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Friday, September 10, 2010 |  |
A ball of brilliant rage
I've been meaning to post this for nearly a week, but I only remember when I'm far away from a computer. Mat Noguchi gave a talk in July at the Gamesauce Conference in Seattle - the title of the talk was "Ten Years of Keeping People Working", and while it's technical to some degree, it's pretty interesting to watch. Mat talks about how tools scale up as projects get bigger, he talks about where bottlenecks in the development process exist and what you can do to avoid some, and he tries MIGHTILY to not swear. (In this last, he fails.) It's about 20 minutes long, and if you watch it, you'll have a better sense for who Mat is, and why Bungie is really, really lucky to have him. (Louis Wu 19:48:18 UTC) (permalink)
PAX Coverage (and a Giveaway!) from BGN
Dave 'Gamewatcher' Kramer over at Busy Gamer News, has a couple of PAX-related news items for your perusal: there's a summary of their activities on PAX Day 2 (including a meet-up with Marty O'Donnell in an elevator), and (maybe more interesting for its "what's in it for ME?" aspect) a giveaway of schwag collected at PAX, including one of the very cool signed posters given away at the event. Go look, and enter! (Louis Wu 19:32:02 UTC) (permalink)
Ode to a Plastic Helmet
Coolpengwn looked back on his time playing Halo 3, and the joy of good friends to play with, over at 2old2play - the read is a good one. Check it out. (Louis Wu 19:03:33 UTC) (permalink)
Dogtags, realized
You might remember Mid7night's custom dogtags... well, Jim 028 bought a pair, and they came today. Swing by to see how they look! (Louis Wu 19:00:51 UTC) (permalink)
Gamepro's Halo Retrospective
Just in time for Reach, Gamepro has posted a Halo Retrospective, looking back at the franchise so far. Give it a read! (Louis Wu 17:02:14 UTC) (permalink)
He's on a dangerous, serene level
Looks like Walmart's getting onto the Reach marketing bandwagon - they've got a series of 'Smack Talk' segments (lots of backtracking if you want to see them all) on YouTube. Not sure I know a lot of Scout troops camping on a Monday night, but... (thanks, urk.) (Louis Wu 16:59:22 UTC) (permalink)
Halo 3 Double XP: Maption Sack
We forgot to mention this yesterday, but the latest Halo 3 Double XP Weekend playlist went live yesterday - go play Maption Sack, and enjoy community creations! (This won't be the last Double XP weekend for Halo 3.) (Louis Wu 16:55:08 UTC) (permalink)
The Long Haul: Day One Part 10
Adam Susskind let Bungie know that the latest chapter of his Long Haul comic is now up - go give it a read! (Louis Wu 16:50:58 UTC) (permalink)
Your mission, should you choose to accept it...
If you were press (fancy press), you'd have received a pretty cool package with Reach and some other stuff (including an art book I've never heard of) in a cool Reach briefcase - but if you're like the rest of us peons, the only way you'll see one of these is to watch the unboxing on Kotaku. Oops... was I drooling? Thanks, BladedExpert. Update: Thanks, ArteenEsben, who posted it first on our OWN forum; I just happened to have GAF open. (Louis Wu 16:42:11 UTC) (permalink)
Aussie Reach Party in Sydney
Hedgemony (who wouldn't be caught dead there) lets us know that the official Australian Halo Reach Launch Party will be taking place in Sydney on Monday - full details on this EB Games page. Looks like fun! (Louis Wu 16:12:15 UTC) (permalink)
Friday Caption Fun, Round 109
Ack! How could I forget? Hawty McBloggy's Friday Caption Fun (soon coming to an end, sadly) is up to Round 109 - funny captions from last week, plus a truly bizarre screen to play with this week. Go see! (Louis Wu 15:31:26 UTC) (permalink)
The Charm
Legolas71088 sent word of 'The Charm', a fifteen-minute Halo 2/3 montage available in a number of versions. Swing by MLGPro.com to read about it, and pick your download/streaming flavor. The man's pretty impressive with a sniper rifle... (There's also footage of his friends, and some funny stuff.) (Louis Wu 14:44:30 UTC) (permalink)
Greg Bear's Halo - 17 weeks?
DarthYoda19 pointed out that Amazon's begun listing the release date of the first Greg Bear Halo novel as January 4, 2011 - last we'd heard of any release dates was February, when we were told not to expect anything before 2011, so maybe this is a good date! More when we know it. (Louis Wu 13:46:00 UTC) (permalink)
High Speed Halo's 7 Days of Reach, Day 4
NOKYARD is still going strong - Day 4 of HSH's "7 Days of Reach" contains a couple of ODST Vidmaster Challenge runs, a Halo 2 run from Scurty, and a no-shot Legendary run through the Covenant. Go watch! (Louis Wu 13:40:46 UTC) (permalink)
Halo 3 Xbox + Games
John Parsley let us know that he's posted (on eBay) his Xbox 360 Halo 3 Special Edition, along with Halo, Halo 2, and Halo 3 - starting bid is $117. Nice deal! (Louis Wu 13:31:38 UTC) (permalink)
PGCR Ep 47
SK1LL4XED sent word that Postgame Carnage Report has posted Episode 47 of their podcast, focusing on the Toronto Reach Event. Just over an hour, with conversation and catfights! (Louis Wu 13:26:53 UTC) (permalink)
Friday's Fan Fiction
Eight new pieces are currently available in the Fan Fiction section - go read! (I found that I had to delete a number of submissions this week... a quick reminder, you should make sure you read the submission rules before sending us your content. Thanks!) (Louis Wu 13:18:56 UTC) (permalink)
Fire Team Zulu Pre-Reach Avalanche
FyreWulff is back with another Fire Team Zulu challenge - or rather, a series of them. Two Halo 3 Campaign challenges (in two difficulties each), plus an ODST Firefight challenge (this one looks TOUGH). Go see!
(Louis Wu 13:14:54 UTC) (permalink)
Reach Content on LIVE
Lots of new Reach content on your Xbox today - Game Marketplace has a Firefight Preview on Waterfront, complete with commentary, and Waypoint has two new videos showing off both multiplayer maps and the Covenant. Thanks, rhubarb. (Louis Wu 13:14:26 UTC) (permalink)
Got a question for Bungie?
AsiansOnFire will be at the EMP Reach Launch event in Seattle next week, and he's hoping to take the opportunity to ask Bungie a few questions. If you want to help him with ideas, check out the page he's put up at Grunts R Us.
(Louis Wu 13:14:01 UTC) (permalink)
We'll surprise 'em with our victory cry
Heh - after seeing Kat dancing up a storm at PAX, padraig08 couldn't help but make a poster. (Louis Wu 13:13:25 UTC) (permalink)
PAX Montage
The Halo Waypoint crew posted a montage from PAX - it shows large swaths of the event, but of course focuses on the Halo aspects. Pretty nice summary! Thanks, GrimBrother IV (Tag Team Grim!).
(Louis Wu 13:12:04 UTC) (permalink)
GI's 10 Things to Know about Reach
Game Informer thinks there's 10 Things to Know about Reach - go see what they are! Thanks, GrimBrother One.
(Louis Wu 13:11:41 UTC) (permalink)
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