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Tuesday, May 20, 2003 |  |
It wasn't trivial.
The winner of the Online Trivia Contest held last week here has been revealed, over at Bungie.net, by SketchFactor. Congratulations to Thomas Langdon, who pulled the high score (36/49, or 73%) out of the 326 people who took it. (Yeah, it was TOUGH.) We should have it back online to play with later this week. If there's interest, I'd be happy to post the top 100 or so. (Louis Wu 19:05:59 UTC) (permalink)
Screenshot oversight
In the fervor of last week, we managed to forget to post about a seventh screenshot at Bungie.net; unlike the first 6, it's at 640x480, because apparently the depth-of-field effect only works at that resolution. It's very slick, though - worth seeing! (It's the last shot on the page.) (Louis Wu 13:58:21 UTC) (permalink)
Gamespot talks to Pete Parsons
For those with Gamespot Complete access (it seems many people paid them the $5 monthly fee to get the Halo 2 trailer), there's a new interview up; Pete Parsons, Studio Manager at Bungie, discussed the trailer, and the future with respect to Halo 2, with a Gamespot staffer. You'll find it on their media page. Just under 5 minutes, it weighs in at 62 mb. (Louis Wu 13:42:05 UTC) (permalink)
Film competition? Oh, yeah...
The Academy of Machinima Arts & Sciences is now looking for films. From their official announcement:
The Academy of Machinima Arts & Sciences has officially opened its 2003 Call for Entries, accepting submissions of Machinima works for this year’s Machinima Film Festival (Machinima films are films made within a real-time virtual 3D environment, i.e. 3D game engine). The early submission deadline is August 1, 2003 and the final deadline is September 15, 2003. This year’s festival is to be held in New York City in October 2003.
Visit the site and look around - and think about an entry if you're so inclined! (Louis Wu 09:35:37 UTC) (permalink)
Tiny Details You Never Knew, part 132
mehve, otherwise known as Bungie artist Lorraine McLees, points out on our forum that Cortana's face was modeled after Nefertiti, an ancient Egyptian queen. (There are hundreds of pictures of her - just do a Google image search; here's one example, on a page describing the queen herself.) Thanks, mehve! (Louis Wu 08:50:06 UTC) (permalink)
Discovery Channel Details
It's been mentioned that one of the videos shown at the fanfest involved a documentary being done for the Discovery Channel. Forum visitor none posted a summary of the actual piece, as well as showtimes. (Be aware that the documentary will not contain all the footage shown at the fanfest.) (Louis Wu 08:15:06 UTC) (permalink)
More details from IGN
IGN has also put up an Insider-only article containing updates on the Halo 2 info beyond that which you can glean from watching the trailer. Much of this info is available elsewhere (our forum, for example, in the form of reports from the show or the fanfest), but some was new for me. Probably the most interesting bit was that the covenant mortar (referred to as a 'turret' by Marty O'Donnell at the show) you see early on in the trailer will be a controllable vehicle, much as the Shades are in Halo: CE. I'm lookin' forward to some serious shelling! (Louis Wu 07:56:37 UTC) (permalink)
Poll: Xbox Game of Show at E3?
Rage Reset points out that the front page of IGN Xbox contains a poll asking your opinion about the Xbox game of the show for E3. Halo 2 is currently stomping the competition with almost 70% of the vote... but hey, a poll's a poll. (Louis Wu 07:46:17 UTC) (permalink)
HaloRAMA lama ding dong
BOLL has added another 20 panoramas to his HaloRAMA collection. You can view all images in the default mode, or you can check out just the new images. There are some stunning ones in there! (The Flash interface needs to be updated - by BOLL - before it can show these new images, so for the time being, it's straight html for you...) (Louis Wu 01:23:25 UTC) (permalink)
Monday's news in brief:
Sunday's news in brief:
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The Trailer Issue - Clarification Halo 2: Fantasy Seige Never-before-seen screens at a Danish site Fan Fiction doesn't stop for E3 |
