Forge is so much fun

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Making maps is just so relaxing, really takes my mind off the massive problem that is not having a job right now. Headrush was finished a while back, and a week or so ago I finished Quadro, which is a quasi-remake of Relic, or at least, a re-imagination of it's core principles (flag up really high, go get it). Then…

Reach is still giving me goosebumps

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Headrush has had 55 downloads! Is that a lot? I don't know. I've started on my next map, it's called Quadro (semi-named after Karl, I guess). It's a bit like Relic, but built around the terrain on Montana (or Alaska, I forget). Montana (or Alaska) is the raised bit that runs parallel with the Coag Canyon, with blue base being…
Forge and Arena update

Forge and Arena update

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Headrush, my Headlong "remix" is coming along nicely. About 50% done. I felt I needed to make the open area a bit bigger - the scale seems different in Reach. It gives vehicles more room to manoeuvre. I've made sure I've kept the different ground levels in there, so there's only one way back to the attacking base with the…

Just a quick one today

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I finally convinced Jane to watch Dexter! We're only a few episodes in, but she's enjoying it, like I knew she would. It's great watching it from the start again. Halo: Reach is just immense. There's so much to do, so many bad guys to kill, Jane and I have been playing it at almost every free moment we've had.…

List Of Maps I’m Going To Make In Forge World

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Forge in Halo: Reach is, quite simply, looking immense. As well as offering more objects per level, the new tools and abilities at your disposal will hopefully let you re-create maps of old, as faithful to the originals as you can possibly imagine. It's been occupying my thoughts a lot recently, so I thought I'd write up a "List Of…
Grifball!

Grifball!

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Bungie's Double XP Weekend playlist of choice this last weekend was Grifball. I adore Grifball. Created by Burnie Burns of Rooster Teeth, thanks to the wonder of Halo 3's Forge map creation tool and the fully customisable game-types, then combined with being able to spread these around via your own personal File Share, Grifball is undoubtedly the most successful user-created…