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Bungie announces the next Halo Novel by Tobias Buckell!

June 16th, 2008 · No Comments

I’m stoked to share this, though obviously not as stoked as my friend Toby, who was just announced by way of the Bungie.net blog to be writing the next halo novel. The novel is due out this fall and is called Halo; The Cole Protocol. Details on the novel are sparse right now, but you [...]

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Tags: Games · books

New Halo 3 Legendary Map Vidoc

April 9th, 2008 · No Comments

Bungie released a new video which should provide some more insight into the maps and features which are part of the Legendary Map pack. The new map pack will be available on April 15th for 800 MS points.

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I Am THE Halo 3 Supergeek

November 28th, 2007 · No Comments

Halo 3 SuperGeek
A few months ago I shared that I had entered the “WIRED Magazine Halo 3 Supergeek Contest”. I was lucky enough to be the Grand Prize Winner of the contest!! Since we already have one 360 and the blanket was hand made by my wife the new Halo 3 edition Xbox [...]

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Halo 3 Soundtrack Preview

November 14th, 2007 · No Comments

Bungie announced earlier today that the Halo 3 soundtrack preview site has gone live. Currently the site only allows for short samples of each song on the 2 disk set with some commentary, however much more is to come. The Halo 3 soundtrack releases November 20th and is available for pre-order the Halo [...]

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Tags: Games · Music

Halo 3 Supergeek Contest at WIRED

October 9th, 2007 · No Comments

WIRED is having a Halo 3 Supergeek contest right now and as you may have guessed I have entered. The contest has some sweet prizes and runs through late October.

Grand Prize: one Halo 3 Special Edition Xbox 360 Game Console, one limited edition Xbox 360 controller, one limited edition Halo 3 wireless [...]

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Luckiest Halo 3 Grenade Toss…Yet

October 6th, 2007 · No Comments

Blackshadowmist, had one of the luckiest and funniest Halo 3 grenade sticks I have ever seen.

Pretty amazing video! I can’t wait to see what the saved film’s feature brings to our attention in the coming months.

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Tags: Games · Humor

Bungie and Microsoft Break Up…Stay Friends

October 5th, 2007 · 1 Comment

Well much like the romantic relationships of your youth the Bungie/Microsoft ownership has come to an end. Thankfully for gamers they have promised to remain friends. Bungie broke the news in their What’s up Weekly Update and assure fans that they will be continuing to both parter with Microsoft and continue work [...]

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If MS and Bungie Break Up, Who Gets the Dog?

October 3rd, 2007 · No Comments

You can’t get around any gaming news site or forum today without running across headlines speculating that Bungie and Microsoft are caling it quits. I have seen headlines ranging from the factual, “RUMOR TIME: Bungie Leaving MS” to the Emo, ” OMG Bungie doesn’t heart MS O Nooes!1!!!” but one thing is clear, something [...]

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Tags: Games · Tech

Check Out the Master Chief Legos

May 4th, 2007 · 5 Comments

So officially they are Kubricks, but they look sweet. 4 of these in various colors including active camo run $18 through an importer such as Comics Infinity. These look pretty slick and would make a fine addition to any office or dorm desk.

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Tags: Games

New project coming soon

March 10th, 2006 · No Comments

I am well underway with another project at the moment so this weekend’s posts will be limited to some random news clips and ranting about finding a silica gel caplet in my lunchmeat this morning.
Back to Halo and then recaping some Lost with Amber.
“If we processed student loans any slower they would be paid off [...]

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