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Thursday, March 16, 2006 |  |
Dan Miller, Awesomeness Worker
Bungie recently hired a new mission designer - and Frankie took some time out to interview him. What it's like to be a mission designer, where he came from, what you need to be wearing in order not to get your ideas rejected. That sort of thing. I'd love to tell you someone else was first... but I can't. (Louis Wu 22:21:49 UTC) (permalink)
The Halo-Related Art of Luke McKay
Well, I haven't gotten EXPLICIT approval, but he's linked to it from his Red vs Blue profile... so I guess he's okay with it. If you visit Red vs Blue for anything other than the videos themselves (that is - if you avail yourself of the community tools provided by the website), you've almost certainly run across Luke McKay, a regular there who creates a lot of very cool avatars and images for people. I asked him about the possiblity of consolidating his Halo-related work in one place... and he said sure... so swing by his gallery page here at HBO, and check out some of his work! There are caricatures of RvB characters, comics, and random Halo-related stuff. Nice! (Louis Wu 19:41:47 UTC) (permalink)
This Spartan Life: Travelogue
Swing by This Spartan Life for Episode 3, Module 2: Travelogue. It's a really quick overview of some glitches accessible in Halo 2 levels. If you're a regular at High Impact Halo, you won't see anything new - but the composition is quite nice. There's another new ep coming soon, as well! (Louis Wu 19:08:42 UTC) (permalink)
Banshee battle engineering
Rockslider continues his Halo Level 2 expansions with Banshee Battle Engineering, allowing you to pick the spots for your battles. Check out his forum post, and follow it to his website! (Louis Wu 19:03:55 UTC) (permalink)
MPRRS movie ranking exposed
This has been asked several times and always dismissed since we have seen that publicly viewed ranking systems can be bad things. However, as a movie "watcher" and "submitter" you may find it interesting in what your fellow community members find to be the top ranked movies. This shows the percentage that each passed movie achieved with a link to the associated news post. (Cybrfrk 15:02:20 UTC) (permalink)
Bungie's next game: Forerunner
This showed up in our forum a couple of days ago, and was quickly debunked by Frankie... but we're getting plenty of mail right now, so it's probably time for a front page post. The April issue (April? That month should send up flags) of Game Informer contains a story about Bungie's next game - or so it seems. Over at Xbox.com, someone went to the trouble of transcribing the entire article, and the website Xboxic reposted it. Sounds really cool... except that it ain't real. April Fools! (Louis Wu 14:57:30 UTC) (permalink)
Tons of Halo goodies for cheap
Speaking of eBay... this is pretty nice. Sulaco is selling his Xbox goodies - a Halo Special Edition Xbox, copies of Halo, Halo 2 (the Limited Edition version), Splinter Cell: Chaos Theory, Splinter Cell, hi-def cables, the Xbox DVD remote, a communicator headset for Live, and more - current bid is $51, and there's no reserve. You've got 4 and a half days to decide. (Louis Wu 14:14:02 UTC) (permalink)
Plasma Pistol for Sale
Gryponosiris found a Covenant Plasma Pistol replica (heh - as though there's a REAL one I need to differentiate from) on eBay; two days left, starting bid of $99. I guess this is becoming big business! Bungie has said, more than once, that the day might come when they crack down on this stuff... so if you're interested in this sort of thing, buy it while you can! (Louis Wu 13:56:40 UTC) (permalink)
Stern comments on Halo 2
Someone sent me this link, I think it's pretty hilarious. It's a 2 minute snippet from Howard Stern's Sirius radio broadcast of 3-15-06 where one of the staff explains his adventures in XBL playing Halo 2. It's interesting to see how others who are not clued in about XBL, Halo 2, and console games in general get a laugh at the hijinks that occur. Since we're talking Howard Stern and Sirius radio, this is definitely NSFW! Profanity and crude language spread throughout. (Ding 07:26:33 UTC) (permalink)
Wednesday's news in brief:
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Halo TS tourney in PA Halo 2 Sites - your way It's A Zinger. MC Figurine, Revisited Pistol replica fersale Bungie Cribs |
Tuesday's news in brief:
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HCEC: Valley of the Forerunners, Part 3 Meet The Chief No, I mean shut up Grif! More German Elite Articles Sex, Drugs, and Halo Pros, Part 2 Adam Roe's Painted Chief |
