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Honor The Goose
We mentioned the Honor The Code contest (Mountain Dew and Doritos) a couple of times, and the grand prizes (a pair of Reach life-size Mongooses, built by Weta) have made the news on September 6 and September 22... but the first drawing is tomorrow, and CrunchGear has a great shot of the product. Go see! (Thanks, bakemono) (Louis Wu 23:41:59 UTC) (permalink)
Psst! Wanna fly a Seraph?
Whoa. One of the glitches shown in the E.O.A. 3 video posted this morning involved flying a Seraph on Long Night of Solace - the group has now released a tutorial vid showing how you can do this yourself. (No modding required, though it DOES look like it takes a bit of dexterity.) Thanks again, MelkorTheGreat. (Louis Wu 21:32:23 UTC) (permalink)
That's November's allotment of luck, right there
JDQuackers pointed out a video highlighted on Halo Waypoint - 4 rockets, in two bursts, are fired directly at a Falcon on Spire... and all 4 miss. (This, in itself, isn't amazing; folks miss with rockets all the time. But three of those four rockets passed right through the open passenger bay of the Falcon... THAT's unusual.) (Louis Wu 21:04:14 UTC) (permalink)
Directed Damage
Bungie's Comm Chatter highlighted a pretty cool assisted stick - guy throws a sticky, then uses rounds from a concussion rifle to place it where it does the most damage. Pretty cool! (The YouTube version adds absolutely nothing to the film - so here's the Bungie.net version; at least you can download it to your Xbox and explore it yourself.) (Louis Wu 20:58:05 UTC) (permalink)
Jon Cable honored by Gamasutra
Gamasutra has posted the Game Developer 50 - their choices for the people behind the most significant contributions to the game industry over the past year. In the Programming section, Bungie's Jon Cable gets a tip o' the hat for Forge World. Congrats, Jon! And thanks to ElzarTheBam, who noticed this at NeoGAF. (Louis Wu 18:11:29 UTC) (permalink)
Spike Video Game Awards 2010
INSANEdrive noticed that the VGA 2010 nominations are live - and Halo: Reach is up for 7 awards (Game of the Year, Studio of the Year, Best Xbox 360 Game, Best Shooter, Best Multiplayer, Best Original Score, and Best Performance by a Human Male (Nathan Fillion)). Not bad! (Louis Wu 18:07:09 UTC) (permalink)
How About the Chupa-thingie?
Halo Waypoint has a new ordnance piece up, and this time, it's on everyone's favorite LRV, the Pum- er... Warthog. Go and check out some nice renders, specs and info about the Jeep that helped save humanity! (GrimBrother One 15:38:52 UTC) (permalink)
Halo: Reach E.O.A. Episode 3
TWT Productions is back with another episode of E.O.A., their trick/glitch highlight series. Ep 3 has some very cool out-of-map moments and some fun tricks - go watch! Thanks, MelkorTheGreat. (Louis Wu 15:23:30 UTC) (permalink)
I Wanna Get A Killionaire
Bryan Simon is back with a new song - this one is called 'I Wanna Get A Killionaire' - Travie McCoy might rap better, but he ain't got nothin' on Bryan's Halo love. Go listen!
(Louis Wu 14:50:52 UTC) (permalink)
AntC S04E11 - The Mail Room
The latest from Jon CJG is an episode of Arby 'n' the Chief entitled 'The Mail Room' - Arby and Chief answer reader mail. Turns out pretty much as you'd expect... (Louis Wu 14:47:00 UTC) (permalink)
ODST Makeover for Adium
Interactive Civilian expanded an existing set of dock icons for Adium (a Mac IM app) - you can now represent your chatting with ODST's Superintendent. Nice! Forum post contains a full description of what's involved, and links to the downloads. Update: apparently the downloads were only available for members; Interactive Civilian has put the downloads up on a Google site. (Louis Wu 14:43:05 UTC) (permalink)
GI's Top 30
Morpheus pointed out that the latest GameInformer (print) has a list of the Top 30 Characters that Defined the Tip of the 21st Century - and Master Chief is at #4. He also provided a link where you can vote for your OWN Top 30. Go see what they had to say about Spartan 117.
(Louis Wu 14:40:53 UTC) (permalink)
Comic Teaser
Sl'askia has been inspired to build her own comic - she's starting with a rendered model that she'll work from. Go see how it begins!
(Louis Wu 14:39:13 UTC) (permalink)
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