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The Hushed Apprentice
Bones153 wants to share his Forgetacular entry with the HBO community - and as a thank-you for all the testing help and feedback he's gotten, he's gonna make it worth your while. Download the map, take a screenshot of yourself playing on it, and upload that to B.net, and you could win a 1600 MS Point Card. Noice! Check his post for full details - and a movie showing highlights of the map. (Louis Wu 21:11:14 UTC) (permalink)
Reach - Under the Hood
Eurogamer's Digital Foundry has done an in-depth interview with a number of Bungie employees (graphics engineer Chris Tchou, character designer Chris Opdahl, community/writer Eric Osborne, senior animation lead Richard Lico and character engineer Max Dyckhoff). It's very, very technical - if you're not interested in the details of how the magic happens, this might be boring to you. On the other hand, if you enjoy reading the GDC talks every year, this will be right up your alley. I have only a vague sense of what's being talked about - but it's FASCINATING to me. For folks who can wrap their head around the tech stuff, go read this. There are even tidbits for non-techies, though you have to dig; there's an interesting answer from urk about why missions get cut (and why they won't be resurrected later as DLC). This is stuff EVERY fan should know. (As a sort of bonus, there's also a full run-through of Reach, sped up to the point where the entire game fits into a bit less than 17 minutes... weird.) Thanks, Alex Goh. (Louis Wu 16:23:24 UTC) (permalink)
Master Chief Leg Tattoo
Cody Brigan stopped by with some photos of a Master Chief tattoo he put on someone's leg recently - really nice work! (There might be an Arbiter coming soon, on the other side...) (Louis Wu 15:15:22 UTC) (permalink)
Master Chief Under My Christmas Tree (Reach Version)
Bryan Simon has re-recorded his "Master Chief Under My Christmas Tree" ode to Christmas and Halo in honor of Halo: Reach - go check out the new version! (Louis Wu 15:14:53 UTC) (permalink)
Have a glass of eggnog, on urk
Last night, urk posted what might be the last Bungie Weekly Update of 2010 - holidays are family time, after all! It contains news about the Forgetacular contest (judging is delayed), playlist updates if you missed them earlier this week, and a bunch of odds and ends - including bits about the Winter Pentathlon coming up in January. As always, it's available in our Weekly Update Archive, if you need that for any reason. (No Silverlight needed there!)
(Louis Wu 15:13:47 UTC) (permalink)
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