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Wednesday, December 5, 2001 |  |
New Bungie job opening
The sharp eyes of mnemesis are STILL working - he caught a new job listing on Bungie's corporate site.
3D Animator
Bungie is seeking a skilled character animator to join our quest for world domination.
Responsibilities:
- Create realistic animations for a variety of characters that meet Bungie?s quality, originality and creative standards, all within tight technical requirements.
- Maintain a consistency of animation with regards to appearance, style, timing and other related aspects from one character to another.
- Assist with other aspects of art production, such as modeling and texturing.
Requirements and application procedure are listed, as well. Hmm... is the Phoenix team looking for new blood, or is this for a NEW project? (Louis Wu 20:49:05 UTC) (permalink)
MC on a wheel
The Unicycle? Matt Soell alludes to an intriguing tidbit in this forum post... (Louis Wu 19:03:10 UTC) (permalink)
Another couple of print reviews
There have been a couple of print articles waiting for their respective issues to be off the shelves - since they now are, we're posting them: Here's a 2-page Halo review from the November 2001 issue of Game Informer (Halo got a 9.5):
And here's last month's Official Xbox Magazine review (Halo also got a 9.5):
More when we remember! (Louis Wu 19:00:19 UTC) (permalink)
Wallpaper competition at Halo Orbit
German Halo site Halo Orbit is running another Wallpaper competition - the winner will be showcased on their site for a full month. Check out the details (in German) here! (Louis Wu 18:56:27 UTC) (permalink)
Fanfic art - before the fiction
Jason O'Brien has created a new image for use in an upcoming Fan Fiction story - we've added it to our Miscellaneous Art collection. (Louis Wu 18:56:05 UTC) (permalink)
Halo on Reuters
Microsoft is trumpeting its half-a-million-units-sold news far and wide - Reuters sent out this picture of a Microsoft Employee playing Halo (on a pretty nice TV) to accompany it. Thanks to mnemesis for noticing it... (Louis Wu 17:16:49 UTC) (permalink)
December 2001 Gamestar article scanned
Thanks to Uriel, who sent in the full 12-page Halo article from last month's GameStar magazine (in german). It's finally off the shelves, so we've archived it.
There are a few other articles we'll be putting up soon... Update: Thanks to MakeMineRed, who pointed out there are some serious spoilers on page 7 - even for folks who don't read German. Careful... (Louis Wu 16:20:34 UTC) (permalink)
Why beta-testing is good
Oops... Chris Butcher sheds light on one potentially annoying behavior in this behind-the-scenes look at the development process. (Personally, I would have thought it would be hilarious... once.) (Louis Wu 13:36:00 UTC) (permalink)
Tuesday's news in brief:
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123 Xbox reviews Halo MS is okay with online hacks Playing with numbers Misc Art with spoilers PoA creator steps forward Tru7h and Recon updated |
Monday's news in brief:
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Halo manual, in German, from SE Another home for a Winamp skin Halo SETI Team 7 day stats posted |
