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Subject: Bungie Weekly Update
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Cool update. the art was beautiful both pictures. Any way we can get the graphics of the MC as the Pizza person in H3?


Wait a second. Just who is being patronized in this post?

I was joking... You know LOL.

  • 09.01.2006 6:16 PM PDT
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So, Frankie is doing a voiceover for a gruff sergeant(hmmmm...) Sergeant Jhonson perhaps.

*Looks at Mister Chief* *shudders*

  • 09.01.2006 6:16 PM PDT
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That was a Great Update, Nice Info about Halo 3, Few Info About the Movie and Sweet Lord I didn`t know Peter Jackson Was The Guy for the The "Halo Movie", and Thanks Frankie for Last Week when you didn`t show the Pic of mister chief, I believe you saved us a Horrible moment,But now here it is, dear God..

Did SWAT Ever Leave the Top Rankings?


P.S, DO NOT Try SWAT CTF, its terrible,and its Horribly wrong, and should not be attempted from anyone at any place, Hired Professionals made the stunt and concluded "NO"

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  • 09.01.2006 6:17 PM PDT

RIP Halo 2.

Posted by: Ninja 0n Fire
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lol Ninja you sound wierd in the postcast, great anwsers though! =)

I call shenanigans, it doesn't even sound like me. My voice is deeper and much more angrrrrr. I think someone applied a voice mask while I was recording or something.

I hate hearing my voice over speakers too. It's just not the same.

Posted by: l iam117 l
Woah woah woah! That's a lot of information! :P

If I were to ask what the specs of your "debug kits" were, would you reply?

Oh, and I assume when you're talking about Campaign being a file you're talking about seperate maps as Halo 2 is?

This is how the development process worked during Halo 2 - it meant that the multiplayer build could be grabbed quickly (it's obviously a much smaller file than the entire campaign) and tested independently.

Pfft, I doubt this'll be answered, but if you don't ask you don't get! :)

Regarding the specs, it depends on whether he's running a real debug unit (XeDK) or a dev kit.

The XeDK units are solid black, and feature a sidecar attachment, containing 2 USB-B ports - one for DVD emulation a la the Raptor cards from the original XDK. The second port is labeled Pix, and I believe it is for dumping videos and screengrabs. I think the hard drive is 80GB on those. Possibly 250GB...

The dev kits look like retail boxes except with two wires coming out fo the top. One of which cna be connected to a PC DVD emulator card, and the other I don't know what it does.

When he says download the file, I would assume he's downloading a single .XCP file which is then extracted and installed to the executable and seperate map files. It'd be totally unreasonable and probably not possible to compile an entire game into a single .xex file. Not to mention I believe it was confirmed Halo 3 would be running off a modified Halo 2 engine (I think don't count on it) which would mean map files still.

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Luckily I bought a Jump to Conclussions mat...

Nice job on referencing Office Space. =)

  • 09.01.2006 6:18 PM PDT

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I loved the podcasts. Perhaps more than the updates even.

  • 09.01.2006 6:22 PM PDT

Men, we've led these dumb bugs out to the middle of nowhere to keep from getting their filthy claws on earth, but, we stumbled on to something that's so hot for them, that they're scrambling over each other to get it. Well, I don't care if it's God's own anti-son-of-a-b*tch machine, or a giant hola-hoop, we ain't gonna let them have it. What we will let them have, is a belly full of lead, and a pool of their own blood to drown in!

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MARATHONG!!! ROFL!!! That used to be my all time favorite game.

  • 09.01.2006 6:22 PM PDT
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Nice update love the info. Oh hi dwells what are you doing up there?

  • 09.01.2006 6:22 PM PDT

"You're never gonna fight me, I'll wipe the world away"

I would also like to add that I would like to see an interview with "The Man" in the next podcast, just so we know hes still there. Also it would be cool to have and interview with Marty and how his in game music is coming along. This has nothing to do with a podcast, but why not ask, I would like another Bungie Tour showing all of the building now that your project was announced.

  • 09.01.2006 6:24 PM PDT

Men, we've led these dumb bugs out to the middle of nowhere to keep from getting their filthy claws on earth, but, we stumbled on to something that's so hot for them, that they're scrambling over each other to get it. Well, I don't care if it's God's own anti-son-of-a-b*tch machine, or a giant hola-hoop, we ain't gonna let them have it. What we will let them have, is a belly full of lead, and a pool of their own blood to drown in!

Whoa, that dude two posts up had the same avatar and post time.
Creepy...
Yea, MLG players can use other weapons besides BR. Who said we couldn't?

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  • 09.01.2006 6:25 PM PDT

RIP Halo 2.

Posted by: haston
Nice update love the info. Oh hi dwells what are you doing up there?

Just doing my whole posting thing and whatnot.

In the meantime, I'm hittin' up Saints Row.


On topic, I jus tnoticed that Mister Chief picture. Ew. However I did chuckle at the Marathong.

  • 09.01.2006 6:29 PM PDT
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Posted by: Frankie (In the update)
The actual podcast, when it arrives, will be a lot bigger in scope and scale, and we'd LOVE to hear from you guys about what kind of content you'd like to hear. Make sure to discuss that in the forum link at the end of this post.

You know, it's hard to say what I'd like to see in the podcast without mentioning Halo 3, because let's face it, that's what most people would like to hear more about.

