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Watch the burritos!
The Bungie Weekly Update this time around is chock-full of info that might make your Firefight games less frustrating - but there's lots of other stuff too. An appeal for donations, some info about sports bigwigs getting special treatment, details about a group of former Bungie guys starting their own team, cool cars from Forza 3 (HBO readers will have already seen some of this)... and some other stuff. Definitely worth a read, either on Bungie.net or here, in our Weekly Update Archive. (Yes, ours validates.) (Louis Wu 23:18:46 UTC) (permalink)
Halo 3 Montage: Vidmaster Endure
milesprower whipped up a five-minute montage showing off some of the highlights of their Vidmaster: Endure effort - check it out, and then go make your own memories! (Louis Wu 18:05:39 UTC) (permalink)
BWO Screenshot Contest Winners
Recently, we mentioned a screenshot contest from Black Water Ops - today, according to Bungie.net, they've announced the winners. Go see! (Louis Wu 17:49:32 UTC) (permalink)
Friday Afternoon at the Movies
Tons of movies for you today, courtesy of Bungie's Comm Chatter:
- Carratti's gameplay and Astiun Media's editing turned out 'Tellier', a Halo 3 montage
- There's a 'Halo 3 Community Snipetage' from Katana1310 (not sure what community, or specifically where the clips came from)
- Adamack's Halo 3 montage was edited by Insight Media
- |Rodzilla| got a sweet Banshee beatdown in this rendered clip
- Last week, we mentioned a guy who was customizing a PowerWheels ride for his kid - today, Bungie's got the video.
Shouldn't take you TOO long to watch all that... (Louis Wu 17:41:54 UTC) (permalink)
Friday Comic Roundup
Regular Halo comics seem to be on holiday right now, but there are a bunch of ODST mentions in non-Halo-specific strips:
- Rob Tracy pointed out that Least I Could Do kicked off a new ODST storyline on Wednesday - so Thursday and Friday's strips are also related.
- DiscipleN2k found a couple of mentions: The AppleGeeks Lite strip for today looks at the dangers of LANning ODST, and
- Stolen Pixels, over at The Escapist, takes a few shots at the Master Chief (while the blog writeup praises ODST's casting choices).
Go laugh! (Louis Wu 15:28:08 UTC) (permalink)
Dipping in to the Civilian Experience
VentureBeat has written up a history of Sadie's Story, the tale within a tale in Halo 3: ODST - great read! Lots of background on the company that built it, and how it fits into the overall game. Give it a read! (Louis Wu 15:07:08 UTC) (permalink)
Friday Caption Fun, Round 66
It's Friday - so it's time for another round of Friday Caption Fun, over at Hawty McBloggy's! Last week's captions take shots at Gamestop and Dare - and this week's image is sure to generate some Lonely Island quotes. Go play! (Louis Wu 14:34:59 UTC) (permalink)
Teabag Prevention: Road to Recon Armor Week 2
Geekscape's Teabag Prevention has posted their second entry in their Road to Recon Armor series - this week, they're giving you tips on how to complete the Vidmaster: Déjà Vu Achievement. Go give it a read - and then go earn yourself 25 more points! (Louis Wu 14:34:22 UTC) (permalink)
Riling up the Fans
The big news yesterday came from a USA Today article published on Tuesday. (LordGideon pointed it out then, I passed because it seemed like news we already knew - oops.) The focus has been on two tidbits: first, that Halo 3: ODST sold 2.5 million copies in its first two weeks (not too shabby), and second, that Frank O'Connor, of 343 Industries, is quoted as saying that Microsoft has a plan for the Halo franchise that "goes out at least six years". This last, rather than reassuring fans that 343 Industries is taking the long view, and is carefully crafting additions to the Halo universe, has in fact frightened our forum (and others) into thinking that they're simply killing the franchise through overuse. Time will tell, I suppose - but it's hard to believe, at this stage, that a group that is so intent on hiring thoughtful fans from the community to safeguard story features would be so careless over the long haul. The HBO advice: let 'em work. See where they're going before screaming that the cliff is too close. (Louis Wu 14:33:17 UTC) (permalink)
ODSTMobile
Tashi0106, over at NeoGAF, pointed out a Forza 3 car that's been gorgeously decked out with ODST bling. Check it! (Louis Wu 14:32:01 UTC) (permalink)
ODST'ing your iPhone
nomis78 was browsing Twitter, and ran across a tweet that showed off a pretty cool theme for your iPhone/iPod Touch. (Louis Wu 14:31:09 UTC) (permalink)
Breaking In: Dave Gasca
A new Breaking In article is live at Bungie.net; Test Lead Dave Gasca talks about how testing games might not be the cushy job you thought it was - but it can be a lot of fun. If you like being on fire. And don't smell like anchovies. Go see if you've got what it takes! (Louis Wu 14:19:24 UTC) (permalink)
Friday's Fan Fiction
Seven new pieces are available for your reading pleasure in the Fan Fiction section this week - go read. (Louis Wu 14:15:36 UTC) (permalink)
Killin' the Orange Guy
We neglected to point out that this week's Double EXP Weekend playlist went live yesterday - get your Grifball on. (Louis Wu 14:15:05 UTC) (permalink)
Thursday's news in brief:
Wednesday's news in brief:
