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July 2009 Archived News
News July 3 2009 
Bungie Weekly Update - Up Early
Bungie's taken Friday off to enjoy the July 4 weekend - but they put up a Weekly Update all the same. Lots of screenshots of maps that will be part of the Bugnie Day playlist, plus important news for those of us who haven't actually PAID for Bungie Pro (if you got it free with the Mythic Maps, today is your last day). Go read! As always, a local copy can be found in our Weekly Update Archive. (Louis Wu 19:14:51 UTC) (permalink)
Friday Comic Roundup
Only a couple of comics to mention this Friday: Dennis Powers released Shipwrecked Episode 76 - Business as Unusual, and Bloogyo let us know about a whole passel of Rat's Nest episodes. Enjoy! (Louis Wu 19:08:33 UTC) (permalink)
Friday's Fan Fiction
A little later than usual, but there are 7 new entries in the Fan Fiction section - go read! (Louis Wu 16:42:10 UTC) (permalink)
Halo 3 Mythic Guide Version 2.0 - Tsavo Highway
As we mentioned yesterday, the next phase of Tyrant's Summer Mythic Recon Challenge involves the level Tsavo Highway - so to make your life a little bit easier, his revamped guide to the level is now up in the Halo 3 Mythic Walkthrough V2.0. Not only is there a set of suggestions for a relatively safe completion of the level - there's a 'Kamikaze' version that whips you through the first half of the level in 4 minutes. Go read, and watch! See if you can beat his times. (Louis Wu 14:20:54 UTC) (permalink)
Happy Bungie Day '09
ReleasetheMonk created a video in honor of the upcoming Bungie Day - the song's pretty funny. Go watch! (Louis Wu 14:05:26 UTC) (permalink)
Up, up and away, in my beautiful - what?
Hawty McBloggy has posted a holiday-themed Friday Caption Fun - some funny entries for last week's pic, plus a fun new picture just ripe for abuse. Go play! (Louis Wu 14:03:02 UTC) (permalink)
Breaking In - Chris Opdahl
There was a new Breaking In article posted last night - Chris Opdahl (Campaign Design Lead for Halo: Reach) discusses how he got his current job (and I gotta say, there's potential for a sexual harassment lawsuit in there), and what you can do to increase your chances if you want to follow him. (Louis Wu 14:00:51 UTC) (permalink)
News July 2 2009
It's all about the sev-amins (wait...)
Hawty McBloggy is putting together another community-driven Bungie Day project, to be delivered on July 7; if you want to participate, check out her post explaining what you need to do - and by when. Time's a'wastin'... get to work! (Louis Wu 21:24:43 UTC) (permalink)
It's Thursday, Baby!
Cool stuff in the Bungie Blog this afternoon: - The latest Double XP Weekend is live now - in honor of the signing of the US Declaration of Independence, it's 4th of July Weekend, with Flag, Rockets, and VIP. Get to playin'!
- Tyrant continues challenging you to complete sections of Halo 3 on 'Mythic' difficulty (Solo, Legendary, All Skulls On), and offering you Recon armor for doing so. This week's map: Tsavo Highway. His 2.0 walkthrough covering the level should be online by tomorrow - giving you plenty of time to study it and get yourself through the level in record time. Go read all the details!
- There's another Community Cartographers feature - this one highlights a map called 'Tartarus', from Sikamikanico - go see why he made it, and why you should add it to your Custom Games rotation!
Lots of good stuff for filling up your Thursday afternoon! (Louis Wu 20:00:23 UTC) (permalink)
Sarge... I never knew...
Albetta sent us this link; normally, I'd have nothing to do with a RickRoll-type video, but that's not really what this is. It's... well, you have to watch it. Yes, it's got Never Gonna Give You Up. No, I'm not RickRolling you. It works surprisingly well (despite the horrible video quality). (Louis Wu 19:27:32 UTC) (permalink)
Lagout Episode 2
urk pointed out a new episode of Lagout - I guess if you quit out of Matchmaking the right way, you get cool powers. Personally, I'd rather be able to shoot webs out of my wrists, but whatever... (Louis Wu 17:05:56 UTC) (permalink)
8-Bit Halo, Eps 2 and 3
Fragclone mentioned that 8-Bit Halo Episode 3 was released - but I hadn't even realized Episode 2 was up. A little searching turned up both Episode 2 (released last week) and Episode 3 (released yesterday). It's getting weirder... (Louis Wu 13:02:24 UTC) (permalink)
Halo Cards - Printed
Arithmomaniac printed out his Halo Cards at Staples - nice looking work!
