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Friday, September 8, 2006 |  |
Clarification on the FIFTH Halo novel
Okay, okay, before folks get TOO wound up, I need to clarify something. This morning, I mentioned a tidbit from Dean Takahashi; it looked like there was another Halo novel scheduled for Spring 2007, also written by Eric Nylund. There's a record for it on Amazon, and a record at ISBNdb.com. Official word from Bungie is now in, though - and while nobody's ruling out future novels (in fact, Frankie CONFIRMED them last week), nobody's decided who's writing the next one (after GoO), or when it will be released. Dates you see at Amazon and ISBNdb.com are incorrect, at this point. (Louis Wu 20:33:13 UTC) (permalink)
Repent!
Paul Maestri writes to let us know that Halo Heads 4 is now up - Cliffy Bear? Goodness. (Louis Wu 18:32:29 UTC) (permalink)
Host With The Most.
Sometimes, you can look at the most recent One One Se7en and know exactly what Stuntmutt was doing when he came up with the concept. Today is one of those times. (Louis Wu 16:35:54 UTC) (permalink)
Oh, bloody brilliant, mate.
Hellhawk reminded me that there are still hundreds of dialogue snippets in the queue (I'd completely forgotten about them) - I've posted nearly 100 marine clips today, and will do my best to get through most of the rest soon. Some of these are fantastic - go browsing! Update: Hellhawk just sent in an extra snippet which just needed to be released... sort of not safe for work. (Louis Wu 14:29:51 UTC) (permalink)
Friday's Fanfic
Only 10 new pieces in the Fan Fiction section today - probably because of the Fanfic contest going on at UNSCDF. Enjoy these! (Louis Wu 13:03:15 UTC) (permalink)
Where do I apply for the 'Contract Jerk' position?
This week's Halo Humpday Challenge was against NeoGAF (as far as I can tell, GAF = "Gaming Age Forums") - GhaleonEB mentioned it (and the Bungie loss) yesterday afternoon, but the Bungie writeup wasn't posted until evening. Bungie brought in a ringer (I'm pretty sure there's no 'Hawt Chik' position on Microsoft's payroll), but even with the help, they were pasted. They lost the warmup, they lost the three games of the actual challenge, they lost the 4th extra game. To be fair, the first and last games were 6-on-5... but all three 'official' matches had even teams - at least number-wise. Sounds like it was a fun series, nonetheless! (Louis Wu 11:33:14 UTC) (permalink)
Dead Man's Hand - The Weekly Goodness
Dead Man's Hand remains a hotbed of Halo discussion and speculation; new articles this week include a writeup of Dead Man's Potluck (a night of gaming I'm really sorry I missed), a discussion on when playing Halo on XBL stops being fun and starts to be stressful, 22 Questions with Wheezin Geezers' Overlord Sunburned Goose and artist extraordinaire Pinkuh, an ode to the beauty that is Halo, and a short look at what can happen when you run out of equipment. All in all, a collection of articles that should keep you entertained for longer than it took me to write this! Dweezle stopped by our forum to point this stuff out, but thanks also to Pinkuh. (Louis Wu 11:19:43 UTC) (permalink)
What's Next for Bungie?
What the heck? Dean Takahashi, who writes books about gaming as well as a column for the Mercury News, has put up a blog entry that discusses what might, or might not, be going on inside Bungie Studios. (He suggests that on top of Halo 3, there's a team working on another game, PLUS a smaller project involving a crew of top talent.) Okay, that stuff's interesting, and may or may not prove to be true over time. Give it a read. What generated my 'what the heck?' response, though, was in the last paragraph:
Amazon.com lists two new novels coming by Eric Nylund. One is Halo: the Ghosts of Onyx, slated for release on Oct. 31. Another is Halo: The Ghosts of Coral, slated for release on April 3, 2007.
He's right - Ghosts of Coral is listed at Amazon, with a release date of April 3, 2007. However, a search of the listed ISBN number comes up blank. Is Amazon off its rocker? Or has Tor simply not filed the proper paperwork for the next book yet? (We know there are at least two more slated after Ghosts of Onyx - and if Amazon knew nothing except a possible release date, I suppose it makes sense that they'd use the placeholder title they had for the LAST one... but there are two pieces of info in this listing which are interesting: that date, and the fact that Nylund's writing it. Is Amazon right?) Update: Looks like someone was busy this morning - that ISBNdb link now works! Thanks to UrsusArctos for the heads-up. (Louis Wu 09:50:54 UTC) (permalink)
Thursday's news in brief:
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Halo Heads 3 - Wishlist Mute Radio Episode 3 What Bungie Artists do outside of Bungie Tools and Icons HPC4L |
Wednesday's news in brief:
