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November 2009 Archived News
News November 6 2009
Guilt O' Lantern Voting - last couple of days!
Just a quick reminder: voting is still open for the Guilt O' Lantern entries; we'll likely close it on Sunday afternoon, so that we can sort through the stats for the winners to announce on Monday morning. If you haven't voted yet, do it soon! (Louis Wu 21:03:05 UTC) (permalink)
Halo 3 Mythic Guide Version 2.0 - Sierra 117
It's been on hiatus for almost four months - but the second edition of Tyrant's Halo 3 Mythic Guide (Solo, Legendary, All Skulls On) marches forward with a brand-new chapter for Sierra 117! This contains tips and tricks not included in the first guide - techniques that will shave minutes, nay, HOURS from your mythic runthrough of the Halo 3 Campaign. Go see what he's got for you! (Louis Wu 18:46:57 UTC) (permalink)
Friday Caption Fun, Round 69
Were you missing Friday Caption Fun over at Hawty McBloggy's? Don't worry, there's a new one up today! Good stuff from the fans on Dare's Dramatic Chipmunk image from last week, plus a shot just BEGGING for a caption... check it out! (Louis Wu 18:42:09 UTC) (permalink)
Teabag Prevention: How to Suck Less at Firefight Week 2
Teabag Prevention is back with a new Firefight guide - this one focuses on Lost Platoon. Go read it for tips on staying alive! Thanks, Brian Gilmore and Jake108. (Louis Wu 18:40:20 UTC) (permalink)
Infiltration Trailer Two
QuickTactical pointed out a new trailer for Infiltration (a film in the works for a year and a half) - looks like the final product has a fixed release date (coming in a week). Go see! (Louis Wu 18:39:36 UTC) (permalink)
Friday Movie Offerings
New videos, courtesy of urk and Bungie's Comm Chatter this Friday: What are you waiting for? Go watch! (Louis Wu 18:26:46 UTC) (permalink)
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) (permalink)
Friday's Fan Fiction
Four new (accepted) pieces for you this week in the Fan Fiction section - go read! (Louis Wu 16:34:05 UTC) (permalink)
Google building mini-Helljumpers
iMonkey777 noticed an ad on TV for the Droid, an upcoming mobile device coming out from Google and Verizon - the delivery system for the units have more than a passing similarity to ODST drop pods. (You can see the ad on your computer at DropaDroid.com - just pick someone to drop one on.) (Louis Wu 16:31:15 UTC) (permalink)
Legends Info and Preview
ElusiveEagle519 dug up quite a bit of new information about Halo Legends, the series of anime pieces coming out from 343 Industries. The schedule for LIVE broadcasts is posted (up to February) - looks like 4 of the 7 pieces will be available on LIVE. And a new preview hit Waypoint yesterday - and is already up on YouTube for your watching pleasure. Lots of interesting comments from folks involved in the Halo world! (Louis Wu 16:30:44 UTC) (permalink)
News November 5 2009
Hammers and Sickles - er, Swords
It's Thursday, so a new Double XP Playlist is live for the weekend - it's the only one for a while that doesn't require the purchase of Halo 3: ODST, so go enjoy some Grifball! (Louis Wu 22:54:36 UTC) (permalink)
Thidio Thursday
Three new vids for you, courtesy of Bungie's Comm Chatter: Go watch! (Louis Wu 18:34:09 UTC) (permalink)
Halo Legends DVD Release Date
Looks like Halo Legends (the full DVD) has a release date - February 9, 2010. You'll be able to watch each episode on Halo Waypoint (on LIVE) for a 24-hour period each... but if you want repeat viewings, or if you miss one (or more), they'll be available in February. (That press release suggests that the first episode will be visible on Waypoint on Saturday.) (Louis Wu 14:48:43 UTC) (permalink)
Waypoint Now Open to the Public
Vincent noticed that Waypoint is now available to the general public on Xbox LIVE - for a limited time, it's available to ALL users (Gold and Silver), though eventually it'll be Gold-only. Go check it out! (Louis Wu 13:09:23 UTC) (permalink)
Never Too Old Too Shame
We missed this on Friday - I'm not sure how - and then again on Wednesday (when we posted its successor). We're not missing it again. Elnea posted Halo Action Figure Theater 187, showing the beautiful (though not quite tearful) reunion of Lois and Steve in more detail - check it out!
