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Thursday, February 24, 2011 |
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Pretty Colors
Crudeoyle took a MegaBlok figure and lit it up but good, using a Christmas decoration. Fun!
(Louis Wu 20:52:07 UTC) (permalink) 
Mythic Sword Base for Dummies
CruelLEGACEY posted a Mythic Guide to ONI Sword Base, for those of you who are still struggling with the current Weekly Challenge. He takes a lot of his inspiration from Tyrant's guide right here on HBO - but he shows you that you can make mistakes and STILL get through the level with All Skulls On, something you might have despaired about after trying Tyrant's routes yourself. Take a look! (I'm not saying CruelLEGACEY is a dummy - I'm saying that for anyone who's ever used the 'For Dummies' guidebooks, you might find that this guide gives you the same sort of no-assumptions help that they do.) (Louis Wu 20:50:37 UTC) (permalink) 
Defiant Drops March 15th According to Major Nelson, the Halo Reach Defiant Map Pack will drop on March 15th for 800 MSP. Mark your calendars! (GrimBrother One 20:36:53 UTC) (permalink) 
These guys would be no fun to watch Die Hard with
Mendicant Bias let us know about an article at Topless Robot called '7 Things About the Halo Universe That Make No Sense' - I'm guessing they could have kept going. (Louis Wu 17:23:16 UTC) (permalink) 
Hey! I see the guy wires!
BlueNinja slid behind the curtain on The Package - if you're curious, check out his pics! (And while you're checking out his handiwork, swing over to Views from the Edge for three cool new Package-based panoramas.) (Louis Wu 17:19:29 UTC) (permalink) 
Kit out your Avvie
ElzarTheBam pointed out a bunch of new Halo Avatar gear on Xbox LIVE Marketplace - mostly new armor, in a variety of colors. Take a look! (Louis Wu 17:16:59 UTC) (permalink) 
Porcine Madness
trappeddark1 noticed that Achievement HORSE #12 is live on YouTube now - It's PIG again, because Geoff wasn't around and Burnie took his place. Burnie's not QUITE as whiny as Joel was... but it's close. The maps look pretty fun, though, no matter WHAT Burnie says. (Louis Wu 17:14:30 UTC) (permalink) 
Legendary Deal on Amazon In case you are in the market for a Limited or Legendary Edition of Halo: Reach, Amazon has a pretty sweet deal today. $59.99 USD for Legendary, and $39.99 for the Limited. If you need 'em, go snatch 'em up! (GrimBrother One 15:08:51 UTC) (permalink) 
Updates Afoot For Waypoint At Home And On The Move Looks like GhaleonEB noticed that the new Stats section of the Halo Waypoint site has gone live (at least in beta form). A good bit of what you're used to seeing over on Bnet is replicated here, with a few new additions, and more to be added later one. Plug in your Gamertag and give it a try! And while you are over there, check out the soothing voice of bs angel as she guides you through the latest upcoming update to the Waypoint Mobile application. In the video, she also discusses the new stats feature of Waypoint, which is also available on the go. Go check it out! (GrimBrother One 04:06:16 UTC) (permalink) 
Huge Reach-themed giveaway at Marissa's Bunny Marissa's Dad sent word of another Reach Console giveaway at Marissa's Bunny, the site devoted to raising awareness for Infantile Spasms. This one's pretty massive - the winner will walk away with a Reach Special Edition xBox 360 Slim, a Kinect unit, a copy of the Reach Legendary Edition, and a $500 Gamestop gift card. Wonga. To be entered, you have to vote for the blog and let them know (read the instructions for full details). You can also get extra entries by letting them know what you'd do with the card. Not bad! This one runs for two weeks (it started a couple of days ago) - what do you have to lose? (While you're there, be sure to learn a little something about Marissa's disease, and consider dropping something in the hat.)
(Louis Wu 02:59:20 UTC) (permalink) 
Halo News Incoming? ElusiveEagle519 brings word to our forums of a special invite-only press conference taking place in San Francisco on Wednesday, February 24 ("today" when many of you end up reading this). We also know from 343 Industries' David Ellis' Twitter account that he will be in attendance. Putting certain things together makes it seem that there may be some news of particular interest to Halo fans going down very soon... stay tuned! (GrimBrother One 02:54:27 UTC) (permalink) 
A Fistful of Arrows - The Cover
Leviathan has released the cover art to his "A Fistful of Arrows" comic - and even includes a dust-jacket wrap and a timelapse making-of video. I can't say enough about this - I want to see this project realized as a book I can hold in my hands, and Levi's making that feasible. Go see. (Louis Wu 00:23:38 UTC) (permalink) 
Digging in the Couch Cushions, Round Two Took a LONG time - but I can still say "I read every single post on the HBO forum". Caught up! Here's what I found since the last roundup (well, through a day or two ago):
- I almost skipped this, because I noticed Grim's posting about a 'Nasty' montage on our front page earlier this week... I'm glad I looked. FALL3Npro stopped by last week with word of his Halo Reach/Halo 3 montage, Lost Transmission - heavy on the editing, full of sick gameplay. Check it out!
- Leviathan was inspired by Halo: Cryptum to try and visualize the War-Sphinx - those massive protectors set to guard the Didact. The end result is... awesome. (I mean, seriously awesome. Follow that link.)
- masugn pointed out the most recent update to Isaac Hannaford's blog - more vehicle designs. Awesome stuff! (Don't miss the concept art for Deliver Hope Hannaford points you to over at Evan Shipard's site, either...)
- pete_the_duck finished off his Fall of Beta comic... in text format. If you don't remember the comic, never fear, he's included a summary of Part 1 (which WAS finished), along with links to the original artwork. I have to say... had the story played out the way he wanted, I'd feel bad for the UNSC. Their finest hope... well, let's just say he's not the best shot around.
- padraig08 ran across a parody song that's been on YouTube for several months now - but hasn't turned up here yet. ScreenTeamShow used CeeLo Green's tune to create Frag You - a pretty cool (if overly autotuned) parody with guest appearances by Cortana, the Chief, and a hanging pretzel.
- BlueNinja finally broke through some of the barriers on Long Night of Solace... and found the filming location for one of Reach's cutscenes. If you don't enjoy seeing the struts holding up the play's set, don't read this post. (Me, I find this stuff fascinating.) He did some cool stuff in New Alexandria, too.
From here on in, forum posts that are front-paged will be current again! (I've still got to go through Bungie's Comm Chatter, of course... but that's for later.) (Louis Wu 00:15:18 UTC) (permalink) 
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