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June 21, 2008 Link to this post
The Battle Rifle, Cold Storage, and More
Last night, Bungie posted their Weekly Update (available, as always, in our Weekly Update Archive in addition to Bungie.net), and it contains a monster writeup of the Halo 3 Battle Rifle, and how it was designed to work. (This week saw a lot of discussion around the net about how the battle rifle is 'broken' - its bullet spread is too random at long range for many hardcore users. The explanation in the WU makes it clear that this is by design - and only affects the weapon at long range. Bungie wanted the BR to be used primarily as a mid-range weapon, with long-range tasks (like pinging a sniper to pull him out of scope, or finishing off an unshielded target), but without the ability to be used as a universal "I can kill anything on the map with this puppy, regardless of location" tool.) Past this very detailed writeup, there's also information about the San Diego Comic Convention, mention of a couple of dates to keep track of, and a couple of gorgeous screenshots of Cold Storage (nee Chill Out). Large versions of the Cold Storage shots are available in Bungie's Screenshot Gallery. Go read! It's a good 'un. (Louis Wu 10:38:03 UTC)
June 19, 2008 Link to this post
Halo Wars Addict Podcast Ep 1
Sam152 let us know that Halo Wars Addict has started up a podcast - first episode is just over half an hour, 32 mb, and discusses all the new Halo Wars info coming out now. Check it out! (Louis Wu 14:27:12 UTC)
June 18, 2008 Link to this post
Veracity
Josh Brookes let us know he's working on a machinima series called 'Veracity' - it's the story of a man fighting to protect his city from demonic forces. It's got three episodes so far (though each is broken into pieces, because they're too long for YouTube); you can watch them all starting at this playlist link.
(Louis Wu 12:36:34 UTC)
June 18, 2008 Link to this post
More Halo-related Spore Critters
We mentioned the Spore creation of KraZi Chief yesterday - a thread on our forum has exploded with new content from other creators. Browse through (starting here) for a Halo Wars concept critter, some grunts, some elites, and a jackal! In many cases, the creature file is included, if you want to play with it yourself. Nice work from TheSneak and thebadgerwithin! Update: Looks like Hawty McBloggy's getting in on the action, too. (Louis Wu 12:12:41 UTC)
June 18, 2008 Link to this post
New Halo Wars Screenshots
MrSprout was the first to point out a new batch of about 40 Halo Wars screenshots (really new, this time, not snagged from a released trailer or scrounged up from some obscure past), over at GamePro.com. This game is looking pretty good! (Louis Wu 12:03:31 UTC)
June 17, 2008 Link to this post
Blind Wolf - in Spore
Heh, cool. Remember the Blind Wolf? It made its first appearance in 'Evolution', a retrospective look at Halo's development, and then showed up as concept art (screenshot, 60k) in the 'Cutting Room Floor' feature of the Halo 2 Special Edition DVD. This morning, KraZi Chief sent us a shot taken from within the Creature Creator demo for the game Spore - nice start! (KraZi Chief complained about the color palette and the lack of resources remaining - and hinted there might be more 'Halo-esque critters' coming later on. Even with the limitations, this looks great!)
(Louis Wu 13:11:17 UTC)
June 17, 2008 Link to this post
New Halo Wars Screens Surface
Worth Playing posted 3 new screenshots from the GamePro Halo Wars spread - when I was trying to figure out if these were authorized or not, I ran across three OTHER ones on GamePro's website, posted last week. The WP shots look digital, which is a step towards the light side (they're not scans, at least). Check 'em out! Update: Psychophan7 pointed out (correctly) that the Worth Playing shots came from last year's E3 Demo (still available on the Halo Wars website). Bah. I hate sites that sleaze their way to pageviews. (The three shots on the GamePro site are definitely new, though.)
(Louis Wu 12:49:09 UTC)
June 17, 2008 Link to this post
Inside Halo 17
Adam Kovic reminded us that Inside Halo 17 was released a few days ago - eep, we missed it. (Especially bad, since it highlighted HBO...) Also contains some great flag-related screenshots, and potentially dead puppies. Go watch! (Louis Wu 12:48:30 UTC)
June 16, 2008 Link to this post
Ascendant Justice: The Architecture of War
Another interesting series has been started over at Ascendant Justice - they're calling it 'The Architecture of War', and it looks at the factors of the Halo campaigns that make them so enjoyable to return to again and again. First up - Environments. Go see how your surroundings affect your playstyle! Upcoming chapters include 'Sandbox' and 'Enemies'. Thanks to mendicantbias00 for the heads-up. (Louis Wu 16:09:49 UTC)
June 16, 2008 Link to this post
Anybody want a Halo 3 HotPocket?