(Louis Wu 13:08:16 UTC) (permalink)
Customized ODSTs on eBay
Leviathan seems to be taking over the 'find cool customized stuff on eBay' job from Hawty McBloggy; he's pointed out a pair of auctions you might be interested in. The first is a custom-painted Romeo figure, and the second one is the whole dang squad. Check 'em!
(Louis Wu 13:05:13 UTC) (permalink)
Real-life Mongoose for sale in Seattle
Lt Col Hurd won an ATV customized to look like a Mongoose at the Halo 3 Launch Event in New York City two years ago; he's never used it offroad and it's still in mint condition. He needs to sell it - if you're in the Seattle area, it's up on Craigslist right now. He's asking $9000 or best offer - check out the pics! Update: oops, Lt Col Hurd just found this - it's not his. My mistake! (Louis Wu 13:04:31 UTC) (permalink)
Child's Play auctions - big bucks from Halo enthusiasts
Laird let us know that the Halo Child's Play auctions he hosted this past week brought in $2,373.06 in cash for the charity! Not too shabby - go, Halo fans! (Louis Wu 13:03:46 UTC) (permalink)
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) (permalink)
HBO Regular wins Mountain Dew ODST Xbox
During the run-up to Halo 3: ODST's launch, Mountain Dew held a sweepstakes in which they gave away one ODST-themed Xbox a day for a month. dCon V won one of these babies - and took some cool pics. Now THAT'S a nice Xbox! (Louis Wu 13:01:05 UTC) (permalink)
Bungie Favorites: ReconLIVE, Week Two
We missed it yesterday afternoon, but Bungie updated their Bungie Favorites page with a second batch of content from ReconLIVE - swing by and read about one of the custom maps, and check out the rest of the goodies! (Louis Wu 13:00:28 UTC) (permalink)
News November 4 2009
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) (permalink)
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) (permalink)
Fans Helping Fans
Looks like the Spartan 1 Project is back with more help for Halo fans - they want to help you finish the Déjà Vu achievement, because they've gotten awfully good at it! They've already helped over 200 people get this achievement, and they average 35 minutes per run - if you've got a spare half-hour, and need those 25 points, swing by their Bungie.net group! (Louis Wu 18:07:06 UTC) (permalink)
Forge Hub's 1v1 Conflict Wrap-up
So... way back in August, Forge Hub opened signups for their 1v1 Conflict Tournament - it was another month until the actual tourney kicked off, and two more months until the 512 entrants winnowed themselves down to a single winner. And you can read the wrap-up now on Forge Hub's forum! (Thanks, urk.) (Louis Wu 17:58:09 UTC) (permalink)
Wednesday Comic Roundup
Couple of new comics for you today: - Halo Action Figure Theater released Episode 188 - "She's Got a Great Personality". Ah, love...
- ODS Steve #47 ("Teetotaler") shows the dignifying power of tea. (I think the Beatles tried to make that point...)
Go read! (Louis Wu 14:43:00 UTC) (permalink)
I'd watch that.
