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December 2008 Archived News
News December 3 2008 
Endless Possibilities
Mjolnir Battle Tactics have updated their Favorites in the Bungie Favorites section - and Guardian Hunter talks about District 49. Go check Bungie.net! (Louis Wu 19:20:24 UTC) (permalink)
Top 10 Series Episode 16: Betrayals
The newest Top 10 collection from Anoj is Top 10 Halo 3 Betrayals - some are fun, some are just frustrating. Thanks, urk. (Louis Wu 17:59:41 UTC) (permalink)
Another peek at Orbital
Tim Urban let us know that the January issue of the Official Xbox Magazine contains some pictures of Orbital, one of the Mythic Maps out this spring. More details when we get 'em! (Louis Wu 16:48:42 UTC) (permalink)
Cool Halo Schwag - Going Soon
kornman00 reminded us that his one-of-a-kind auctions (with some proceeds to charity) are coming to an end today - swing by for some pretty amazing stuff you won't find anywhere else! Roughly 6 hours left on each of these. (Louis Wu 16:40:10 UTC) (permalink)
WVU Marching Band - Downloadable
calmkiller provided video footage of the Halo piece played by the WVU Marching Band last night (looks like many on our forum watched it live) - we've put up some local mirrors that are much easier to download. Grab it in QuickTime format (41.2 mb) or WMP9 format (41.1 mb).
(Louis Wu 14:48:22 UTC) (permalink)
Catalyzer
TTL Demag0gue stopped in to announce that Reclaimer 119 is live - things are getting bigger.
(Louis Wu 13:17:24 UTC) (permalink)
It's a Bird! It's a Plane!
Over at Hawty McBloggy's, it's Wednesday, so it's time for another ODS Steve - what a great use of the Superintendent!
(Louis Wu 13:17:01 UTC) (permalink)
Is Marty gonna be Cher again?
It's that time of year again... Bungie.net has posted a preview of the Winter Pentathlon - good stuff is coming soon! Go read. Update: A Brief History was added on Wednesday afternoon. Go see where this insanity got its roots! (Louis Wu 13:16:29 UTC) (permalink)
News December 2 2008
Watch a live performance of the Halo Theme, from WVU
calmkiller let us know that the West Virginia Marching Band is doing a live webcast of their Keynote performance this evening - stream goes live at 7:15, the Halo theme that will be performed should go on around 9 or so. Go listen! (Louis Wu 22:38:25 UTC) (permalink)
Pseudonymously Yours
The Average Joe series continues over at Bungie.net - today's entry looks at Anton P. Nym (aka Steve), a regular on our forum and a Bungie.net moderator. Go see what got him involved in Halo, and what keeps him juiced! (Louis Wu 19:48:14 UTC) (permalink)
Yep, that's happened to me.
Bungie.net has posted a link to 'Facility B5D Mishap Montage' - lots and lots of 'WTF' moments. Fun! (Louis Wu 19:34:18 UTC) (permalink)
Cherry Pie
Dennis Powers let us know that Shipwrecked Episode 44 is up - hunger can make you do things. (Louis Wu 19:32:52 UTC) (permalink)
HBOFFPotW - November 28
baneofdeath wrote this week's Fan Fic Pick of the Week - go see what he liked. Thanks, kabu.
(Louis Wu 19:32:25 UTC) (permalink)
Measuring the Roller Coaster's Curves
Gamasutra has a great article about a study that used biometric feedback to measure how much various action games (including Halo 2) engaged players - go see what drives us to play! (Seems like risk plays a pretty big part in how much reward we perceive, and Halo does a decent job at balancing things.) There's a summary of the article here, and the full piece is here. (Louis Wu 16:22:33 UTC) (permalink)
405th Source - December issue is out
Katherine 'Vexona' Joplin let us know that the latest issue of the '405th Source' magazine was released yesterday - it's a monster 36-page PDF, chock-full of articles, artwork, fan fiction, and more. There are great shots from the fan filming session that took place in Austin a couple of months ago (we mentioned it here), spotlights on a couple of talented members of their community, guides for building... it just goes on and on. (A planned interview with Tobias Buckell was postponed until the next issue because of Buckell's recent health issues - they, like we, wish him a speedy recovery!) More details, and a download link, are available on the 405th forum. Absolutely worth the download!
