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Monday, November 14, 2011 |  |
The Ol' Switcheroo
Throughout 2006 and 2007, Paul Maestri made Halo fans laugh with his beautifully-drawn Halo Heads strip. In December 2007, he posted strip 62... and has been silent since then. Until today. The release of Halo Anniversary has awakened memories that he could only express in pictoral form - go check out The Ol' Switcheroo!
(Louis Wu 23:06:22 UTC) (permalink)
Waypoint Redesign Live
AladelAngel noticed that Halo Waypoint has been redesigned, with some sections (Stats is one!) getting lots o' love. Go explore! (Louis Wu 23:05:06 UTC) (permalink)
Domino's HBO Grab Bag Giveaways, Round 19
Domino Theory, flush with the joy of anticipation as Halo Anniversary prepares to drop, is back with another giveaway - toss your name into the hat, and if he picks you on Friday, you've got yourself some cool Halo schwag - fer nothin'. You can't beat that deal with a Gravity Hammer! (Louis Wu 23:03:13 UTC) (permalink)
HSH: Speed Run of the Week 1
High Speed Halo is celebrating the release of Halo Anniversary with some releases of their own (on Halo Waypoint) - the first is a classic solo Legendary run by Insidi0us on Silent Cartographer in less than 4 minutes. Can you beat it (with new graphics)? Film it! (Louis Wu 22:21:15 UTC) (permalink)
Bungie hires a new Community Manager
It's heartwarming when a longtime Halo fan realizes a dream. Today, Bungie announced that the position of Community Manager (okay, Assistant Community Manager) has been filled... by a name that should be familiar to anyone who reads this page. Congratulations to TTL XerxdeeJ, who founded the Tied the Leader clan and gave players looking for a Good Game a place to call home. His flock has just grown exponentially! (Also, it looks like he's just DeeJ now. Work for Bungie, lose your letters.) (Louis Wu 21:55:37 UTC) (permalink)
Halo Tales, part 4: A Fistful of Arrows
The last installment of 4D Fiction's Halo Tales, a series of interviews with productive Halo fans, went live today - thebruce0 talked to Leviathan about A Fistful of Arrows. Definitely worth the read! (Louis Wu 21:39:01 UTC) (permalink)
BOB Video Guide Part 4: Nightfall
Lord Friendship has the next chapter of his BOB Video Guide online - Part 4 covers the level Nightfall, which has only 3 BOBs in total. This is the last one for a little bit (LF's going to take time with Halo Anniversary) - so enjoy it! (Louis Wu 19:20:38 UTC) (permalink)
HCEA Review Mania
A ridiculous number of reviews of Halo Anniversary hit this morning - thanks to ElzarTheBam, Moorpheusl9, kapowaz, Beckx, and jake108 for the links.
Gaming Examiner
CVG
Joystiq
VideoGamer
TheSixthAxis
International Business Times
Eurogamer
Daily Game
Crave
While I'm POSITIVE there'll be more, we likely won't post them; there's really only so much review material you can process, anyway. (Louis Wu 15:51:16 UTC) (permalink)
Super Space Gordon and the Deadly Dimensions
Pierre Tartaix let us know about Super Space Gordon and the Deadly Dimensions - it's a continuation of the characters and universe from an older movie TGO GMBH released several months ago. Great work - go watch it! (Louis Wu 15:30:35 UTC) (permalink)
Almost a chance at a signed Reach Xbox
Sean P. won the 4v4 Slayer tournament at HaloFest this year, and picked up a Halo: Reach Xbox 360 for his troubles. He got it signed by all the 343 employees - but then traded it for a Recon helmet that the winners of the 4v4 CTF tournament received (Pic 1 | Pic 2 | Pic 3). The person he traded with decided he'd rather have cash than the signed Xbox, so Sean sent us the auction link on Saturday, in case there were any HBO readers who might want to get in on the action. Unfortunately, the auction ended yesterday, before we got a chance to post this. (The console sold for $510 - a pretty hefty sum for someone who won a CTF tourney!) Apologies - next time we'll try and get this online before it's too late. (Louis Wu 15:03:11 UTC) (permalink)
Co-Op Networking Discussion
CruelLEGACEY decided to write up the difference between the network models used by Co-op/Firefight and standard Multiplayer, in an attempt to explain why co-op modes can lag so badly. If you're really confused, this might help.
