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Find that movie faster.
In response to a user request, some long-needed search features have been added to the Movies database. You can now search multiple fields, in multiple ways. Should make life a bit easier finding what you were looking for... (Louis Wu 21:06:39 UTC) (permalink)
The Halo 2 Content Onslaught Continues.
Jonesin' for still MORE Halo 2 goodness? SketchFactor notes that two new storyboards from the E3 demo have been added to the Tru7h & Reconciliation site; they're not the same ones that showed up in last month's OXM, either. Check 'em out! (Louis Wu 20:47:09 UTC) (permalink)
Holy crap.
The latest story to grace the front page of Bungie.net (bumping a picture of yours truly off after only 16 hours - thanks, mehve) is a bizarre tale of background research, in which several members of the Halo 2 dev team spent a day playing with real guns, courtesy of the US Special Forces. In the words of Robert McLees, "It was an amazing experience and it has fueled my brains with tons of cool ideas." Go read it. And realize that your Halo 2 experience will be that much more realistic because of it. (Louis Wu 19:48:29 UTC) (permalink)
blam.bungie.org archives back online!
Yesterday, Ross Mills pointed out that the archive of our very early days was offline. A quick email to Aaron Davies, though, fixed the problem - thanks to him, some of our earliest history is now permanently stored right here on this site. Take a walk down memory lane (or see it for the first time, if you haven't been coming to this site for 4 years)! Gah. This reminds me... we missed our 4-year anniversary. :( (Louis Wu 18:24:28 UTC) (permalink)
bungie.de back up
Atomi writes to point out that bungie.de, a German Halo (PC/Mac) site, is back online. Check it out! (Louis Wu 15:59:09 UTC) (permalink)
Super Death what?
It's bizarre... but it's small, so what the heck. synide created a sub-4mb movie (QuickTime format, now), showing (in his words, mind you) 'super death drop bomb melee charlie in the trees type stuff'. Timing's pretty nice. Check it out. (You may have to watch it a couple of times; there are fun views from both screens.) (Louis Wu 15:16:22 UTC) (permalink)
Hot Head.
The new One One Se7en is part of a 3-strip series; I'm sure it was supposed to happen in a single week, and I'm sure the fact that it's starting on a Wednesday instead of a Monday is entirely my fault... but you'll just have to maintain your sense of continuity over the weekend, sorry. (Louis Wu 15:10:26 UTC) (permalink)
Glenda Adams leaves Westlake - but Halo goes on
IMG's 'One on One' feature between Glenda Adams (Westlake programmer) and Tuncer Deniz (Inside Mac Games editor) is coming to a close, since Adams is moving to Aspyr Media... but there's one last episode, with a wrapup of the work going on at Westlake. Halo gets a very brief mention:
Halo is actually up and playing on the Mac, and we're merging in some of the latest PC code changes right now to keep it current.
Good to know! Read the rest of the interview at Inside Mac Games. (Thanks to travis for the heads-up.) (Louis Wu 12:30:30 UTC) (permalink)
Whew - I'm not sure he took a breath during that...
SketchFactor, a whirling dervish of updating action, has put up FanFest Flashback - Part 2, covering the day of the fest itself (with the chaos of the day nicely captured by the writing style). Check it out. (There are also links to a trailer (in both WMV and QT formats) of an upcoming Fanfest documentary put together by Mr. Smiley... Sketch's links are a bit funky, but they'll probably get fixed at some point, and figuring out the real links shouldn't be too hard.) Update: Links for the documentary trailer movies are fixed. It waren't Sketch's fault; looks like the site scripting has gone a bit wonky... (Louis Wu 02:31:40 UTC) (permalink)
More trailer details
I hadn't realized the details were going to be released this early... but apparently, MS lips are a bit looser than Bungie lips; a bad thing when lots of people have access to information. Gamepro has put up some details about the demo to be released on Friday - the WMP9 version will be roughly 150 mb, and filmed in gorgeous 640x480 video (with Dolby 5.1 surround sound). Gamepro doesn't mention it, but there'll be other formats available, as well. (Not ALL of us can see WMP9 video, after all.) Thanks to Appleicious for the heads-up. (Louis Wu 02:21:41 UTC) (permalink)
Unsettling, on so many levels...
Thanks to Twilight, who was first (of many) to point out the Seattle Times article on Justin Timberlake's visit to Bungie. I thought about leaving this in the forum, but how could I pass up journalism like this?
He thrilled the Bungie team by signing autographs and multiplaying with them. They, in turn, tried to wow him with their latest game, Brute Force.
I haven't received the flood of outraged emails from Bungie employees who were shocked at this representation yet... but I'm guessing that's because they haven't stopped laughing long enough to type. (For those keeping score, no, Bungie did NOT create Brute Force.) (Louis Wu 02:06:54 UTC) (permalink)
Hold on to your hats - the internet's coming down
For those not tuned in to the minute-by-minute goings-on at bungie.net, about an hour ago, SketchFactor announced that the E3 2003 vid (the real deal, not the shakeycam versions floating around the net) will be released this Friday. Start your browsers! (Louis Wu 01:27:10 UTC) (permalink)
Tuesday's news in brief:
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Contest Updates Halo 2 Best Console Game, says GCA There's that number again... Elite Guide moves |
Monday's news in brief:
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It's evil... More pretty pictures Artwork, clearing the queue Dolour Signs |
