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November 19, 2009 Link to this post
Can Jackal teeth handle sugar?
Hawty McBloggy ran across a fantastic-looking Jackal mask that was in the works for this year's Halloween festivities. (No word on whether it actually got finished in time - this was a work-in-progress pic from early September.) The creator, DeviantART's randomflyingpigeons, is no stranger to Halo-themed Halloween costumes - she went as a Grunt in 2005, and then again in 2008 (and MAN did she get better over those three years!). She does commissions - you might want to start thinking about next year! (Louis Wu 14:50:51 UTC)
November 17, 2009 Link to this post
The Spirit of Radio
Paste Magazine has taken a look at Sadie's Story, and compared it to radio dramas of the past. It's a great take on a wonderful sidepiece of the Halo 3: ODST experience - give it a read! Thanks, Anton P. Nym. (Louis Wu 18:06:44 UTC)
November 17, 2009 Link to this post
Bungie Pro Video Update
A long-promised upgrade to Bungie Pro's rendering service has been the ability to grab just a piece of a longer Halo 3: ODST Campaign video, by specifying start and end timestamps - that upgrade is here now. Go visit, and see what it takes - and get to rendering that cool clip that happened in the middle of a 90 minute game! (Louis Wu 14:28:22 UTC)
November 17, 2009 Link to this post
I'm on a zebra!
Yesterday, a new Tag and Release feature went live at Bungie.net - screenshots showing off the specialness of Last Exit is what they were looking for. Were they successful? You decide. (You can find your OWN cool Last Exit shots by looking through the Community Files section.) (Louis Wu 14:27:41 UTC)
November 16, 2009 Link to this post
Waypoint Goodies
Halo Waypoint has their new schedule up for the week - they're going to be spending a significant chunk of time on Halo Evolutions (the short story collection coming out later this month). There are two 7-minute videos up right now - interviews with Kevin Grace, Eric Nylund, Frank O'Connor, and Jonathan Goff, in which the authors discuss the pieces they wrote, and how the anthology came together in the first place. If you haven't been visiting Waypoint every day, there's been plenty of fun stuff posted recently; yesterday, a bit on the Uplift Reserve went live, giving you some backstory to an area you played through in ODST, and today, a preview of 'The Duel', the next episode of Halo Legends to be shown, went up. Go explore! (There are threads started about the Uplift piece and to the Duel preview on our forum, if you want to discuss them.) (Louis Wu 13:45:39 UTC)
November 14, 2009 Link to this post
Watching You...
I <3 Halo 3 Screenshots continues their Top Ten Halo 3 Screenshots series - and in honor of Friday the 13th, the most recent collection is in the horror genre. Scary Pics! (Louis Wu 21:43:33 UTC)
November 14, 2009 Link to this post
Short, Sweet... and Short
The Bungie Weekly Update is live - it's pretty short, but there's some nice info in there. A peek at an upcoming goodie coming to an ODST Intel menu near you, soon... reminders about Bungie Pro Render options... and... well, that's about it. A cool screenshot. Worth reading, though! (As always, it's also in our Weekly Update Archive.) (Louis Wu 00:55:15 UTC)
November 13, 2009 Link to this post
Frigid Warmth - a Walkthrough
mendicantbias00 pointed out a very cool bit on DeviantART - a few days ago we mentioned a very cool piece of artwork by Rahll - he's put up a walkthrough, showing the steps he took to create it. Awesome for starting artists, and for anyone interested in how this stuff comes to be! (Louis Wu 14:57:15 UTC)
November 12, 2009 Link to this post
Screenshots for your Johnson
Ready Up Live has a Sgt. Johnson Firefight code to give away - so they're hosting a screenshot contest. Bungie.net has all the details. (Louis Wu 18:35:25 UTC)
November 12, 2009 Link to this post
Thursday Afternoon at the Movies
Late start here... let's begin with the daily video offerings of Bungie's Comm Chatter:
- Kblocker and Outcold have a montage for you to watch - lots of sniping, not too heavy on the editing. Just under 5 minutes.
- Ten FTW modified Halo 3: ODST cutscenes by adding some bleeps and pixellation - changes the whole tone of these things! Obviously, don't watch these if you haven't played the campaign through.
- Chilled Chaos put together 'You Said What?! Episode 1', a Halo 3 machinima - think "Miss Lucy had a steamboat" updated for today.
Go watch! (Louis Wu 18:33:15 UTC)
November 11, 2009 Link to this post
Firefight Solo Guide: Lost Platoon
Monochron is back with another Firefight Solo Guide - this one focuses on Lost Platoon. Tips, tricks, and great screenshots - swing by and use this to pile up the points on your own! (Louis Wu 20:16:45 UTC)
November 11, 2009 Link to this post
Wednesday's Comm Chatter
Bungie's community feed offers you the following tidbits today:
- 'Beauty of Halo' is a Scenery Screenshot Montage put together by several community groups - pretty pics.
- 'Whatever' is a tritage (every time I hear 'tage' now, I think of Pure Pwnage's Taji) - Axilo, Magix, and Mick put some of their best clips together to give you a 7 minute montage. (It's totally silent because the audiotrack contained unauthorized music.)
- The Community Spotlight is being shined on Aberrant Designs - go read about who they are, then check out Bungie Favorites for some of their choicest files.
- It's been a long time coming - but you can finally buy extra Bungie Pro Render Minutes. What does this mean? It means you can finally render that 30-minute monster custom game you've been holding on to... Minutes are ten cents apiece - no discount for bulk.
