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October 28, 2007 Link to this post
Halo on a movie screen
Yoshiary pointed out a study/event in Dartmouth, Nova Scotia, happening November 3. They're going to be studying participants playing video games (including Halo 3) on a giant movie screen, with time for the public to participate in the morning. If you're interested in more information, visit FFgaming.tv. (Louis Wu 17:06:25 UTC)
October 27, 2007 Link to this post
Covenant Elite Costume on eBay
Hawty "if it's on eBay, I'll tell you about it" McBloggy found a Covenant Elite costume for sale on eBay - it's made of hard plastics and latex, and fits folks between about 5'11" and 6'2", and can be shipped by Halloween. Starting bid is $900, and you've got a day and a half to get your bid in. I don't think I've seen one of these for sale before!
(Louis Wu 13:27:49 UTC)
October 26, 2007 Link to this post
Deus Ex Machina
DigitalPh33r, the guy behind the 'Master Chief Sucks at Halo' series, started a new Halo 3 series called 'Deus Ex Machina', about a superhero involved in helping out the little guy. Major Silva found the first two episodes on YouTube (one | two), or you can download them from machinima.com. Pretty nice work! (Louis Wu 18:11:06 UTC)
October 26, 2007 Link to this post
Halo: Landfall
Spectacular. The Neill Blomkamp pieces have been available only partially - and for only some of the world's denizens - on Xbox Live Marketplace; as of today, that's changed. You can download 'Halo: Landfall', a single 315 mb piece that's been edited together from the three separate movies, from the Game Videos section of Xbox Live Marketplace - or directly from Halo 3 (hit the start button, then scroll down to 'Marketplace'). It's free. Thanks to Xboxtoday.com.br's Marcelo Vega for the heads-up! Update: A little more news on this. Major Nelson put up a blog post about this, and lists a number of countries in which this film is NOT available - but that might be a temporary thing; I have word that it's possible that it's just a matter of text localization in those countries. Also, a bit more info about the piece itself - it is in HD (I wasn't sure until I could see it), and the putting-together was done by Bungie/Film Oasis. (Bungie's been pretty unhappy that it's been so difficult to see these in HD splendor up until now - so props for making it happen!) There'll be more info soon - stay tuned. (Louis Wu 14:53:29 UTC)
October 26, 2007 Link to this post
Grab your own screens
finalcuthalo has put together a script that will let you grab screenshots from Bungie.net's RSS feeds. (He's using the same open-source software, and doing the same thing sorahn did to create his haloscreenshots.net website - the difference is, he's releasing instructions so that you can use it yourself without having to work out the details.) (Louis Wu 13:57:38 UTC)
October 26, 2007 Link to this post
Stereoscopic Screenshots - Make your Own
Earlier this week, we mentioned a guy who was creating stereoscopic screenshot from Halo 3. He recently added a tutorial so that you can make your own. And Narcogen, at Rampancy.net, did a little research so Mac users could play, too. (Louis Wu 13:22:52 UTC)
October 26, 2007 Link to this post
The newest rumor flies
I find this more interesting more for how rumors get started than for the actual news... but let's break it down: Gaming Target noticed a two-sentence comment in December's EGM that contains, on its surface, some basic info about a new game coming out of Microsoft in the near-to-middlin' future, along with some speculation about which studio might be involved. They expanded the speculation considerably by suggesting that Peter Jackson might be involved, and that the whole thing might be Halo-based. Xbox 360 Fanboy picked up on this - they counsel caution, but still, the rumor chain grows. By the time the story makes it over to 2old2play, the focus has shifted from the fact that it's a Microsoft-driven MMO to "The latest rumor surrounding the unrevealed Peter Jackson game is that it will be an MMOFPS." How did this become about the Peter Jackson game? That was pure speculation on the part of the first reporting site! Thanks to Wires, who found it at 2o2p. (If we learn anything that definitively ties the EGM rumor to Halo, we'll certainly let you know.) (Louis Wu 13:05:40 UTC)
October 25, 2007 Link to this post
Legendary Helmet Mod Tutorial
Jay sent us a link to a thread he started at the High Impact Halo forums - it gives step-by-step instructions for making your Legendary helmet wearable... with lots and lots of pics. He even added lights! (Remember: if you do this, you've done it; you can't put it back the way it was.) (Louis Wu 09:50:10 UTC)
October 24, 2007 Link to this post
Art from art
sorahn let us know that the second and third mosaics made from user-submitted screenshots are now posted at haloscreenshots.net. The third one, at 5120x2880, is pretty amazing... (Louis Wu 11:33:43 UTC)
October 23, 2007 Link to this post
Free stuff from 2o2p
2old2play is looking to give away some cool schwag (a copy of the Legendary Edition and a copy of the Standard Edition of Halo 3) - all you have to do to have a shot at it is create a funny caption for a screenshot they've posted on the contest page. You've got until November 2 to submit your entry... so get to thinkin'! Thanks, doodirock. (Louis Wu 20:44:26 UTC)
October 23, 2007 Link to this post
Run AWAY!
