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Thursday, August 12, 2010 |  |
His Fear is Your Gain
The Bungie Weekly Update is up... a day early. Why? Well, tomorrow's Friday the 13, and urk's superstitious. Don't argue, though, because it's GOOD. Forge World goodies, flying goodies, assassination goodies, race goodies, landmines... it goes on and on. You can, as always, read it in our Weekly Update Archive if you choose to. (Louis Wu 23:59:33 UTC) (permalink)
Sometimes I love UPS
I love them because they bring me cool things. Today I got a package sent by Geoff Chang (you might remember a foamcore BR he built a few years back); some time ago, he'd created a scale foamcore Assault Rifle (MA-5), and he wanted HBO to have it. So now we do.
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I apologize for the crappy pictures; it's late, and about to get rainy, there's no good light right now. Rest assured, the rifle is beautiful. (Louis Wu 22:27:03 UTC) (permalink)
She likes it.
Heh - RedGrimRune managed to get Kat to endorse his comic... nice job! (Louis Wu 19:59:05 UTC) (permalink)
PoA Talk-Through
Rockslider and a friend have released a Pillar of Autumn 'talk-through' - a discussion (written) about the level and how it plays out. Fun! (Louis Wu 19:35:49 UTC) (permalink)
One, Two, THREE
One of my favorite unranked playlists (3-Ball) goes live as the Double EXP Weekend list in an hour or so. Go read about it on Bungie.net - I'll see you online! (Louis Wu 16:51:58 UTC) (permalink)
The Long Haul: Day One (Pages 5-6)
Adam Susskind's The Long Haul webcomic continues - 'Day One, Part Six' is now up. (This means we missed Part Five, which went live on Monday.) Thanks, urk! (Louis Wu 16:47:31 UTC) (permalink)
Building the Story
Marcus Lehto talked to CVG about the development of Reach's campaign - instead of starting with a story, and building missions around it, they started with mission ideas (lots of them - about 150, according to Lehto), narrowed them down to their favorite 20 or so, then turned THOSE into a story. (Clearly, many were merged, since the Achievement list for Reach suggests roughly 10 campaign missions.) Interesting! (It's unclear if his comment that you'll be able to play campaign 'matchmaking over Live' is a misstatement... or a super-cool feature Bungie hadn't announced before. More when we know it.) Thanks, chess. (Louis Wu 15:41:01 UTC) (permalink)
Halo Inception: Time
Chris101b put together his own trailer for Reach, using music from the movie 'Inception'. It's a bit less action-packed that others we've seen, but it looks like he's going for a somewhat more introspective feel. Slo-mo to the max... (Louis Wu 15:36:39 UTC) (permalink)
MLG Pros getting Reach early? Not yet...
So the interwebs have been buzzing with rumors of MLG pros getting early copies of Reach yesterday (Walshy and .FlamesworD. both discussed it on their Twitter accounts) - if you're feeling jealous, don't worry about it. They were just messin' with ya. urk confirmed that they were lying.) (Louis Wu 15:27:59 UTC) (permalink)
Chocolate Spartans... mmm
Wow. Someone used a McFarlane Spartan figure to create a silicone mold... and then used that mold to make chocolate Spartans. Hawty McBloggy, of course, makes it all as sexual as she possibly can... but the bottom line is, this is really cool. Check it. Update: apparently, you shouldn't try this at home - 405th bigwig Adam Grumbo chimed into the comment thread with this: "oh boy. rebound 25 is not approved for food consumption. but cool stuff." Hadn't even thought about that! (Louis Wu 15:26:52 UTC) (permalink)
More Halo Goodies on Auction
kornman00 has a couple more rare Halo item auctions up right now - a Legendary helmet signed by some of the voice actors on Halo 3, and some really rare Joyride figures. Go look at the pics, then go bid! (He's added a couple of extra pics of the prototype figure in this post.)
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Ataraxia Release Teaser
CROSSFIRE sent word of a release teaser for Ataraxia, a new machinima project from Blood Signature Films. Given their pedigree, I'm looking forward to seeing how this one turns out!
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Outpost Isil Episode 15
Paul Shelley let us know that the season finale of Outpost Isil is finally live - go see what happens to the guys! (Louis Wu 15:24:11 UTC) (permalink)
Money where his mouth is
munky-058 was unhappy with the quality of the Bungie-released campaign trailer 'The Battle Begins'. To his credit, though, when he was called on his claim that he "could honestly do SO much better in one afternoon", he sat down and tried. Whether he succeeded is up to you to decide - but I give him props for standing behind his words. (Louis Wu 15:23:38 UTC) (permalink)
Joe Tung expounds on Reach
Kotaku Australia has put up a full transcript of the interview they did with Joe Tung last week. It focuses on multiplayer (though it touches most public aspects of Reach), and a couple of the questions were covered in an earlier article... but for the most part, it's a fascinating read with lots of great info. One neat little tidbit: 'Score Attack' is a new Firefight mode where the system tracks you online as you try to beat a friend's score. Go read the whole thing for more! Thanks, mattroe. (Louis Wu 15:21:48 UTC) (permalink)
Fanart: Elite Ranger
Zee-V70 whipped up a cool pic of an Elite Ranger - and the post generated some interesting art discussion! Go look. (Louis Wu 15:20:50 UTC) (permalink)
Now you're dead, jump.
What happens when you mash up an epic Halo video with deadpan humor? You get the Halo Reach LITERAL Trailer Parody, from Tobuscus. Got me laughin', that's for sure. Go watch. (Louis Wu 02:28:52 UTC) (permalink)
Wednesday's news in brief:
Tuesday's news in brief:
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Is it Tuesday already? They DO know a boar's not a warthog, right? Illusory Superiority Cheap Reach for UK buyers DA Roundup Whatever happened to 'brrring'? |