Go watch, go read, go buy! (Louis Wu 20:15:33 UTC)
November 10, 2009 Link to this post
The natives are getting restless
Fans are getting loud - I guess they want to be heard. A couple of days ago, Hawaiian Pig kicked off a large thread on our forum, asking how many people were still playing Halo 3: ODST? Various arms of the thread debated the replayability of the game, the weaknesses of certain choices Bungie made, or the unreasonableness of the fanbase. Lots of different opinions. (Over on NeoGAF, GhaleonEB wrote up his own thoughts about the game; they're a fascinating read. He put some real time into thinking about WHY he felt certain ways about things... it's interesting to see a seriously pro-Bungie Halo fan explain why a Bungie-created Halo product disappointed him. There are several followups to his post that are worth reading; hit the 'thread' link at the top to see it in context.) This is clearly important to a lot of people; last night, Cody Miller started up a thread he called 'Tips for Reach'; it's full of suggestions he'd like to see in Bungie's next game. What's really interesting is how fast that thread has grown, and how many different opinions have been expressed in that short time. (It's likely that it's WAY too late for a lot of the suggestions that have popped up there; Reach will be going gold sometime next summer, so most of the basic design decisions are probably pretty fixed at this point. The passion of the fans, though, and the strength with which they're expressing their opinions, is remarkable.) (Louis Wu 15:34:48 UTC)
November 9, 2009 Link to this post
Waypoint content grows
Halo Waypoint continues to churn out new content - today a video interview with Frank O'Connor went live, explaining how he found himself in his current position as 'King of Halo' (I made that up). The rest of the week will see a new PSA from Red vs Blue, a collection of Screenshots, a strategy piece explaining your enemies in ODST, a Behind the Scenes video of the making of 'The Babysitter', and more! It's free for all Gold and Silver LIVE members right now; there's no better time to check it out! (Louis Wu 17:38:10 UTC)
November 9, 2009 Link to this post
PA Forums 5th Year Anniversary Contest
FyreWulff stopped in yesterday with word of a screenshot contest running on the Penny Arcade forums - it's to commemorate 5 years of Halo love there. Swing by and read the rules - you might win yourself 1600 points! (Louis Wu 14:32:39 UTC)
November 8, 2009 Link to this post
Halo: FTW 2
Back in January, 2008, we mentioned a mod for Halo PC called 'Halo FTW' - Pepsi and Nessa were adding lots of shiny new textures to the game. The original screenshots and the fly-through movie are long gone - but they're working on releasing FTW 2, a remade version of the mod. If you swing by this thread at ModHalo, you'll find pages of new videos and screenshots (this shot is pretty impressive, though it takes quite a while to load - not surprising, given that it's 11.5 mb). You can also find most of the videos at Pepsi's YouTube channel. Congrats to Pepsi, Nessa, Tucker933, DeadHamster, and Kvasir - this stuff looks pretty good! (Louis Wu 15:52:40 UTC)
November 7, 2009 Link to this post
Top Ten Halo 3 Screenshots: Nom Nom Nom
I <3 Halo 3 Screenshots has their newest Top 10 Halo 3 Screenshots feature online - this one is called 'Nom Nom Nom', and focuses on taking a bite! Lovin' the shots - some are old, some are new, all are great! (Louis Wu 13:31:32 UTC)
November 6, 2009 Link to this post
Joe Staten on the Avault Podcast
Mark Turcotte, a host with the Avault Podcast, let us know that the latest episode of that Podcast (#54) has a hefty interview with Bungie's Joseph Staten; it starts about 11 minutes in, and runs for nearly half an hour. Joe discusses motivations, inspirations, and inside tidbits from the Halo development world - go listen! (Louis Wu 16:34:50 UTC)
November 5, 2009 Link to this post
Thidio Thursday
Three new vids for you, courtesy of Bungie's Comm Chatter:
- Killomainiac whipped up "Big Bang Theory", with pictures and video set to BNL's song.
- americanista123 put together "Mythic Photographers ODST Pictage", a screenshot montage featuring ODST goodness.
- Twixtor edited a dualtage called 'Anthropy', featuring gameplay by himself and Miizmo (really heavy on the effects).
Go watch! (Louis Wu 18:34:09 UTC)
November 5, 2009 Link to this post
HaloContest's October Montage
Morpheus stopped in to announced HaloContest's October montage - contains top clips and screens from October. Winner gets a 1600 point card - but the more views they get, the more they can afford to spend on future prizes! (Louis Wu 13:03:00 UTC)
November 4, 2009 Link to this post
Firefight Solo Guide: Chasm Ten
Monochron's back with another Firefight Solo Guide - this time he's tackling Chasm Ten. Swing by and give it a read - some great tips, and great screens! (Louis Wu 20:35:28 UTC)
November 4, 2009 Link to this post
Decadence Night - Haloramics
Decadence Night put together a panoramic screenshot montage - swing by for some cool shots in Ken Burns style! (Louis Wu 19:57:48 UTC)
November 1, 2009 Link to this post
Top Ten Halo 3 Screenshots: Creatures of the Night
The Top 10 Halo 3 Screenshots feature this week on I <3 Halo 3 Screenshots focuses on 'Creatures of the Night' - some truly spooky shots in there! Go look. (Louis Wu 21:01:30 UTC)
October 30, 2009 Link to this post
Waypoint Tour at Kotaku
If you're not in on the Xbox LIVE Preview, you can swing by Kotaku and view a video of Waypoint, as viewed by Stephen Totilo. A view of some of the awards you can snag, and more. Thanks, dCon V. Update: there's a screenshot-based walkthrough from FyreWulff on our own forum! (Louis Wu 19:05:18 UTC)
October 30, 2009 Link to this post
Homemade ODST Helmets
FrekldThunder has a pair of kids that wanted to be ODST characters for Halloween - check out how he did!
(His daughter's helmet started as a standard ODST helmet, but she convinced him she wanted Recon - he did a decent job just with detailing!) (Louis Wu 17:02:49 UTC)
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