Slothboy started a site that will make me cry, if I'm not careful. Tell him he's a bad person. (Louis Wu 19:45:38 UTC)
October 23, 2007 Link to this post
Halo 3 Cutscene Library: Arrival
Been a while in preparation, and it won't be fully fleshed out for a couple of weeks, at least... but the Halo 3 Cutscene Library is now online. Arrival, plus all of the ending variants, are now available for download. At the moment, you have two choices for download size: 856x480 (widescreen 480p), or 428x240 (half the width of the bigger one). We have plans to add 720p versions down the road - but only if we think we can manage the bandwidth hit. For now, consider these 'web-sized'. Huge thanks go out to Cody Miller, who grabbed the video for us. Depending on when the bandwidth spike subsides, we'll be putting up the Sierra 117 cutscenes in the next few days. (Louis Wu 18:26:41 UTC)
October 23, 2007 Link to this post
Fan Interaction - A Powerful Secret
Gamasutra has an article about how the movie industry could learn from the gaming industry in leveraging fan communities - and Bungie is held up as a shining example. (There is a slightly odd focus on Luke Smith as the driving force behind Bungie's success in this field - I'm pretty sure even Luke will tell you that he's continuing a tradition started long before he arrived - but the basic gist, that Bungie has successfully tapped into the enthusiasm fans have for the game, and for their company, in their attempts to increase awareness and excitement, is solid.) Interesting read - thanks, Anton P. Nym. (Louis Wu 17:33:39 UTC)
October 23, 2007 Link to this post
Griefers
Davidgojr has a little trouble with some of the people he runs into on Xbox Live. Let him tell you about them at 1P Start. (Language warning.) Update: Eep - my mistake, David just found this, he didn't write it. Apologies. (Louis Wu 16:41:41 UTC)
October 23, 2007 Link to this post
Halo 3 Map Walkthroughs - The Pit
LaurenOboe, who's been a part of the RvB community for quite some time and appears here periodically for her machinima and musical offerings, has started a series of multiplayer map walkthroughs - first up is The Pit. She covers what's available, weapons/equipment-wise, in the stock version, and discusses layout and basic strategy. If you find this sort of thing useful, let us know on the forum - she'll make more. (I, for one, love to have this sort of resource available.) Grab it in WMP9 format (69.5 mb) or QuickTime format (66.7 mb) - both are 720x480, and run just over 5 minutes. (Louis Wu 15:10:08 UTC)
October 22, 2007 Link to this post
Game Invasion to broadcast Essentials Disc One
Looks like a significant chunk of the Essentials Disc One (the extra disc that comes with both the Limited and Legendary editions of Halo 3) will be available online, via Comcast's Game Invasion, starting Thursday (the one-month anniversary of the relase of the game). The entire 'Anatomy of a Game' documentary, plus the 24-hours-in-the-life-of-Bungie piece 'Git Ta Werk', will be available to watch. Thanks, MasterChief2829. (Louis Wu 20:45:30 UTC)
October 22, 2007 Link to this post
3D Screens
kapowaz found a guy who's making stereoscopic pseudo-3D images out of Halo 3 screenshots. Nice! (Louis Wu 18:39:50 UTC)
October 22, 2007 Link to this post
The Artful Forger
Hawty McBloggy discusses ways to use Forge which might not have occurred to you at first blush. The screenshot she links to is truly amazing... (Louis Wu 11:33:28 UTC)
October 22, 2007 Link to this post
Photo Mosaic - Made with Your Help
Yesterday, we front-paged a request from sorahn for your gamertag, so that he could grab your Bungie.net screenshots and turn them into a photo mosaic. Several hundred of you agreed to help - and the first mosiac is now up to see. It was created with the first 2000 submitted screens, and it's available for download in a 5600x5792 version. (Louis Wu 10:48:38 UTC)
October 21, 2007 Link to this post
Another Halo Comic Strip
ZZoMBiE13 has been around the Halo community for quite a while; we first heard from him in 2003, when he started submitting Halo artwork. More recently, he's been filling in for Stuntmutt on some sanctioned One One Se7en guest spots. He's done enough of these, actually, that we've taken him on as a new comic creator - Go check out Another Halo Comic Strip. (There are already five strips up on the page; the first is a welcome piece, and the others are all migrated over here from his DeviantART page. He'll be adding new ones here as the inspiration hits him.) If the layout seems familiar... it should. We simply repurposed the design we built for Halo Heads, using ZZoMBiE13's own graphics. Hey, if it works, why mess with it? (Louis Wu 12:26:31 UTC)
October 21, 2007 Link to this post
Calling All Screenshots
sorahn is trying to make a huge screenshot collage - and he needs screenshots. To that end, he's written a small script that will scrape screenshots from Bungie.net RSS feeds - but he needs gamertags to seed the system with. If you got some cool pics, add your gamertag to the list. (Once he's got enough images, he'll turn this off, so depending on when you read this, you may find that the system is closed.) Side bonus - you can use the page to easily view all the screens from a submitted gamertag, without having to jump through the Javascript hoops at Bungie.net. (Louis Wu 11:30:26 UTC)
October 19, 2007 Link to this post
Another Topps Auction
A couple of days ago, we mentioned an auction for a Topps original sketch card. That auction is still going on (5 more days, current bid is $150) - but there's a new one: Kevin's posted a sketch of a Spartan in EVA armor. You've got five and a half days on this one, no bids yet (starting bid is $150, as well). Check it out! (Louis Wu 10:29:39 UTC)
October 18, 2007 Link to this post
Purple Light Sold Separately, Apparently
Hawty McBloggy points out a somewhat risqué custom-made Cortana statue for sale on eBay; this can probably be considered NSFW. That said, it's a pretty amazing piece of work. Starting bid is $200, with just under 5 days to go. (Louis Wu 12:18:27 UTC)
October 17, 2007 Link to this post
The very model, he is.
Gundulf started off this forum post by explaining that "no one's done the mandatory Gilbert & Sullivan parody for Halo yet." No, indeed, nobody has. Until now. Oh, how I wish someone would record this!
(Louis Wu 12:57:37 UTC)
October 17, 2007 Link to this post
Halo in Church - Again
At The Christian Chronicle, there is another article looking at the 'Halo in church' issue - some interesting points. This one is starting to be beaten into the ground, but there are still some voices to be heard. (Louis Wu 11:54:01 UTC)
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