(Louis Wu 12:58:30 UTC) (permalink)
There are always more vids...
urk posted another couple of vids last night on the Bungie Blog - TheCaptnAwesomee turned a game of Stab-Out in Action Sack into a machinima, and passTHEword whipped up a really nicely done montage with awesome gameplay by Woooly and some very classy editing. Go watch! (Louis Wu 12:56:05 UTC) (permalink)
News July 1 2009
Evil Gets an Upgrade
You might remember a little feature we hosted last year - Daniel 'Tyrant' Morris created a Halo 3 Mythic Guide, showing you how to get through the game on Legendary difficulty, with all skulls on. Well, he hasn't been resting on his laurels - he's been putting together a new version of this guide, with new, faster, more efficient routes and tricks - and we're proud to help him host it. Presenting The Halo 3 Mythic Walkthrough, Version 2.0. Conceived as an add-on, rather than a replacement, the original tips and level walkthroughs are still available if you'd like to compare... but each level will now have a NEW walkthrough, with new tricks and videos. (Check the Home Page of the new guide for a fully-updated set of Tips and Tricks.) He'll be posting levels to coincide with his Summer Mythic Recon Challenge - so if you haven't completed this week's run of The Storm yet, you can use the Storm page of his new guide to shave some time off your effort! (Louis Wu 22:38:56 UTC) (permalink)
You guys rock. Plain and simple.
Hawty McBloggy sent along an update for the Fundfax Fairraiser, the charity event she hosted for a few days last week - an amazing chunk of change was generated in the few days she was able to keep it running (over $6000!), and she's still working on a method of picking the winners publicly. Swing by and give it a read! Congrats to everyone who made this a success, in spite of some unexpected roadblocks! (Louis Wu 22:22:44 UTC) (permalink)
PanoMania
We've posted a couple of batches of panoramas from dutch Halo player 2good4u2 (here and here) - now his brother 2good4u is doing it, and his first batch is on our forum. Check 'em out! (Louis Wu 21:27:25 UTC) (permalink)
The Anatomy of a Sarkathlon
Mr Sark sent word that he'd been interviewed on the gameblog Digital Kuroko - it's an interesting discussion about the creation of his Sarkathlons, the Halo 3 obstacle courses that have generated interest from thousands of gamers. It's just 20 minutes long - go listen! (Louis Wu 21:15:57 UTC) (permalink)
Halo Wars: Birth of a Mission
Another Dev Blog went live at HaloWars.com yesterday - Designer Joe Gillum discusses how a mission took shape, from concept to enactment. Interesting read! Thanks, 2900d4u. (Louis Wu 18:35:33 UTC) (permalink)
Bungie Favorites: Major League Driving, Week 2
Bungie.net's updated the Bungie Favorites section, using another batch of goodies from Major League Driving. Swing by to see what they have to offer! (Louis Wu 17:58:19 UTC) (permalink)
Assassination
Lando Griff1n let us know about a new montage from HAZMAT v2 - it's 17 minutes long, and REALLY heavy on the editing. The HD download weighs in at a seriously meaty 600 mb (but there's a streaming version available on the Halo3Montage.com page). I liked the 'Unexplained' section (though I wish it had been brighter). Take a look!
(Louis Wu 17:27:30 UTC) (permalink)
Charity Halo 3 2v2 Tourney in TN
In early June, we mentioned a charity tournament being organized to raise money to help search for a missing teenager in Tennessee. The tournament scheduling is much farther along now - looks like it'll be taking place on July 18, in Newport, TN. Swing by JeSteR 343's forum post for full details. (Louis Wu 16:47:18 UTC) (permalink)
Vids, and such
A couple of new movies for you, courtesy of the BungLog™: - Top 10 Halo 3 Splatters HD shows off (surprise, surprise) ten splatter vids. I'd say number 8 was the best of the bunch, unfortunately.
- Halo 3 Crudbusters takes a relatively unsubtle approach to parodying the Halo 3 Mythbusters videos - but I like the last one quite a bit.
Be like Chauncy Gardner. (Louis Wu 16:36:18 UTC) (permalink)
Wednesday Comic Roundup
It's Wednesday, so it's time for a summary of Halo comics released in the last 48 hours: That's it for today - grab a cup of coffee and do some reading!
(Louis Wu 16:17:19 UTC) (permalink)
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