(Louis Wu 14:56:59 UTC) (permalink)
Halo Tricks IRL
Chris Neir put together a video documenting his experience at PAX this year - fun watch! (Louis Wu 14:52:01 UTC) (permalink)
gameXcess Podcast 1 - Halo Memories
Maniac released his first podcast to celebrate the release of Halo Anniversary - it's full of favorite Halo memories. Go listen!
(Louis Wu 14:50:06 UTC) (permalink)
War (or War) Issues #19 and #20
Firestorm12 let us know last week that War (or War) has been wrapped up - Issues 19 and 20 nearly finish out the storyline. (There's another release this week - but it's a video, rather than a comic.) (Louis Wu 14:49:17 UTC) (permalink)
9 Halo Franchise Innovations
Paste Magazine put together a list of 9 innovations the Halo franchise can take at least a LITTLE credit for - interesting list! (Louis Wu 14:43:49 UTC) (permalink)
Lots of Music Dropping Tomorrow
The Halo Anniversary Soundtrack is on sale tomorrow - did you realize it was going to be a 2-disc set? Nice! (Louis Wu 14:40:59 UTC) (permalink)
The Gang's All here
TTL Demag0gue stopped in with a new Reclaimer - the major players have gathered! (Louis Wu 14:09:34 UTC) (permalink)
Heroes Never Die
The video trailer promoting the Halo Living Monument, an interactive website supporting Halo Anniversary, is now online. Raymond Barry does a fine job of celebrating the few positives that come from war. Thanks, davidfuchs. (Louis Wu 13:55:50 UTC) (permalink)
HCEA Review from The Guardian
The Guardian took a look at Halo Anniversary - and liked it. Thanks, The More Deluded. (I didn't use his link, because in order to view the review on Facebook, you have to allow The Guardian access to your personal info. Luckily, the same review is on their standard website.) (Louis Wu 13:52:17 UTC) (permalink)
High-Class Wall Art
Dust Storm noticed a nod to Halo in the TV show 'Sanctuary' - nice catch! (Louis Wu 13:44:54 UTC) (permalink)
Complex's 10 Most Delayed Games
Some games take a little longer than expected to reach the market. Complex has put together a list of 10 they consider 'most delayed'. Halo is on it. Thanks, Morpheus.
(Louis Wu 13:41:17 UTC) (permalink)
Wait... onions?
If you're sitting around listening to the Halo soundtrack and thinking to yourself "self, wouldn't it be great if you had the perfect alcoholic beverage to complement this music?"... swing by Drinkify. They have a suggestion. Jillybean is responsible for this heads-up. (Louis Wu 13:39:13 UTC) (permalink)
Grunts on my Falcon/Covies out of bounds
Rockslider is STILL not done with Jun's Falcon on Winter Contingency - now he's bringing Covies along for the ride. (Louis Wu 13:34:32 UTC) (permalink)
New Vids from DaFrontlineTrooper
robofin117 let us know about two new videos from DaFrontlineTrooper - the first shows off his M6D prop, the second highlights Halo: The Fallen (a fan-driven live-action film currently in production) and reaches out for donations. Go watch! (Louis Wu 13:30:07 UTC) (permalink)
From the ground up
FyreWulff took some time to list all the Forge palettes of the Anniversary maps - this should be pretty handy to folks looking to recreate worlds! (Louis Wu 13:24:35 UTC) (permalink)
Slidin' in to home
Just caught myself up on the last few days of forum posts (I'd done SOME reading on Friday, but mostly I've been offline since Wednesday night), and found a couple of tidbits that didn't make our front page. If you missed 'em too, enjoy 'em now! First up: Xbox.com put up some screenshots of Halo Anniversary with a supercool slider you can wipe back and forth to compare graphics - go play! (Scroll down to 'Original vs Remastered'.) Thanks, nillapuddin. (Louis Wu 13:21:53 UTC) (permalink)
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