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Thursday, January 7, 2010 |  |
An early glimpse of Reach artwork
Wow. NeoGAF's Gribbix noticed a piece of artwork on Game Informer's website last night - it was taken down quickly, but not quickly enough, it seems. (The placeholder article it was attached to had a date of January 9, so it's likely we'll see it 'officially' in two days.) Meanwhile, check out the hawtness early! (And shame on GI for testing stuff on a live site.) (Louis Wu 19:43:04 UTC) (permalink)
Influential Shooters
IGN UK has put together a list of the Most Influential Shooters of All Time - 7 are PC-only, 1 is multiplatform, one is for PS3 (the upcoming MAG - sort of silly to call it 'most influential of all time' before it's even released), and the final one... is Halo 3. Thanks, Gilver. (Louis Wu 19:25:05 UTC) (permalink)
MovieTacular
Four new movies today over at Bungie.net's Comm Chatter (yeah, I know, we're using the OLD 'tacular' definition, not the new one - blame urk for not posting a fifth movie, I guess):
- im so good at halo looks at two perspectives on obnoxiousness (inside and outside) - love the Canadian accent.
- The Grunts of Firefight will make you wonder how people come up with their ideas. If you can get past the disturbing aspects of this project, it's pretty funny.
- Bipolar Nick has 'Halo 3 Top 10 Guardian Kills: Episode 1' - very dark, hard to see, but what you can see is nice.
- Black Light is back with Phil Day Thirteen: Championship I - more Phil goodness.
Go watch! (Louis Wu 19:10:22 UTC) (permalink)
More Proof that Bungie's Gonna Take Over the World
IGN has posted an article about how the Gears of War franchise could benefit... from some of Bungie's innovations. It's a good read! Thanks, GrimBrother One. (Louis Wu 15:57:43 UTC) (permalink)
Sugar Overload
Mendicant Bias sent word of a page of game-related cupcakes - it says 'random order', but given the position of the one Bungie-related entry (#77), I'm skeptical. Mendi credits Snorkle256 from the HMB Forum for the heads-up. (Louis Wu 15:43:17 UTC) (permalink)
2009 APG Creative Strategy Award Followup
Back in August, we mentioned that the Halo 3: Believe ad was up for the APG 2009 Creative Strategy Award; we never followed up. Those awards were distributed in October - and McCann Erickson went home with both the Gold and Grand Prix awards for that campaign. We're late - but better than never! (Louis Wu 15:29:23 UTC) (permalink)
It's your money. He's just sayin'.
Over at Koku Gamer, the latest episode of the Angry Joe Show asks "Was Halo 3: ODST a Disappointment?" Angry Joe is angry. (Mostly, he's angry about the price.) Adam Grumbo from the 405th redeems this. (Louis Wu 15:26:54 UTC) (permalink)
Mmm... fries
Hot Blooded Gaming thinks Halo 3 was the most overhyped game of the decade - agree? Disagree? Want more 7-11 cups before you decide? (For what it's worth - Halo 3 was announced at E3 2006, not 2005.)
(Louis Wu 15:25:36 UTC) (permalink)
2009 Best of Halo Awards - Voting Opens
Hawty McBloggy has posted the nominees for ten separate categories of Halo goodness, just so that you can vote for the 2009 Best of Halo Awards. Swing by, read the details, and then get to picking your favorites! You've got a week. (Louis Wu 14:01:32 UTC) (permalink)
PWN'D Support Group
Brandon noticed a new College Humor video (he found it at Geekologie) - funny for gamers in general, with direct Halo references. Definitely worth a watch! (Louis Wu 14:01:09 UTC) (permalink)
Bungie at the GDC
If you're going to be in San Francisco in mid-March, you might want to check out the Game Developers Conference - no fewer than six Bungie employees will be speaking.
- Jaime Griesemer, Gameplay Designer, has a talk called "Design in Detail: Changing the Time Between Shots for the Sniper Rifle from 0.5 to 0.7 Seconds for Halo 3" (did you even know?).
- Brian Jarrard, Community/PR Director, is participating in a session (along with a number of other developers from other companies) entitled "Community 2.0: Integrating Social Design into the Production Pipeline". How important are you? Brian's gonna let you know!
- Marty O'Donnell is on a panel called "The Musical Recipe of Emotion" - it'll make you cry.
- Harold Ryan, Bungie's President and Studio Manager, is part of a group offering a full-day tutorial entitled "The Best of Times The Worst of Times: Building an Independent Dev Studio in 2010". (Heh.)
- Brian Sharp, Lead Engineer, will be speaking on "Concrete Practices to be a Better Leader" - he currently leads 3 teams that develop all of Bungie's tools, so he probably knows what he's talking about.
- Jay Weinland, Audio Lead, will be giving a short lecture entitled "Materials vs. Audio: Object Interaction Sound Design in Halo" - maybe he'll bring pumpkins to smash!
If we learn of any other talks, we'll point 'em out! (Louis Wu 13:59:17 UTC) (permalink)
Indestructible
AssaultGodzilla is back with another Halo music video - once again, he manages to keep my attention with a cool video, even though the musical style is one I don't listen to often! Go check out 'Indestructible'. (Louis Wu 13:58:57 UTC) (permalink)
2010 Winter Pentathlon Preview
It's time, once again, for the Bungie Pentathlon, that orgy of bacchanalia that happens every January - swing by Bungie.net for a description of the festivities, and some pictures that might scare or excite you, depending on your level of depravity. (Louis Wu 13:58:29 UTC) (permalink)
Community Spotlight: Death by Mongoose
There's a new Community Spotlight up at Bungie.net - go read about a group that believes that 'goose splatters are awesome. Go read about 'em! (Louis Wu 13:58:08 UTC) (permalink)
The Forgotten Spartans, Part 8
Late yesterday, urk mentioned 'The Forgotten Spartans, Part 8', a nearly 22 minute film from Darknal (Part 7 was 15 minutes long, and came out last April, and earlier episodes were mentioned a year ago). Lots of work here! (Louis Wu 13:57:20 UTC) (permalink)
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