It'd be nice to see the Halo story talked about, from what we know so far. Obviously we don't want Halo 3 spoiled, but how about someone from Bungie gives their opinions (maybe negative criticisms) on some of the more popular theories that are floating around.

I've been listening to the podcast, where it says of those complaining about being banned from Xbox Live, "If you saw the proof that we had [of cheating] you'd be pretty embarrassed to send another mail like that because your game data is laughable if you're that kind of booster or bridger. It just looks ridiculous."

Is there any way we could see this data in an update or something? Wouldn't this kind of thing show cheaters just how visible they are, to put them off?

  • 09.01.2006 6:30 PM PDT
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Thankyou, DWells. Probably more information than I needed but it's only helpful to know it! :P

  • 09.01.2006 6:40 PM PDT

Just remember... I keep it real...

Awsome update. Its gets better each week after the announcement.
"one of our ostensible "rivals" games" "if you put your brain in gear" I am thinking... umm... Gears of War, tell me if I am wrong, I doubt it. But ya, you have nothing to worry, Halo 3 is going to kill Gears of War. No competition. "a couple of them look totally finished" Awsome, can't wait to see a real time DEMO of a level. Its Zanzibar at E3 all over again. I warn you, make it good and long, I plan on watching it 10 times a day till release. GREAT concept art. Looks like some intense play. You call it "Ark Storm" and I call it the thing from the trailer. If I was to guess on what MC was looking at, my guess would be a mini Halo or big gun slowly movieing out of the hole. But hey, what do I know compaired to you. It sucks that there arn't any killer news, but since Halo might start shooting in early 2007 that means we might get some killer news sooner. An unlockable in Halo 3 is if you beat it on Legendary the player gets a choice to have your voiceovers for dialog. That new Matchmaking playlast rocks. Love Team Carnage. Can't wait for more. And finally, I can see why you were a little worried about that picture by Pinkuh. It has "suggestive material". So MC does house calls? That picture will mess with me for a while, that was nothing like I expected.

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Lovely podcast, except my ears are bleeding because I was IMed while having my speakers up to the max trying to hear your quiet voices.

  • 09.01.2006 6:41 PM PDT
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Sweet, sounds cool. one thing though. What about a gametype that allows a player to use single player ablities like the flashlight and active camo? Cant wait to play halo 3!! YAY

  • 09.01.2006 6:50 PM PDT

Just remember... I keep it real...

Great pod cast. Can't wait to play the new Blood Gulch/Coag. Sounds fun. Since it is going to be a "classic"

  • 09.01.2006 7:09 PM PDT

Just remember... I keep it real...

Posted by: Cob_Vironex
Lovely podcast, except my ears are bleeding because I was IMed while having my speakers up to the max trying to hear your quiet voices.


That happened to me to. I skipped heart beats. I was so scared when that happened.

  • 09.01.2006 7:11 PM PDT
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Oh, a Marathong, I have one of those. Good update, but I just hate knowing that we are sitting here wondering about what Halo 3 is like, when you're over there playing it. Grr...

  • 09.01.2006 7:13 PM PDT

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I PLAYED BUNGIE!OMGWTFBBQ!111!!1

Thanks Pinkuh, im gonna have nightmares now. Anyway for the podcast try not to rip off Podtacular to much ;)

  • 09.01.2006 7:13 PM PDT
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Uhh yeah, Be sure not to do that! lol, Great Update Frankie!

  • 09.01.2006 7:17 PM PDT
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Good for stosh, getting himself a job there. Thumbs up.


I am not sure if it's really a full time job more just some volunteer work in his spear time making stuff for the Bungie Store. Not helping them make games or nothing like that.


Well, I get to make halo 2 vista icons. Icons are part of the game right? Yay!

  • 09.01.2006 7:20 PM PDT
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This is the most informative update we've had in recent memory. Thanks a lot for satiating my apetite for Halo 3 info a little. More detailed than usual, yet still enticingly vague. More updates like this please!

Also though, in this section,

"In an interview with Peter Jackson, the director revealed.... (blah blah blah my name is Frankie I type the WWU's etc.)"

The wording implies that the director is Jackson. What about Blomkamp or whatever is name was? Is this wording intentional or just an innocent error in implications, you devious fox, you.

  • 09.01.2006 7:22 PM PDT

Unfamiliar territory has become familiar.

Nice work on keeping the secret lol. But i love the update and keep it coming. O and by the way is your um server accesible to the public. IIt would be great to play some new maps if some how you were able to change them to halo 2 format. But thats just my opinion.

  • 09.01.2006 7:38 PM PDT
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I'm impressed with the update. Surely Microsoft is preparing to send a legion of lawyers to prevent further bursts of glorious information. By the way, if Microsoft trys to push to make Halo 3 come out before it's ready. Call on the Halo community, and the Colbert Nation will spam them full of reasons as to why they should back their septic truck away from the game. It's nice to hear that you need to update your versionof the campaign everyday now, components must be coming together regularly now. Team Bungie is really nailing down some major hours it would appear on Halo 3, keep on going Bungie. Everyone here supports you, except for a few exceptions (cough Ninja On Fire) ;p.

May your waffles have a surplus of maple syrup. From Canada!

  • 09.01.2006 7:42 PM PDT