Okay, this is just silly. Hawty McBloggy found an auction on eBay where someone's selling a donut hole that looks like a Master Chief helmet. Well... it's SUPPOSED to look like a Master Chief helmet. (I don't see it, myself. Looks like a Dunkin Munchkin. Munchkins cost about a quarter each. Remember that when you realize that starting bid on this puppy is $25 with shipping.) People will sell anything... (Louis Wu 12:23:36 UTC)
June 16, 2008 Link to this post
MLG San Diego - Cold Storage Unveiled, Str8 Rippin Wins
The big news this weekend was the unveiling of Cold Storage, a new remake of Chill Out that Bungie brought with them to MLG San Diego. (The 'screens' in that story are pretty lousy - you can get a slightly better look at the map in a fan-recorded video from the event over at GameTrailers - thanks, MasterChief2829.) The jury's still out on this one - but reaction from the event (where the only people who actually SAW the map were) is pretty positive. While you're over at MLGPro.com, check out the San Diego Hall of Champions - congrats to Str8 Rippin, who took first place in the 4v4. (Louis Wu 11:57:54 UTC)
June 14, 2008 Link to this post
Halo: Retro Evolved
Maximum Fear is running a contest - create a screenshot of what Halo would have looked like if it had been released on the original Nintendo Entertainment System, win prizes. Details on their site! (Louis Wu 23:09:47 UTC)
June 14, 2008 Link to this post
MLG Halo 3 Streams - Live from San Diego
As you might have noticed with our In the Spotlight image on the right - MLG will be broadcasting Halo 3 streams live from San Diego, today and tomorrow - click through to watch! (As of this writing, they haven't started yet - they kick off in about 90 minutes.) (Louis Wu 14:01:50 UTC)
June 13, 2008 Link to this post
Spotlight on: Compound Intelligence
This week's Community Spotlight over at Bungie.net is on Compound Intelligence, a group that started up in response to the Iris ARG last summer. You can learn more about them in the writeup, and you can see some of their favorite files in the Bungie Favorites section, which they're currently filling. (Louis Wu 18:16:33 UTC)
June 11, 2008 Link to this post
Hostile [Carrier Signal]
TTL Demag0gue mentioned that Reclaimer 54 is now available for viewing - it uses some nice screenshots gleaned from Haloscreenshots.net, and the news post suggests that if you'd like to participate in the NEXT episode, your own screens might be used. (Louis Wu 13:40:51 UTC)
June 8, 2008 Link to this post
HBOFF interviews William Dietz
UNSC Trooper stopped by last night to point out an interview he conducted with William Dietz, the author of Halo: The Flood. Swing by the HBO Fan Fiction forum and hear from Mr. Dietz how he got started as an author, how he got involved with the Halo universe, and what he thinks about Fan Fiction. Nice read!
(Louis Wu 14:33:26 UTC)
June 6, 2008 Link to this post
Okay, we're going to cut the leg now. Bite hard.
It's Friday, so it's time for Caption Fun over at Hawty McBloggy's. She's got last week's results up (some funny lines in the more than 300 submissions!), and a new picture to work with. Go see! (Speaking of caption fun, over at Forge Hub, they're running a screenshot caption contest - come up with a caption, and get some front-page time there!) (Louis Wu 13:00:27 UTC)
June 5, 2008 Link to this post
Listening to Gamers Play, not Talk
The Screen Play blog in the Sydney (AU) Morning Herald has an article about Framework, a game development conference that took place in Melbourne yesterday. A significant chunk of it is devoted to some information from Keith Steury, who was involved in usability testing for Halo when he worked for Microsoft Game Studios. There's some fascinating info about how decisions were made, and what sort of changes came about because of the testing. Go read! Update: DOH! Didn't notice Ding beat me to this by a few minutes. Worth the read twice, I guess. (Pretty funny that we focused on the same point for our headlines...) (Louis Wu 15:17:58 UTC)
June 5, 2008 Link to this post
Look as I do, not as I say
Keith Steury, formerly of MGS, spoke at an event in Melbourne and touched on how Bungie changed the rules when it comes to testing. Though back in the day it almost turned into a meme ("Bungie cares more about mothers that play Halo!") this article highlights that clever selection of datapoints gives you richer results. The result being a smoothly polished game experience we've come to love in the Halo series. Will it continue to bleed into other games? Looks like our friends down under are listening! Hat tip to Google Alerts. (Ding 14:59:32 UTC)
June 3, 2008 Link to this post
Theory of Evolution
2P START! has another Halo-related comic (it was posted in April, but Don just brought it to our attention today) - pretty clever! (Louis Wu 17:07:49 UTC)
June 1, 2008 Link to this post
There goes that 99% SLA
Whee doggies! I love leaving the country. This morning, I got an email from the company that hosts the files*.bungie.org servers. One of their data centers had an explosion that knocked out several walls and an electrical equipment room. All servers are fine... but those hosted in that building are not accessible until (at the earliest) later this afternoon. ('This afternoon' would be Sunday, central standard time - the center is in Dallas.) This affects a number of bungie.org sites - the most relevant to Halo visitors is HaloScreenshots. Apologies for the outage - but we should be back up and running in the next 12 hours sometime. (Louis Wu 11:53:32 UTC)
May 30, 2008 Link to this post
More DixieLAN Jazz
A few days ago, we mentioned a thread with writeups from pooberry's DixieLAN event - pooberry added his own yesterday, but since he started a new thread, I feel obliged to point it out again. Silly man... but a silly man with an overactive camera. LOTS of pics.
(Louis Wu 14:12:20 UTC)
May 24, 2008 Link to this post
Mix Picks, Week 5
xMixMasterX stopped by with word of 'Week 5 of Mix Picks' up at The Social. These are Bungie.net-hosted film clips, culled by him from a much larger collection. (There are screenshots and descriptions to let you know what you're in for before you download.) Go see! (Louis Wu 17:28:34 UTC)
May 23, 2008 Link to this post
Community Spotlight: Ascendant Justice
Bungie has spotlighted the Ascendant Justice blog for its consistently high-quality writing; we've mentioned each piece they've published as it came out (because we agree with Bungie, the stuff they do is great), but if you missed any of it, this is a great reminder to go back and explore. (The point of this spotlight is to introduce the next community member to populate the 'Bungie Favorites' section of Bungie.net - go see what gametypes, maps, screenshots and films AJ thought was worth your time!) Thanks, Don. (Louis Wu 13:05:32 UTC)
May 23, 2008 Link to this post
HBO Leaderboards at HaloCharts.com
A couple of days ago, JeSteR 343 started up a group at HaloCharts.com, allowing HBO regulars to compare themselves to other HBO regulars. It took a little while for the bugs to be worked out of the grouping system, apparently - but things seem fine now, and there are a number of members already signed up. Go add yourself! (Louis Wu 13:04:07 UTC)
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