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3 gameplay movies at Coremagazine.com
Kudos to Aginor, who noticed that CoreMagazine.com posted a Halo impressions article, complete with movies. They had a bit of trouble with the jeep, but overall loved the game. There are three movies, all filmed with a camcorder off the plasma screens above the gaming rigs. The first two are solo play, the third is multiplay. (The multiplay shows four people obviously getting used to controls... hardly worth watching, except to see how splitscreen works.) The second movie shows the jeep driving in the ocean - you can see that the physics of vehicle/water interactions aren't finished yet. ;) All three films are 6-7 megs, in MPEG format, and showing roughly 30 seconds of gameplay each. Check 'em out! (Louis Wu 22:50:26 UTC) (permalink)
Free on E3
Freewill has crunched down four days worth of conventioneering into a single first-person perspective, and posted it to the Bungie Sightings Fanfest V page. Goodly chunks of it deal with Halo - though there's a lot of other stuff in there, too. Check it out! (Louis Wu 15:05:55 UTC) (permalink)
Xbox Campus and Matt
Char drops us a line to let us know that Xbox Campus has confirmed with Matt Soell that some of the problems folks at E3 saw with Halo are due to a weird mistake:
"For some reason the build we brought along was the one from last Thursday (I think). Definitely not the most recent build at any rate. There were some bugs that we fixed specifically for the show that we ended up showcasing."
Char also wanted to point out that Xbox Campus is planning a post-E3 interview with Matt next week, and is now soliciting community feedback about the questions to be asked. Drop by their forum and speak up! (Louis Wu 15:00:35 UTC) (permalink)
Halo SETI Team 7 day stats posted
Amazingly, the Halo SETI Marines didn't lose any ground this week - but it's coming. Three important team members - SHARkY (1927 units), baldrik (1621 units), and blitcz (552 units) have gone AWOL - we haven't been penalized for their absence yet, but experience says it's coming. The addition of Noah (1712 units), NEO (272 units), and a number of other new recruits offset the damage a bit... but make no mistake, the team has taken a blow. Overall, the team added 1287 units for the week... and another 205 since yesterday morning, when these stats were collected, but it's going to take real work to hold our place. Are you doing YOUR part? Check the 7 day stats for all the details. (Louis Wu 13:14:02 UTC) (permalink)
Lords of Divinity make a showing
And another clan site pops up - The Lords of Divinity make their debut. The site looks great in IE, but for some reason, Netscape is showing me source code only. Lixtrim says they're working on it. Check 'em out! (Louis Wu 11:57:02 UTC) (permalink)
New French clan hits the streets
Oops, we'd like to apologize - this got lost in the E3 crush. Last week, Bosskiller51 sent us a note about a new French Halo Clan - Halo French Clan (HFC), in fact. There's not a lot there right now... but we're sorry we missed the link anyway. (Blame Crux.) (Louis Wu 09:43:22 UTC) (permalink)
Oldie but goodie redone in Real
Thanks to XNOR, of HaloPlayers, who mentioned (on our forum) that the Tritin Films remake of the original Halo trailer (dated now, but still very fun to watch) has been redone in Real format. The filesize on the .rm version is 7 megs - less than a quarter of the original .mpg. If you've never seen this (we added the original Tritin version in January, 2000), you might want to grab it. (Our Movies page still contains a link to the original mpeg version.) (Louis Wu 08:59:31 UTC) (permalink)
A cornucopia of culture
Sometimes, they just don't stop. I was about to call it a night, when a short but sweet fanfic dropped into our inbox - Chess, by Jasper. Check it out. (Louis Wu 02:23:55 UTC) (permalink)
Miscellaneous Art Extravaganza
In addition to our overflowing Fiction coffers, we have a plethora of Miscellaneous Art submissions, as well. Steen Nielson sends in a pair of composite pics for your enjoyment. Check 'em out in our Miscellaneous Art section. (Louis Wu 02:11:44 UTC) (permalink)
Fan Fiction Fest
Whoa... the content just flows in. We've got 2 new fanfics for you this evening - one is a second offering from Anonymous Coward, called 'Rescue Mission'... the other is the debut of Koontzy, called 'Land of the Unknown'. Read 'em, then go through the REST of the Fan Fiction section and see what you've been missing! (Louis Wu 02:07:49 UTC) (permalink)
Monday's news in brief:
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Yes, Virginia, for the 10001st time... somethingawful.com goes to E3 Maximum Halo Fan Fiction section updated Net recap, bonus screenshot We're back! Interview with John Howard (Bungie) |
Sunday's news in brief:
| Any lack of news is officially Grim's fault. |
