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Friday, September 11, 2009 |  |
Bungie Weekly Update: Swine Flu Edition
The latest Bungie Weekly Update is live - a recap of PAX, new campaign screenshots, an interview with a fan that kicked some serious butt at Firefight, an interview with the creator of Mega Man (and a recent visitor to Bungie's studio). And a cool piece of art we featured earlier in the week. Check it out! (As always, it's also available in our Weekly Update Archive.) (Louis Wu 23:36:08 UTC) (permalink)
What is an ODST?
jake108 and the Teabag Prevention Team are back with a new article on ODSTs - it's a summary of who they are and what they do. (Louis Wu 18:50:19 UTC) (permalink)
Top 10 Halo 3 Moments of Season 6: Episode 42
Anoj is back with another best-of episode of his Top 10 Halo 3 sereis - this one is the top 10 moments of season 6 (episodes 36-41). Thanks, urk. (Louis Wu 18:37:56 UTC) (permalink)
Foxes in Pottery Class
The third Red vs Blue ODST commercial for Gamestop is now live over at IGN - watching it can teach you some interesting things about Sgt Johnson... Thanks to jurk for the heads-up. (Louis Wu 16:08:34 UTC) (permalink)
Halo Interactive Strategy Game - now really cheap
XMixMasterX noticed that the Halo Interactive Strategy Game (originally released about a year ago - it's been in our news a few times) is now available at a deep discount ($12, down from its original $45) at Best Buy. It's up to you to decide if it's worth it at that price. (Louis Wu 13:57:34 UTC) (permalink)
ODST Campaign Previews Begin
Previews based on Campaign play are starting to appear - we saw two new ones this morning. Both of them looked at the same level (NMPD HQ) - neither contains story spoilers. IGN's article (thanks, DancingJesus) summarizes how gameplay in the campaign actually works, and then discusses the level, with a focus on how gameplay is different between Halo 3 and ODST. WorthPlaying's article (Thanks, Adam) focuses more on how the level is laid out, and discusses the voice acting (and AI) of the non-player denizens of this world. (It also has a summary of the new Mythic multiplayer maps.) Go read 'em - and get psyched! ODST drops in 11 days. (Louis Wu 13:01:06 UTC) (permalink)
ODST making new friends
CaptainTony pointed out a bit of ODST fanart he discovered at the Military Photos forum - done by someone who wasn't much of a Halo fan before ODST was announced. Pretty cool! (Louis Wu 13:00:40 UTC) (permalink)
GTTV: Behind the Scenes of We Are ODST
As we mentioned yesterday, the most recent GameTrailers TV has a feature on the making of the live-action 'We Are ODST' short. It's only a couple of minutes long, but you get a good look at the props they created for this film, and it's fun to see the 'set' (a strip mine in Hungary) without its trappings. Go watch! (ODST segment starts at about 12:45.) (Louis Wu 12:58:27 UTC) (permalink)
Friday Caption Fun, PAX Edition
Hawty McBloggy let us know that this week's Friday Caption Fun is a little different; rather than have you come up with pithy one-liners about an in-game screenshot, she's provided a passel of pictures snapped at PAX - shots of her with various community members. Your mission, should you choose to accept it, is to make people laugh with your interpretation of events. This newspost will self-destruct in five seconds. Good luck. (Louis Wu 12:57:46 UTC) (permalink)
Noise in the System
TTL Demag0gue stopped in with word of Reclaimer 215 - Noise in the System. Reclaimer learns more... but time is running out.
(Louis Wu 12:57:16 UTC) (permalink)
Bungie going back to its roots?
FassinTaak made a connection I've never seen before - but it's intriguing. There are definite similarities between the story of the Rookie in Halo 3: ODST... and the story of the player in Bungie's first shooter, Pathways into Darkness. My mind is reeling!
(Louis Wu 12:55:15 UTC) (permalink)
Where's my wheelbarrow?
GrimBrother One noticed a small tidbit at Kotaku - Stephen Totilo pointed out that Joe Staten described the size of the Halo Bible (the backstory document(s) that help Bungie and its friends keep track of the Halo universe) as 12-13 inches "if it was all printed out and stacked up". (For reference, a standard 500-sheet ream of paper is 2 inches tall.)
(Louis Wu 12:54:27 UTC) (permalink)
Friday's Fan Fiction
Six new pieces for you in this week's Fan Fiction update - new authors, meaty text. Go read! (Louis Wu 12:53:00 UTC) (permalink)
G4TV goes ODST-Crazy
G4TV has created a special 'Launch Center' for Halo 3: ODST - a dedicated page with a TON of new content. Much of this (but nowhere near all) was taken from last night's TV special on the game - there are eighteen new video clips online, covering everything from multiplayer gameplay to story discussion. Fair warning, there are plenty of potential spoilers in these vids, so if you're looking to stay pure, skip 'em. With the exception of the direct-feed gameplay vids, most of these are interviews with Bungie personnel, interspersed with video footage from Firefight and the campaign - Mr Sark (who did the interviewing) and Bungie have both done a decent job of staying away from story spoilers in the conversation, so you could certainly listen to these without being spoiled. But watching them will show you tidbits you might prefer to see for yourself, as you play through... one option is to simply start a movie and then bury the browser window. (For many of you, the possibility of a glimpse of a character or situation that might provide a surprise is not a problem - and for you, this collection is a treasure lode.) (Louis Wu 11:30:24 UTC) (permalink)
Breaking in - Blake Low
The latest Breaking In article at Bungie.net focuses on environment artist Blake Low - you might think a cape and tights have no place at Bungie... but you'd be wrong. Give it a read! (Louis Wu 11:28:48 UTC) (permalink)
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