(Louis Wu 14:44:47 UTC) (permalink)
Games has more ODST details
Looks like Games Magazine (a UK-based publication) has a cover story on Halo 3: ODST (though it went to press before the name change, if the cover shown by Kotaku is any indication) - in contrast with Halo 3, you will be shuttled among a series of memorable characters, rather than kept in a faceless, mysterious super-soldier you can pour your own personality into. Sounds fun! (Louis Wu 14:25:34 UTC) (permalink)
Keep the sunny side up, Reclaimer!
Tied the Leader had the chance last week to talk to Tim Dadabo - it was a group interview, of sorts, with XerxdeeJ and Dweezle (and OboeCrazy) asking their own questions, along with questions contributed by their community. Dadabo, the voice of 343 Guilty Spark (among many other roles) held forth on voice acting, inspiration, gaming, and classic rock. It's 23 minutes, 21 mb, mp3 format, and you can listen to the results on their site. Thanks, Dweezle!
(Louis Wu 14:19:04 UTC) (permalink)
The Bryan Simon Show - Coming Soon
Bryan Simon is going to be doing a live concert of his Halo 3 material next week - mark the date! December 11 4 pm PST, check out this Ustream page for all the goodness!
(Louis Wu 14:17:49 UTC) (permalink)
Fresh Prince of Reach
Heh - Dojorkan wrote a parody song that someone seriously needs to put to music. If the lyrics don't sound familiar to you, you can find the original here.
(Louis Wu 14:17:19 UTC) (permalink)
IGN Gears vs. Halo
IGN has put up yet another faceoff article - this time it's Gears of War 2 vs Halo 3. They gave Gears the nod for graphics and story, but felt that Halo 3 was stronger in other categories. Metalingus627 found this one.
(Louis Wu 14:16:11 UTC) (permalink)
News December 1 2008
Hot deals from LIVE
Major Nelson has some pretty cool news - if you don't already have the Legendary Map Pack for Halo 3, you can buy it for just 400 MS Points, starting tomorrow. (That's $5, US, for the point-challenged among you.) The lowered price is good for a week. Thanks, KP. (Louis Wu 20:34:46 UTC) (permalink)
Tag - Hunter's It
Bungie's posted yet another collection of cool images, found by using the newish tag system to look for Hunters - try your own searches! (Louis Wu 19:37:20 UTC) (permalink)
The Cole Protocol Excerpt
If you haven't grabbed a copy of The Cole Protocol yet, you can swing by Bungie.net for an excerpt - they've put the prologue up for your reading pleasure. Check it out! (Louis Wu 19:04:26 UTC) (permalink)
Continuation of the Species
TTL Demag0gue let us know that Reclaimer 118 is now live - there's some philosophizing in there! (Louis Wu 16:54:26 UTC) (permalink)
HCE Archive November Update
Dennis Powers sent along an update for the Halo Custom Edition game Archive - 58 new maps and assets were added last month, bringing the total to 3660 items. Maps of note: Sciophobia by Ranger (an abandoned UNSC Space Station), and Desert b18 by adumbass - (a large desert terrain). Check 'em out!
(Louis Wu 16:50:32 UTC) (permalink)
Games in Proteins
The latest Digital Unrest comic is just plain silly... but it's got a Halo reference. Thanks, Ross. (Louis Wu 13:50:45 UTC) (permalink)
IG Brainz - Zombies in HaloCE
David Anderson let us know about an app called 'IG Brainz' - it's a standalone app that runs alongside HaloCE to enforce Zombie rules. Pretty cool! It can be downloaded from HaloMaps, and Intergalactic Morons (the guys who created it) have WIP threads on both Modacity and Halomaps. (They've got a bunch of other goodies in the works.) Take a look! (Louis Wu 13:46:06 UTC) (permalink)
Halo Trilogy: Real Info
The Halo Trilogy - the Complete Original Sountracks has now been officially announced; you can read the press release over at Music 4 Games. It's available tomorrow, and it looks like I was wrong - it's not just a compliation of released discs up to this point. Well... not entirely. It DOES have the Halo 1 soundtrack as one of the disks, and the Halo 3 soundtrack is another pair - but only Volume Two of the Halo 2 Original Soundtrack is included - Volume One has been replaced with a Halo Wars Bonus DVD, including a behind-the-scenes look at the recording sessions. Nice! Thanks, Greg. (Louis Wu 13:15:08 UTC) (permalink)
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