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Awesome Games Done Quick Recap
Cody Miller stopped in with a wrapup of the Speed Demos Archive charity drive, Awesome games done quick. They raised a total of $51,737 - more than twice their original goal! Money will be used by the Prevent Cancer Foundation to fund a grant for cancer vaccine research - nice! Thanks to Cody for his multiple runs (I can't really call the Halo portion a 'speed run', but it WAS pretty fun!), and to everyone who contributed! Gamers rock. (Louis Wu 23:00:44 UTC) (permalink)
Custom Halo Figs
Kaidon stopped in with links to some custom Halo action figures - he's added custom sculpted armor, new paint jobs, the works! There's a custom ODST Spartan (a what, now?), an Elite Commando (awesome helmet!), and a repaint of the Elite Ultra to match the in-game version. Nice work! (Explore his site - there are many more.) (Louis Wu 22:58:46 UTC) (permalink)
Clean AND Quiet? Cool.
I'm not sure what to make of it... but I'm intrigued. Go check out Leviathan's latest creation. (Louis Wu 22:37:24 UTC) (permalink)
HaloTracker - All Things Statistical for Reach
xorth wrote to us to tell us about halotracker.com, a Halo: Reach stats site. Lots and lots and lots of stats - stuff I haven't seen elsewhere. They've also got Challenges - like Bungie's, but more varied. And there's more coming! Go explore. And sign up! (Louis Wu 22:04:36 UTC) (permalink)
Catching up with Bungie
We are WAY the heck behind on the good stuff you can find on Bungie's Community Blog, Comm Chatter. Here's the latest:
- IGN's Top 10 Kills series had a new episode go live last week - some great clips in there! (I had no idea there was a connection between the rocket fountain and the basement in Reflection...)
- While the next chapter of Tyrant's Mythic Difficulty Guide won't be live until next week, he's keeping up his work on the Legendary guide on YouTube - The Package was posted over the weekend. (Our link contains the full Legendary playlist, if you want to look at other chapters.) The man knows how to stay alive, I'll give him that!
- MLG has posted a set of video walkthroughs of their gametypes - they'll help you figure out the changes to the maps. There are also some strategy tips that can help you stay alive a bit longer!
- Anoj has a new Top 10 Halo Reach video - this one is Top 10 Lucky Kills. (It's not really new; it went live a week ago. We all missed it, though.) Some crazy-awesome situations!
Finally, and this isn't really comunity news, it's Bungie news, the Firefight Arcade playlist went live yesterday. The Bungie newspost contains writeups of all the new gametypes - and man, they're getting good reviews! Go play. (Louis Wu 17:21:28 UTC) (permalink)
Behind The Helmet: Meta
Luke McKay posted a shot of The Meta without his helmet last weekend - just getting it added to his collection here now. Looks too human for me... heh. (Louis Wu 14:47:20 UTC) (permalink)
A Potential Window
TTL Demag0gue stopped by with word of a new Reclaimer - sounds like there's some sneaky stuff being planned! (Louis Wu 14:39:55 UTC) (permalink)
Fire Team Zulu - Send Me Out With a Bang
FyreWulff continues the Fire Team Zulu Birthday Bash with a Legendary contest - you can win the Essentials 1 and 2 discs from the Halo 3 Legendary Edition! Send Me Out With A Bang is set on The Ark - no armed human vehicles (doesn't seem to bar Ghosts, though), and you've got three skulls, including Iron, to keep you company. Can you manage it? Go turn in the highest and fastest (wait... which?) score on Legendary, and you go home with the prize! (Louis Wu 14:34:06 UTC) (permalink)
The Coffers are Overflowing
bs angel sent word of some fun new stuff at Halo Waypoint:
- Gewdfellar put together his first montage - the writeup says it tells a story, but mostly it's a couple of minutes of sniping. (Nice camera angles.)
- Where better to put a Running Riot tattoo... than on your ankle?
- The Little Grunt that Couldn't tells a sad story of failure and frustration... but man, it's pretty funny.
- We've seen giant Spartans built in Forge - but this is the first Warthog, I think. (I think I might have trouble reaching the pedals.)
Good stuff - go see what else you can find! (Louis Wu 14:29:45 UTC) (permalink)
Tuesday's news in brief:
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Moniker Foreshadowing It ain't gonna win a Clio, but it's fun. 1-866-CALL-BUCK: Redial Edition |
Monday's news in brief:
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A Fistful of Arrows, Pages 21-23 In the Midst of Battle Fire Team Zulu: Firefight Prime Annual Forge Lesson 41: Consistency Music from The Package Hey Now, You're an All-Star |
