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Guilt O' Lantern Voting: OPEN!
Took MUCH longer than expected - but voting is finally open for this year's Guilt O' Lantern contest. There are so many good choices! (Well... how could it be any other way, with 150 (!!) entries?) Please, please, please - don't give up halfway through - there are SPECTACULAR entries on every single page. Voting will be live for a while, so take your time - and enjoy the pumpkin love! (Louis Wu 20:03:45 UTC) (permalink)
Building a Team
MoltenSlowa pointed out a blog post from Protagonist4Hire, showing off the huge set of Spartan armor outfits he created for Halloween this year. More pictures at Flickr. Nice! (Louis Wu 19:57:50 UTC) (permalink)
TPP: How to Use Imaginary Friends
jake108 (or is it JSL?) let us know that the latest Teabag Prevention article is now live at Geekscape - they're letting you know how best to use the Hologram AA (and when NOT to use it). Go read it - and fool someone today! (Louis Wu 17:43:12 UTC) (permalink)
Grifball in the News
Goosechecka let us know that GrifballHub's Week 4 Reach Grifball Highlight Reel is up for your viewing pleasure - and that if you're interested in signing up for the Grifball.com American Grifball League of America's winter season (redundant league name is redundant), today's the last day, so get your butt over there! (Louis Wu 17:39:14 UTC) (permalink)
You knew it was coming...
You knew it was coming...
Tyrant has created guides to help players beat the most difficult variations of the Halo campaigns - 'Mythic Diffulty' has meant Legendary, with All Skulls On, since Halo 3. (For Halo 3 and Halo 3: ODST, Mythic also meant 'Solo' - but with the advent of scaling difficulty as players are added in Reach, this is no longer true.) He's posted two separate versions of a Mythic Guide for Halo 3 (Version 2 is quite a bit more streamlined than Version 1, but that's just because he had more time to polish things), plus a Mythic Guide for ODST - and today we open the doors on his Mythic Guide for Halo: Reach. Up right now: an introduction, describing what's changed in Mythic (turns out, quite a bit), plus his walkthrough for Winter Contingency. As always, there are videos to show you his favorite techniques for the tricky parts, coupled with text descriptions that should help you beat this most challenging mode. A welcome return - he's included voiceovers for all the videos, which really helps make clear what you should be focusing on. We'll be adding a new level each week - so keep an eye on this space! But wait - you say you don't have the patience for Mythic? Or maybe you think you don't have the SKILL? You can't even get through Legendary - never mind the skulls? Never fear, Tyrant's got YOUR back, too! Over on his YouTube channel, he's releasing a Legendary guide for Reach - it's less involved, because Legendary is considerably easier than Mythic, but if you're looking for something a bit closer to your own reality, maybe this is your cup of tea. He has two levels up already (Winter Contingency and ONI Sword Base), so that the Legendary Guide remains a level ahead of the Mythic guide. You can use it to get yourself in shape for Mythic! Go explore - this stuff is amazing. (Louis Wu 13:44:56 UTC) (permalink)
MLG Pro Circuit - Dallas (Finals)
MLG Dallas opens tonight - the Finals of the 2010 MLG season has $100,000 on the line for the top team! Visit the MLGPro.com website for streaming coverage, commentary, and more. (Louis Wu 13:11:49 UTC) (permalink)
Ignoble Seven.
Today's One One Se7en shows you gotta watch those words... (Louis Wu 11:08:40 UTC) (permalink)
This Is The Way The Book Ends
Our own GrimBrother One mentioned a new Halo Book Club being set up at the Halo Waypoint forums - bs angel has provided a recommended reading list (it's enormous!) and provided a link to participate in the discussion. Check it out! (Louis Wu 11:07:31 UTC) (permalink)
Envisioning the Universe
Our forum is full of artwork today:
- padraig08 ran across a Zero Suit Master Chief on DeviantART - what's good for the goose...
- Bry countered with Gruntsu.
- Hedgemony whipped up another old-school Marvel homage cover - awesome.
- TDSpiral was inspired by the cover of Cryptum - but his foray into Forerunner architecture is a little more... spartan. Gorgeous!
Enjoy 'em all - it's wonderful to see so much graphic Halo love. (Louis Wu 11:06:42 UTC) (permalink)
Friday's Fan Fiction
Only one piece in the Fan Fiction section this week... huh? (Louis Wu 11:06:13 UTC) (permalink)
Opening a can of worms
Bry stopped in with a harrowing tale of peril and courage... and worms. Lots and lots of worms. Very pretty pictures. (Louis Wu 11:05:44 UTC) (permalink)
Map Design 101 vs Forge Lessons
GodlyPerfection wrote up a comparison of his Forge Lessons and Chris Carney's Map Design 101 article - interesting read! (Louis Wu 11:05:23 UTC) (permalink)
Leveraging IP the MS Way
Kotaku has a video of the Kinect launch game Kinectimals - and surprisingly, Halo plays a sizeable role. (Pretty darned cute to see a cat riding a ghost...) Thomas Prince was first, via email, but ChenK started a thread on our forum, if you want to chime in. (Louis Wu 11:04:49 UTC) (permalink)
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