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Friday, October 19, 2012 |  |
Guilt O' Lantern Prizes - Preliminary List Up
Took longer than I'd expected, and I still don't have it all photographed... but the preliminary prize list for the Guilt O' Lantern contest has been posted. (Thanks to both Bungie and 343, not to mention Lawnmower172, for their generous contributions!) If you haven't started carving yet... use this as incentive! The boxes I'm going to be shipping out in mid/late November are going to be absurd. (Louis Wu 18:22:38 UTC) (permalink)
BSR Review: FUD Ep 3
Big Shiny Robot's SenadorKooch took a close look at today's Forward Unto Dawn episode - while he enjoyed it, his review is not all roses and rainbows. Go see what he thought! (Louis Wu 17:28:52 UTC) (permalink)
Strip Halo? Really?
We're all familiar with product placement in TV shows and movies - but sometimes, the end result makes you shake your head. Halo 4 made an appearance in Wednesday night's Hart of Dixie, a show on the CW. Horrible Night explained why it's so awkwardly done (thanks, TheOddOne). Because actually WATCHING the clip at the CW's website is a painful experience, I've snipped out the relevant 100-second bit - you can watch it for yourself, without jumping through hoops. Please don't ask me for those 100 seconds back, though; it's not my fault if you actually watch. (Louis Wu 17:24:59 UTC) (permalink)
A life-sized Warthog
343 is building a new Warthog. It's not like the Weta Warthog they already have - it's actually full-scale. (The Weta 'hog is smaller than the in-game dimensions would suggest, mostly to make it human-sized.) You can get a sneak peek at it in a G4TV segment... that thing is a MONSTER! Thanks, DEEP NNN. (Louis Wu 17:20:39 UTC) (permalink)
Silentium Delayed
Looks like Tor Books has announced that Silentium, the third novel in the Greg Bear Forerunner trilogy, has been delayed - it won't be out in January, as expected, but in March. Bummer! Thanks, TheOddOne. (Louis Wu 17:08:56 UTC) (permalink)
Awakening
ScOuRgE3 stopped by with a link to his newest Halo 4 fan art - nice work! Check it out. (Louis Wu 17:05:45 UTC) (permalink)
Halo 4 Tops Nielson Most-Anticipated List
Mobile & Apps has some results from the Nielson polling group that might surprise - as of this week, Halo 4 is the most-anticipated game for the Xbox 360, beating out Black Ops 2 by a quarter of a percent. (Heh - and that's not within the margin of error?) Less than 3 weeks to wait! (Louis Wu 17:04:06 UTC) (permalink)
Tyrant's Halo 2 Walkthrough - Triple Play
The Tyrant has stepped up his rate of walkthrough chapter completions - to make up for the fact that his coverage of Gravemind isn't finished yet, he's released guides for Uprising, High Charity, and The Great Journey. (There's also a shout-out to Mike Miller in that last one.) We're getting close!
(Louis Wu 17:01:04 UTC) (permalink)
Green and Blue
Edge sent word that he's put together a multiplayer montage of Halo 4 footage, collected from various official releases. Go watch!
(Louis Wu 16:58:03 UTC) (permalink)
Podtacular - more like Contentacular!
Dust Storm let us know how busy the Podtacular team's been - Podtacular 319 is live (discussing FUD Ep 2), a new episode of PodTV looks at the Halo 4 Forge footage unveiled by Gamespot last week, and Podtacular 320 takes their first look at the extended fiction of the Halo universe, and how it ties into Halo 4. Don't they sleep? (Louis Wu 16:55:15 UTC) (permalink)
Friday's Fan Fiction, One Week Late
There were two new pieces in the Fan Fiction queue last week... but we were sorta busy. Sorry about that! Go read 'em now. (Louis Wu 16:51:50 UTC) (permalink)
PGCR 134
Robowski sent word (a couple of days ago, we're sorry) that the Post Game Carnage Report crew teamed up with the Drunken Halo crew to discuss the first couple of episodes of Forward Unto Dawn on PGCR 134. (There's also info about the winner of their XBL voice message contest.) Go listen! (Louis Wu 16:50:00 UTC) (permalink)
Halo 4: Forward Unto Dawn - Part 3
Forward Unto Dawn Part 3 debuted today - and as 343 promised a few times recently, it DEFINITELY ramped up the excitement. A really fantastic piece of work - something for everyone from the hardest-core extended universe wonk to the most casual "I just wanna see stuff blow up" guy. Go watch it. And again... join in the conversation. (Louis Wu 15:44:14 UTC) (permalink)
Scanned
If you missed Late Night with Jimmy Fallon last night, you can see the brand-new live-action/CG Halo 4 promo piece 'Scanned' on Xbox's YouTube channel... it's amazing. Go watch it. (And join the discussion on our forum.) Update: It's on the Xbox Press site already, if you want a high-res, downloadable version. Update 2: NeoGAF's Bornstellar combined 'Scanned' with a track from the Halo 4 OST - and it works really, really well. All the way through! Almost as though the action was designed around this piece in the first place... Update 3: crazedone1988 has combined the trailer with Revival in one video, so you can watch it at full resolution. (Louis Wu 11:35:04 UTC) (permalink)
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