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Wednesday, September 23, 2009 |  |
When Good Companies Go Bad
Whee doggies. Something to watch for, in the future... I pre-ordered two copies of ODST from Amazon back in July. This morning, an unlock code for Sgt. Johnson appeared in my inbox. When I wrote to Amazon to find out where my second code was, I was told that their policy was 1 code per household, regardless of the number of copies purchased. (The promotion is no longer active, so anything that WAS on the page about restrictions has been removed, leaving no way to confirm this. Amazon Customer Service admitted as much on the telephone - but since the original response was generated by Marketing, and since Marketing was involved in the original promotion, they're sticking to their guns.) Nobody needs to worry about ME - Frank O'Connor sacrificed his personal code so that my sons could play as Sgt. Johnson - but for all the other loyal Halo fans and Amazon shoppers who bought more than one copy... we don't think this is right! Let Amazon know that you're not alone - maybe they'll be willing to reconsider. (Louis Wu 23:29:27 UTC) (permalink)
Sumthing lets you enjoy ODST music - the right way
Whoa - swing by Sumthing.com's custom ODST page to listen to full, uncompressed versions (320kpbs mp3s) of four of the tracks on the Halo 3: ODST Official Soundtrack. NICE! (Louis Wu 22:27:14 UTC) (permalink)
Delta Halo and Regret on CryEngine2
JDcongote dropped into our forum with word that he'd imported a portion of Delta Halo and Regret (from Halo 2) into CryEngine2 (the game engine behind games like Crysis). The stuttering made my head hurt - but the graphics were cool. Go watch! (Louis Wu 21:45:45 UTC) (permalink)
ODST FAQ - It's your friend
Totally missed this when it went live yesterday... but Bungie has posted a sizeable Frequently Asked Questions list for Halo 3: ODST - and they're continuing to add to it. If you've got questions... they've got answers. You should DEFINITELY read through this - I learned a bunch of stuff from it. (Louis Wu 21:12:37 UTC) (permalink)
Forge Union Has More Favorites
It's Wednesday, so it's time to update Bungie Favorites - week two of Forge Union's prize stuff is now live. Go check it out! (Louis Wu 21:10:41 UTC) (permalink)
HBOFF Feet First Into Hell: Winners Posted
kabu let us know that the winners for the HBOFF Feet First into Hell contest have been chosen - go see what they won (and read the stories submitted the grand prize winner and the runners-up)! (Louis Wu 19:15:24 UTC) (permalink)
Cortana in Pics
Narcogen has posted the image gallery that goes along with yesterday's podcast discussion of the Cortana level of Halo 3. Narcogen is doing what he can to stay busy until his copy of ODST arrives, on yak-back, at his remote outpost in Inner Mongolia (or Kazakhstan, or wherever). Go check 'em out, and make him feel useful. (Louis Wu 19:14:05 UTC) (permalink)
Panoramalicious
Decadence Night stopped in with a whole bunch of new Halo 3 panoramas - go see the pretty stuff!
(Louis Wu 19:11:20 UTC) (permalink)
Ohmygosh, it's Tony Stark!
HBO forum regular Mid7night was featured on Xbox.com's Gamer Spotlight today - go learn a little more about him! (Louis Wu 19:10:29 UTC) (permalink)
Road2Recon is Coming
Pyrosmile Productions has posted a trailer for their 'Road2Recon' series - I'm thinking the series will really be a guide to getting Recon, even though the trailer is more... how not to get it. Go see. (Louis Wu 19:05:48 UTC) (permalink)
A Side Note with Paul Shelley, Episode 7
Both shiruken and Paul Shelley let us know about Side Note with Paul Shelley, Episode 7 - it's got some Firefight tactics, and it's also got detiils on a new contest that Treeskunk Productions is running. Go watch, go enter! (Louis Wu 19:03:43 UTC) (permalink)
Out of Lost Platoon... already
Wow... these guys have aleady gotten out of Lost Platoon - check the vid. Unclear how far they can go... but MAN, the views from the edge are already amazing. Thanks, Devin. Update: link fixed. Eep! (Louis Wu 17:17:55 UTC) (permalink)
Enjoying the release in Australia
Kotaku Australia was at a midnight launch event, and took pics. Go see.
(Louis Wu 17:17:34 UTC) (permalink)
Gamasutra Critical Reception
Gamasutra has a 'Critical Reception' article about ODST - they talk to a few different reviewers (folks from the high, middle, and low - or low middle, anyway - end of the scale), to see what they liked and didn't like about the game. Nice overview. (Louis Wu 17:16:59 UTC) (permalink)
Cool group artwork
RvB's MsValentine turned us on to this image at DeviantART - it's a pretty cool pic, but what's cooler is that other DeviantARTists colored it in. MsValentine's favorite is this one - I'd agree, that rocks!
(Louis Wu 17:16:11 UTC) (permalink)
Wednesday Comic Roundup
Comics are light today - folks are playing ODST, as expected. ODS Steve has only a 'gone fishin' pic (of sorts)... TTL Demag0gue, bucking the trend, has posted a full episode of Reclaimer. 219 (Trading Blows) has Bold and the Reclaimer... well, trading blows. (Louis Wu 17:15:07 UTC) (permalink)
GD Posts ODST Training Grounds
GameDaily is posting a strategy guide - it seems to be aimed at selling the Prima guide. An example page is 'Know Your Enemy' - all other pages are easily found in the 'Training Grounds' sidebar at the top of the article. (Louis Wu 17:14:13 UTC) (permalink)
Bungie Comm Chatter Grab Bag
Bunch of new content on Bungie.net already today (I'm really late getting started)... let's summarize what's there for you:
- Burnie Burns did a video interview with PPMooCowPP, the Commissioner of Grifball, about the sport.
- HaloCharts has summarized the progress made by folks who took up their Campaign Challenge - wow, those guys killed a lot.
- Some Bungie forum regulars have put together a community challenge: 7 billion grunts KIA by July 7, 2010. Can you help?
- FortNightProduction has posted The Lucky 20 Episode 4 - it's more bad luck than good.
- Mastercmj2003 has written up a guide to help you get the Vidmaster: Endure achievement.
Good stuff! (And a nice boost to what will likely be a light news day; ODST has taken up quite a bit of my time in the past week, and it's time to spend a little more time on the people who put food on my table...) (Louis Wu 17:13:21 UTC) (permalink)
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