AngelicLionheart pointed out a pretty cool ODST-themed picture created by Halcylon - it's hard to say Dare's not hot in this one! (Louis Wu 14:37:42 UTC) (permalink)
News November 3 2009
Halo CE Pistol 3D Project
Naveeda pointed out a blog post over at 2old2play - Caesar has rendered a pretty cool version of the Halo CE pistol - check it out! (Louis Wu 20:57:35 UTC) (permalink)
November Matchmaking Update Now Live
FyreWulff pointed out that the November Matchmaking Update is live now - if you check his post, you'll get a nice color-coded view of existing playlists, showing what (if any) DLC is needed to play. (Louis Wu 20:33:36 UTC) (permalink)
Sadie's Story - a plethora of options
HBO is still working on a web interface for Sadie's Story, but if you can't wait, there are other options out there - some have been online for quite some time already. StUnNeR H2K posted the entire series of 30 audio logs, in 5 videos, as a playlist back on September 30. More recently, Dust Storm put up each transcript as its own file (though also in a full playlist, for ease of playing). (If all you need is the audio, remember that we pointed out HaLo2FrEeEk's collection of mp3s last week.) Transaction Complete! (Louis Wu 20:10:56 UTC) (permalink)
Now we just need a Grunt Plushie...
Back in June of last year, the Sunrise-run Bungie Store closed its doors... and Bungie fans lost a primary source of cool schwag. Bungie told us all to be patient, though - it was coming back! Well... it took a little while (almost 17 months), but they were true to their word - the Bungie Store is back. It's using an Amazon backend, and currently selling just a limited selection of goodies... but this should build, over time. Go see what they've got! (Louis Wu 19:53:15 UTC) (permalink)
Coolest Halloween Costume... EVAR
Remember that really cool animatronic Elite head we mentioned a few weeks ago? Kre8-fx has put together the rest of the outfit - and made a movie of the process. I'm not sure 'holy crap' does an adequate job of expressing my amazement with this thing. Nevertheless... holy crap! Go watch. (They're not done yet, either.) Thanks, urk. (Louis Wu 19:43:20 UTC) (permalink)
Tuesday Movies and More
A pair of new movies up on Bungie's Comm Chatter: Go watch! While you're over there, check out info about the ForgeHub Hub of the Dead Contest winners (we mentioned it last month), and see how you can win MLG Anaheim passes from 360sync.com. Whee! (Louis Wu 18:39:07 UTC) (permalink)
Nice ODST deals coming up
CYBRFRK noticed a couple of nice deals coming up at the end of the month, on Black Friday (the day after Thanksgiving here in the US) - Kmart is selling an Xbox 360 Elite bundle with Halo 3: ODST for $300, or the game by itself for $40. Mark your calendars! (Louis Wu 15:37:48 UTC) (permalink)
Virgil Audio Clips, for download
Seraph XXVII extracted some of the pithy sayings the Superintendent says throughout Sadie's Story - you can now download them as a zipped collection of mp3s. There are 36 of them total, and the collection weighs in at 1.6 mb. Good stuff! (Louis Wu 14:54:05 UTC) (permalink)
Halo ODST Halloween Costume
Jason Evans whipped up an ODST costume for his brother Tyler for Halloween - apparently, it was quite a success! Check it out: 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 (Louis Wu 13:06:08 UTC) (permalink)
Spawn.com teases with a puzzle
InnerRayg stopped in with a teaser released on the Spawn.com forums, hinting at the next lineup of Halo action figures. Most of the clues have been deciphered already - but check it out and see what you can add! (Louis Wu 13:05:19 UTC) (permalink)
Waypoint's Goodies for the Week
Halo Waypoint's Justin Korthof sent out a schedule of the new features that will be released each day this week - Halopedia was kind enough to put this list online. Thanks, CaptainTony. Swing by to see what you have to look forward to! (Even if you're not part of the Preview beta, it'll be available to ALL users of Xbox LIVE in just a couple of days.) (Louis Wu 13:04:34 UTC) (permalink)
Halo charity auctions - ending soon!
There's just a day and a bit left on the auctions Laird is running for Child's Play - these end tomorrow afternoon, so swing by and see where they stand! You can grab yourself some really cool Halo schwag for great prices! (Louis Wu 13:03:02 UTC) (permalink)
Arby 'n' The Chief in L.A. Trailer
Hmm... looks like Arby 'n' The Chief are coming back - in a new venue. (Louis Wu 13:02:28 UTC) (permalink)
MLG Anaheim - just 3 days away!
