan and UNSC Trooper are back with Page 2 of their Ghosts of Onyx Preview - and this time, Leviathan's included a step-by-step timeline showing how the work was created. Pretty cool stuff (and a great Page 2)! Check it out. (Louis Wu 20:00:31 UTC) (permalink)
Spawn to Headshootn' in less than 3 seconds!
OboeCrazy sent us links to her newest offering - a sniper montage, cleverly disguised as an ad for Joe Jim Bob's Sniper Superstore. Fun footage, nicely packaged! You can stream it at YouTube or WeGame (WeGame also has a 300mb HD download available). (Louis Wu 18:47:52 UTC) (permalink)
RumorBusting - It's not just for breakfast any more
Kombo.com has posted a shot of the back of the Halo 3: ODST box... and is speculating that the inclusion of 'content download' blurb in the features section could point to something unrevealed... like multiplayer or campaign content. Remember, Bungie's already announced TWO different types of DLC for Halo 3: ODST - the Johnson skin for Firefight, and the Halo Reach Beta. There might be more... but there might not. As recently as last week, Lars Bakken told French journalists that Bungie has no plans for downloadable maps for ODST. (Louis Wu 18:43:14 UTC) (permalink)
Shakeycam footage from Sydney
NeoGAF's Kibbles ran across a couple of videos recorded by fans at the Sydney event this week - this one has an intro by Curtis Creamer, and then the opening custscene of the game... and this one shows off the first level's gameplay. (All of this has been seen before - but whenever you watch existing content from a new vantage point, you stand a chance of seeing something you missed before.) (Louis Wu 18:11:37 UTC) (permalink)
Tell EazyB his map sucks.
Hopefully it's not too late to remind you that it's August 7, which means Bungie's running its special 7 on the 7th playlist on Xbox LIVE - and this month, it's full of community-formed maps. What are you waiting for? Get online! (Eazy's map doesn't suck.) (Louis Wu 18:06:22 UTC) (permalink)
Aesthetic Artist Interview: TheMoleN1
It's been a little while since the last Aesthetic Artist Interview... but the series is back, with a mole. TheMoleN1, to be precise. Go read about how he got into this business... and check out a huge collection of his work! Thanks to COL0NEL SANDERS for the interview work this time out. (Louis Wu 17:58:34 UTC) (permalink)
Haloscreenshots.net - still here, but slowing down
Back in April, 2008, we took over the hosting of Haloscreenshots.net, sorahn's handy-dandy screenshot collection site. At the time, it was a 20GB package - I don't remember how many screens were there, but it wasn't that many. Fast forward 15 months... and this beast is half a million screenshots, 130GB in size. It's beginning to reach a point where we can't handle it any more. I'm not taking it down - but we HAVE turned off updates for the time being, and sorahn is looking for anyone interested in taking over the hosting. If you've got a ton of space (and a decent amount of bandwidth) - let him know! (Louis Wu 17:50:20 UTC) (permalink)
Haloquarium? Yep.
GivinTats built an entire Halo world... for his fish. You can read about the construction, and check out his Flickr stream showing off the work, on Bungie.net. Lucky fish! (Louis Wu 17:38:49 UTC) (permalink)
Fridays are for Popcorn
Friday afternoon's video roundup on the BungLog™
- Rogue Modder submitted a SLASONK run - Solo, Legendary, All Skulls On, No Kills. Before you pooh-pooh that it's just Floodgate... try to do the run yourself. (It ain't easy.)
- Pissed Iguana's back with Spartans Versus Beanies: Episode 2 - just when you thought it couldn't get any sillier.
- HIH's BigGruntyThirst got a ton of stuff to the top of the tunnel exit shelf on the second level of the original Halo. This is, quite simply, insane.
Go watch! (Louis Wu 17:33:49 UTC) (permalink)
Xbox LIVE Communication Study
We were contacted by Jeffrey Kuznekoff, a doctoral student at Ohio University who's working on a research project with Dr. Andrew Ledbetter (Ohio University). They're looking at how gamers use multiplayer gaming systems to communicate. They'd love your help! Here's the blurb:
We are conducting a study examining how people communicate through multiplayer video games on Xbox LIVE and are interested in learning about your experiences interacting with your friends in these games. If you are 18 years of age or older and would like to participate, please follow this link to our online survey. Participation in this research is completely voluntary and all of your responses will be kept strictly anonymous. The survey should take about 10-15 minutes to complete. At the end of the survey you will have the option of entering your email address into a drawing for two 3-month Xbox LIVE Membership Cards as a thank you for participating. Please feel free to contact me should you have any questions about this project.
Functionality like real-time voice chat is clearly changing the way gamers interact - but scholarly literature is a little behind on analyzing this. See if you can help fix this! (Louis Wu 14:38:33 UTC) (permalink)
ODST Event Coverage - Photos Galore
More photo coverage of Thursday night's ODST event in Sydney, Australia - BlueDingo5 sent us a few dozen shots he snapped at the event (great detail on the Weta Warthog), and PC World (an Australian tech mag) put up a batch of their own. Check 'em out - looks like it was a blast! Update: These pictures have been taken down. Sorry! (Louis Wu 12:09:12 UTC) (permalink)
Friday Caption Fun, Round 58
Hawty McBloggy's back with another round of Friday Caption Fun - check out witty submissions for last week's picture, and make up your own for this week's! (Louis Wu 12:08:37 UTC) (permalink)
Another MLS Funtage
John_117 stopped in with word of a short 'fun' montage - just entertaining moments from the last month of Matchmaking for him. Don't go in looking for snipe-laden Killamanjaros... it's just a guy and has 'nades, blowin' stuff up. Fun! (Louis Wu 12:08:10 UTC) (permalink)
Love the sword.
ZZoMBiE13 sent word that he'd whipped up a new piece of artwork - the whole Halo Legends project worries him a little, so he put all of his fears into one picture. (Well, most. He left out the tentacle porn.) Should make you laugh!
(Louis Wu 12:07:34 UTC) (permalink)
Cortana Pick-Up Lines
I missed this yesterday - but Hawty McBloggy solicited pickup lines for bagging Cortana on Twitter. (Cortana wasn't on Twitter - Hawty was. She - oh, never mind. Just go read.) Probably not safe for work, if your boss can read small print over your shoulder. (Louis Wu 12:06:54 UTC) (permalink)
Friday's Fan Fiction
Seven new stories for you in the Fan Fiction section this week... give 'em a read!
(Louis Wu 12:05:25 UTC) (permalink)
Brain Surgery, Beer, and Donuts
Bungie's Breaking In story this week went live last night - Sam Arguez, Associate Producer, discusses where he came from, how he got to Bungie, and why he's stayed. (And what he does, of course.) Wanna work for Bungie? This series is a great resource. (Louis Wu 12:04:07 UTC) (permalink)
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