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I like the 'light yourself on fire' strat
Monochron wrote up a solo guide to playing Firefight on Crater - give it a try and see how far you get! (Louis Wu 20:05:01 UTC) (permalink)
Halo Reach: a machinima series (Trailer)
bryan4208 let us know about a trailer for a new machinima series called 'Halo Reach' - it's to be the story of the planet's final hours. (Louis Wu 19:24:41 UTC) (permalink)
Halo 3 360 for $170
Geeks.com is offering a refurbished version of the Halo 3 Special Edition Xbox 360 for $170 (with free shipping) right now - not a bad deal! (Buying a refurbished 360 is always something to think twice about - but this is a nice model at a nice price.) (Louis Wu 19:10:54 UTC) (permalink)
What keeps you playing?
Gamasutra has an interesting article looking at what keeps people playing games. Of the nine titles in the study, Halo 3 was second in the percentage of players earning a campaign completion achievement (finishing the game), with a respectable 71% or so meeting that goal - but smack-dab in the middle of the pack (at just over 30%) when looking at total gamerscore completion. So... interesting, but not replayable? Or just too many difficult achievements? You make the call. (Louis Wu 18:40:39 UTC) (permalink)
Foley's Minitage
Bungie's Comm Chatter has word of a minitage (well, it's almost 4 minutes long, seems like it's sort of a regular montage) - gameplay by Foley, editing by Phurion. Lots of sniping. Some of it is really nice sniping. Timing rocks. (Louis Wu 17:58:21 UTC) (permalink)
Halo Trilogy Legendary Run
Pacific Penguin and A Bad Vibe played through the Halo trilogy on Legendary difficulty, and put together a 17-minute, two-part montage of some of the highlights. Really cool in concept - implemented, a bit less so. (Editing is nearly nonexistent, clips have very, very little to do with one another, transitions are abrupt and jarring, quality is wildly variable.) Worth watching, I guess, to see where the bar is (so that when you make your own, you know what you have to beat). Thanks, urk. (Louis Wu 17:19:06 UTC) (permalink)
Do you want rare songs from Marty?
Not really Halo news - but of interest to many Halo fans: Marty O'Donnell tweeted last night that he's considering releasing some rare music tracks - from older video games. He wants to know if there's any interest. Hedgemony says (emphatically) "yes" - and he's echoed by other forumgoers. How do you feel? (Louis Wu 14:40:09 UTC) (permalink)
Sarkathlon 4 - with a heckuva prize
Mr Sark is back with another obstacle course - and since his old prize (Recon armor for the winner) is now relatively easy to grab by other means, he's upping the stakes - the winner of Sarkathlon 4 will get a copy of Bungie's Flaming Armor. Now THERE'S something rare! Go read the full details of the challenge over at G4TV's site... and get to practicing! You've got until November 8 to turn in your entry.
(Louis Wu 14:28:21 UTC) (permalink)
Arbiter Tattoo
Kotaku found a pretty nice Arbiter tattoo at BodMod.org - and Merc let us know about it. Take a look! (Louis Wu 14:27:37 UTC) (permalink)
Evolutions Excerpt
CaptainTony noticed an excerpt from Halo: Evolutions at Amazon (the same excerpt is on Macmillan's website, as well) - the typos are likely due to bad OCR rather than horrible editing. Go give it a read! (Louis Wu 14:26:58 UTC) (permalink)
Charity Auctions provide lots of Halo Goodies
Laird has set up a series of auctions to raise money for Child's Play - tons of unique Halo schwag is on the block. Swing by and look at what he's offering! You've got about 6 days on most of these, so plan your bids appropriately! (Louis Wu 14:26:05 UTC) (permalink)
Day and Night - and an egg challenge
pete_the_duck decided to see what sort of changes there might be to parts of Kizingo Boulevard, depending on the time of day you were looking. His findings are interesting. (They also goaded Marty into admitting that 'Siege of Madrigal', the haunting piano piece from Myth that has been included in every previous Halo game as an easter egg, is present in ODST as well... can you find it?) (Louis Wu 14:20:28 UTC) (permalink)
The M12 LRV Warthog
Tommy92L whipped up an ad for the M12 LRV Warthog - go see if you want to buy. (Louis Wu 14:19:56 UTC) (permalink)
MLG Anaheim Info Begins
The next MLG Tournament is coming up in a week and a half - are you ready? Bungie.net has some basic info - get psyched for MLG Anaheim! (Louis Wu 14:18:01 UTC) (permalink)
Community Spotlight: ReconLIVE
A new batch of Bungie Favorites went live last night - this group was picked by ReconLIVE, a group started when the founders couldn't find an easy way to play tourneys over LIVE. Read a little about them on B.net, then check out their favorite files!
(Louis Wu 14:17:31 UTC) (permalink)
Wednesday's news in brief:
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Wednesday Video Funtime Bad Cyborg: Flood Onslaught Challenge Touch the Sound Pete Cooper discusses OC with CoQ Let's Get Cereal Is that Green Thumb...? No, wait... Finders Keepers |
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