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Fight Like a Girl
Halo 3
10.04.2007 at 4:26 pm
The Cavegirls present: Fight Like a Girl 2
Halo 3 tournament for the fight against breast cancer
When: October 20th, 2007
Where: On XboxLive
Entry Fee: $10 (If you are playing in both 2v2 and FFA, you need to pay the entry fee for each tournament)
Who can sign up? Anyone
Time:
11 AM Pacific
12 PM Mountain
1 PM Central
2 PM Eastern
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Halo + Cats = Good Time
Halo 3
10.01.2007 at 2:38 pm
This is so stupid…I like it.
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Reggie Fils-Aime Speaks - Halo 3 and Wii ‘Shortage’
Nintendo Wii + Halo 3 + Reggie Fils-Aime
10.01.2007 at 10:14 am
Reggie (taken from Kotaku):
“Will they sell a lot of software? Certainly. Will it sell hardware? I think it’s an open question… I think that the Halo 3 consumer already has the hardware, because they’re playing BioShock and Crackdown and a variety of games that are, in the end, quite similar: first-person shooter experience, multiplayer capable online. Tell me what’s new?”
I suppose a faked shortage sells systems better than good games.
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Destructoid Blog: Wishes and Warthogs: Launch Night Confessions
Blog + Destructoid + Halo 3
09.30.2007 at 9:25 am
Learn about MechaMonkey’s Halo 3 launch night adventures in this well written blog entry.
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Bungie Calms the Crazies
Halo 3 + Bungie.net
09.29.2007 at 11:25 am
To calm the people claiming Halo 3 was not running at 720p but instead at “640p” Bungie posted the following.
“One item making the interwebs rounds this week was the scandalous revelation that Halo 3 runs at “640p” which isn’t even technically a resolution. However, the interweb detectives did notice that Halo 3’s vertical resolution, when captured from a frame buffer, is indeed 640 pixels. So what gives? Did we short change you 80 pixels?
Naturally it’s more complicated than that. In fact, you could argue we gave you 1280 pixels of vertical resolution, since Halo 3 uses not one, but two frame buffers – both of which render at 1152×640 pixels. The reason we chose this slightly unorthodox resolution and this very complex use of two buffers is simple enough to see – lighting. We wanted to preserve as much dynamic range as possible – so we use one for the high dynamic range and one for the low dynamic range values. Both are combined to create the finished on screen image.
This ability to display a full range of HDR, combined with our advanced lighting, material and postprocessing engine, gives our scenes, large and small, a compelling, convincing and ultimately “real” feeling, and at a steady and smooth frame rate, which in the end was far more important to us than the ability to display a few extra pixels. Making this decision simpler still is the fact that the 360 scales the
“almost-720p” image effortlessly all the way up to 1080p if you so desire.
In fact, if you do a comparison shot between the native 1152×640 image and the scaled 1280×720, it’s practically impossible to discern the difference. We would ignore it entirely were it not for the internet’s propensity for drama where none exists. In fact the reason we haven’t mentioned this before in weekly updates, is the simple fact that it would have distracted conversation away from more important aspects of the game, and given tinfoil hats some new gristle to chew on as they catalogued their toenail clippings.”
Click to visit the Bungie site.
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Halo 3 Ebay Auction for the Boys & Girls Club
Microsoft + Halo 3 + Xbox.com
09.26.2007 at 10:55 am
Microsoft is auctioning off the ultimate Halo 3 package to the highest eBay bidder. The package includes:
The ONLY Xbox 360™ Limited Edition Halo 3 console that has been personally signed by Bill Gates.
The ONLY Limited Edition Halo 3 Zune 30 GB media player personally signed by J Allard.
The entire Halo Trilogy: Two copies of Halo 3 (Legendary Edition and Standard Edition), plus the Halo Triple Pack for Xbox® (Halo: Combat Evolved, Halo 2 and the Halo 2 Multiplayer Map Pack)
Xbox 360 HD DVD player.
Rare special aluminum storage case with over $400 worth of accessories (two Limited Edition Halo 3 Wireless Controllers with an exclusive Todd McFarlane Collectable Figurine, Messenger Kit, HDMI AV cable, extra 120 GB hard drive, and a Halo 3 T-shirt).
Shuffle off to xbox.com for more details.
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Halo 3 Coverage on Xbox.com
Halo 3 + Xbox.com
09.25.2007 at 9:15 am
Just a reminder, there is a large part of land in between the east and west coast and we do play video games and we like things such as cool launch events. Anyway, go over to xbox.com to see all the fun in New York City.
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The Major at BestBuy
Major Nelson + Halo 3 + Flickr
09.24.2007 at 11:36 am
Again, no one ever comes to the Midwest. Anyway, Major Nelson has headed over the NYC BestBuy to enjoy the Halo 3 festivities. Check out his Flickr feed for some photos.
Comments
“Have fun tonight! :D”
“Man the line is already starting at Best Buy in NYC? Dang! The store I preordered mine from wont let the line start till 8 pm I guess its all about experiance though Which is why I plan on being in line”
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Halo 360 Mod
Kotaku + Halo 3
09.24.2007 at 11:17 am
Kotaku has up some pictures of a 360 mod that makes the official Halo 360 look sad.
Kotaku Comments
“Awesome. From 360 to halo battleground.”
“Oh man, that thing rocks. (Here’s hoping it doesn’t RROD, man that would suck)”
“Ohmigod that’s awesome! Next-gen is when you can order a console like that. Me want. Me want bad. Think MS will send my 360 back looking like that? That’d be like, so much better than a free month of Live.”
“s NOT a case mod. more like a fancy base for your Xbox. That said–impressive as hell nevertheless. -runs out to buy Spartan action figures-”
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Bungie goes to NYC for Launch Event
Bungie + Halo 3
09.24.2007 at 10:55 am
No one ever comes to the Midwest. Anyway, check out the site for more information.
“Tomorrow, Sept. 24th, beginning at 9 a.m. at the Best Buy in lovely New York City (the Best Buy at 44th and 5th), Bungie, Microsoft and tons dudes will be on hand until midnight, playing Halo 3 with the fans, goofing around, doling out tons of prizes, holding competitions and generally spreading the seeds of Infinite Win throughout the core of the Big Apple.”
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