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The Wrath of Susan
An entertaining Halo LAN practice gets highlighted in today's MacHall. Thanks to Slith for the heads-up. (Louis Wu 22:53:17 UTC) (permalink)
Fanfest Q & A transcript posted
During the Fanfest at E3 recently, some Bungie employees participated in a question and answer session with fanfestgoers. There was a lot of joking, a bit of horseplay, and some good answers. The session was over half an hour long, so we can't exactly bring it to you in video format... but the transcript of the evening is finally ready for reading. Check it out in our Miscellaneous section. (Louis Wu 18:38:02 UTC) (permalink)
Screenshots DB up-to-date
Our Screenshots database just got an infusion of 89 shots, all released over the past three weeks. If you're looking for a Halo screenshot (Halo: CE, Halo 2, or Halo PC), and it's on the net, you'll likely find it here. (This is probably a decent time to point out the (relatively) new sorting feature of the page; you can restrict your view to one flavor of Halo.) (Louis Wu 13:15:15 UTC) (permalink)
HBO-XBL Gamertag list updated
A few days ago, Doggone created a set of icons for the HBO-XBL Gamertag page corresponding to several games we didn't have listed; took a little while to find the time to add them, but you should now be able to identify yourself on the list as playing these games. (Louis Wu 12:08:05 UTC) (permalink)
Who's the Ultimate Halo Fan?
Another entry into the Biggest Halo Fan contest recently held by Bungie came from Brian Josselyn, aka Blackstar. Production quality is pretty high... you've already seen the winner (Red vs Blue's Public Service Announcement), another finalist (Elan Sleazbagano's BHFC), and Maverick's Halo Creations... now check out Blackstar's Ultimate Halo Fan vid. 21.2 mb, 320x240, QuickTime. (The original was bigger, and the credits more readable - blame me, not Brian, for this version.) (Louis Wu 09:10:34 UTC) (permalink)
Movie mirrors - lots and lots of movie mirrors
That Weasel, always lookin' to cause trouble, has mirrored three recent films at That Weasel Television:
- Halo Creations by Maverick J
- WMP9 (27.3 mb)
- QuickTime (21.2 mb)
- Master Chief's Pro Skater by goatrope and SniPeR
- QuickTime (7 mb)
- Silent Cartographer Speed Run by Vern Shields
- QuickTime (23.1 mb)
Now, you may THINK he's being kind and generous... but what's his real motive?
Now you can add more movies to HBO and hose more bandwidth. ;)
See? He doesn't care about us at all. Go download some movies - maybe we'll add another one in the morning. (Louis Wu 02:33:59 UTC) (permalink)
E3 T-Shirts... on display
Last week, I became 5 T-shirts richer at the Bungie Fanfest. I figured some folks might like to see these... so I photographed them and whipped up a web page for them. The pictures are a bit lame... but give me a break, it rained most of the weekend; I took these in the few minutes of sun we had Sunday afternoon. The server's being a bit flakey this evening; if the individual images don't load right away, be patient. (Louis Wu 02:17:12 UTC) (permalink)
Now THAT'S some cool music.
Last year, Justin Durban turned in a pair of pretty nice pieces of music based on the halo theme (here and here). He's done it again - today we got a copy of Ruined Desert, a 5.4 mb mp3. Here's what Justin says about it:
This one gives it a small bit of an ethnic feel. I'm imagining a desert scene inside a HUGE sandlike temple. Almost if it was back in the day of Caesar and the Romans. Or even the ancient Egyptian times. Perhaps a gladiator type arena fight and preparation?
Of course, I have to thank Marty O'Donnell again for creating a kickass soundtrack and inspirational music.
Go grab a copy, and see what you think. I can see the dunes now... (Louis Wu 00:32:34 UTC) (permalink)
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