MLG Anaheim kicks off this Friday - and the official press release hit the newswire last night. You can read it at Reuters. (Louis Wu 13:02:07 UTC) (permalink)
Repurposed Pumpkins and Plastic Pepsi Cans
Hawty McBloggy has some photos of a fan-made Flood infection form created from a box of holiday decorations - amazing piece of work! (Do not visit if you're eating.) Also, while you're there, check out the depressing cake topper you can buy if your fiancée is anti-Halo... (Louis Wu 12:59:28 UTC) (permalink)
News November 2 2009
Touch The Sound: Winner Picked
Domino Theory picked a winner from the nearly 700 entries to our Touch The Sound contest - contratulations to Benn43, who will soon have a fresh new copy of the Halo 3: ODST Official Soundtrack! Thanks, as always, to Domino Theory, for the continuing series of awesome freebies to the Halo community! (Louis Wu 21:21:57 UTC) (permalink)
Tag and Release: Rally Point
The Tag and Release feature on Bungie.net this week focuses on images collected on the map 'Rally Point' - truly amazing shots. See for yourself! (Louis Wu 21:10:41 UTC) (permalink)
Comics and Xboxes
This weekend, Hawty McBloggy posted the latest episode of Grin + Bear It (old joke, new context) and highlighted a ridiculous collection of Limited Edition Xboxes (these are just the NEW ONES, since February), including two ODST models. Oh, to have that much money! Go look. (Louis Wu 21:08:23 UTC) (permalink)
Monday Movie Madness
New vids, courtesy of Bungie's Comm Chatter: Go watch! (Louis Wu 18:06:19 UTC) (permalink)
Guilt O' Lantern Voting - Now Open!
36 pumpkins made it into this year's Guilt O' Lantern contest - and there are some spectacular entries! Swing by and cast your vote for your five favorite pumpkins - let's see if we can't give some prizes away! (Louis Wu 14:30:20 UTC) (permalink)
Cool and Refreshing - Not Bitter At All
Pwn or Die got their hands on a new product announcement from Lipton - it's Halo 3: ODST Diet Tea, and the description should make you smile. The price, too. (Louis Wu 12:02:30 UTC) (permalink)
News November 1 2009
ODST Panoramic Montage Preview
There's a tiny taste of an upcoming panoramic video using ODST images on YouTube - thanks, Decadence Night. (Louis Wu 21:11:48 UTC) (permalink)
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) (permalink)
Brood Gurch Blues
nico (the guy behind Red vs Blue's music, among other things) was cleaning out some old projects recently, and found a funny version of Blood Gulch Blues - its existence owes itself partially to a new (for nico, at the time) guitar, a '73 Fender Telecaster Deluxe, and partially to alcohol - the end result is actually pretty cool to listen to. Classic Telecaster sound, interesting improv... degenerating into chaos, of a sort. (He pulls it back together at the end.) He calls it 'Brood Gurch' ('Brood', in this case, rhymes with 'Blood') - it's 2.1 mb in MP3 format. Go listen! If you like this, swing by the Trocadero website; they've just released a new album (Ghosts That Linger), and several of the songs on it are intriguing varations on this theme.
(Louis Wu 19:58:22 UTC) (permalink)
The Cheerleaders all looked like Cortana.
Mad Cow went all out for his college football team (the Boise State Broncos) - he repainted his Spartan Armor orange. Check out the photo! (Louis Wu 19:53:15 UTC) (permalink)
This is Halloween
AssaultGodzilla is back with another Halo Music Video - this one is set to This is Halloween (originally from The Nightmare Before Christmas, here performed by Marilyn Manson), and (as usual) is nicely timed. Go watch!
(Louis Wu 19:52:04 UTC) (permalink)
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