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The Potential of Firefight
GhaleonEB, a pillar of the Halo community (though he rarely ventures out of his comfortable NeoGAF lair), has written up some of his thoughts on Firefight. I find myself agreeing with many (though by no means all) of his points, and I hope (as he does) that the criticism he offers is accepted in the spirit in which he meant it - as a tool to hone any future Firefight mode in Halo: Reach. Give it a read - see what you think! (Louis Wu 19:52:10 UTC) (permalink)
Will Save Earth 4 Food
grantix is selling a bunch of action figures to raise a little cash for rent - swing by to see the auction links! (Louis Wu 19:45:08 UTC) (permalink)
Behind the Scenes of 'We Are ODST'
GTTV did a small 'behind the scenes' feature on the live-action 'We Are ODST' short... but if it didn't give you enough info, there's a much more in-depth version now on YouTube (thanks, Zeouterlimits). It's amazing! There's even a full scene that never made the final cut. If you want a downloadable version, you can swing by TeamXbox - they've got 640x360 up now, with full 720p coming soon. (Louis Wu 19:04:02 UTC) (permalink)
Eggs - they're not just for breakfast any more
High Impact Halo has kicked off a new ODST Egg Database - and they need your help! There's a sticky post here that explains how the database works, and how to submit new eggs. Check it out - and check out what's already online! Welcome back, Ducain. (Louis Wu 19:02:51 UTC) (permalink)
Community Spotlight: Team BackFire
Bungie.net has a new Community Spotlight up - this one shines on Team BackFire, a Bungie.net group focused on screenshots. Check out an interview with the group, and a new batch of files in Bungie Favorites! (Louis Wu 18:59:21 UTC) (permalink)
Play Halo 3 with Blast, win 1600 MS points
Blast (Boston's Online Magazine) is offering 1600 MS Points to the winner of a tournament they'll be running this Friday. Read their post for more details!
(Louis Wu 18:58:54 UTC) (permalink)
Tough Luck Skull (or any Skull) for sale
Mike Poage let us know that he's put a Tough Luck skull up for sale on eBay - you've got 3 days to bid on it. If you'd rather have a different skull, you can contact Mike directly - just be sure that the subject line has 'Halo Skull' in it. (Louis Wu 16:09:50 UTC) (permalink)
Paving the way for a new generation of pricing
Earlier today, we mentioned an article at Forbes that compared Microsoft's marketing strategy for Halo to that of razor companies - sell the razor cheap, make your money on the blades. We got word from deftangel that an article went live on CouchCampus that backs this up nicely - 'Halo 3: The Nickel & Dime Generation' looks at what it has cost to play Halo 3 as a hardcore fan, and laments the change in marketing strategies that has cost gamers so much extra scratch. Whether you agree or disagree, it's an interesting change! (Louis Wu 15:27:36 UTC) (permalink)
I don't know what you heard about me
Over at NeoGAF, Kibbles popped on a couple of days ago, claiming to have seen the 'Brute Pimp' animation that urk mentioned back in January (scroll down to "Pimpin' Ain't Easy"). Now, that update stated that the animation glitch that lead to the 'pimp strut' had been fixed... so Kibbles was told, pics or it didn't happen. He went one better - he filmed it. That Chieftan even has the pimp slap down! Check this out. Update: urk took umbrage at the idea that a bug he described as 'fixed' was 'found' in the game. He wanted you to understand that this was a DIFFERENT bug. Er... feature. (Louis Wu 13:27:35 UTC) (permalink)
A Vidmaster alternative for those with bad connections
Many people are discovering that Halo 3: ODST's finicky campaign networking can make it difficult to complete the Vidmaster Achievements - they require a long, uninterrupted stretch of connection to LIVE, and for many people, that's not a possibility. Well, back in July, we brought you news that the Vidmaster: Annual Achievement could be completed over system link, as long as the party was logged into LIVE. pete_the_duck confirmed that Endure, at least, can also be completed this way; he knows, because he did it. Thanks to sithhead for bringing the issue up! (To clarify: this doesn't mean you can do it without a LIVE connection. It simply means you don't need a LIVE connection to actually transfer data from one player to another - which means that the 'lag-out-because-of-a-bad-connection' problem is greatly reduced.) Update: Achronos dropped in a little caveat that's worth reading, to save you some headaches... (Louis Wu 13:25:31 UTC) (permalink)
Wednesday Comic Roundup
This morning, we've got the latest Ctrl+Alt+Del for you (thanks, gunluva - this one was pretty funny), and we've got the latest ODS Steve for you (it features the winner of the Fairfax Fundraiser). Enjoy!
Update: TTL Demag0gue let us know that Reclaimer 220 ("Technology") is live, as well. (Louis Wu 13:18:31 UTC) (permalink)
An ambient masterpiece, positively dripping with mood.
Greg let us know that IGN has reviewed the Halo 3: ODST soundtrack - and they're raving about it. "Bungie's sci-fi shooter never sounded so good." No argument here!
(Louis Wu 13:17:42 UTC) (permalink)
Surprisingly Smooth
Forbes suggests that Halo games are the razor blades to Microsoft's razor - the Xbox 360. (Seems like they could be right - according to this week's LIVE Activity list released by Major Nelson yesterday, Halo 3 and Halo 3: ODST were the #1 and #2 titles.)
(Louis Wu 13:15:16 UTC) (permalink)
Distress
Vandya stopped in with word of 'Détresse' (Distress), a french machinima. No dialogue, just action. Nice cinematography! Can our hero hold out long enough for help to arrive? (Louis Wu 13:14:15 UTC) (permalink)
HaloContest's September 09 Montage
Morpheus announced a montage of the best clips received by HaloContest during September - one of these will win the 1600 point card HC has for the highest rated clip - and reminded you that there's another prize on the line for October, as well. Check the post for more details!
(Louis Wu 13:13:36 UTC) (permalink)
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