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Thursday, June 12, 2003 |  |
A panoply of panoramas
BOLL has added 16 new panoramas to his Halorama collection - you can see them here. These are all multiplayer maps, and they (mostly) include players. There are some pretty cool ones in there! (The Flash interface is still not useable; the last two collection exceeded the maximum number of files it could deal with. BOLL's working on it.) (Louis Wu 20:53:55 UTC) (permalink)
The pics keep pouring out...
Yet more new content at Bungie's Tru7h and Reconciliation: another pair of storyboards, and new concept art (the phantom, and the Covenant 'bus'). Grab 'em while they're hot! (Louis Wu 19:16:26 UTC) (permalink)
Pallor: Spotlighted
Ever wondered what makes community fixture Pallor tick? The Junkyard continues its 'Spotlight' series by shining the beam on Meg. Go read about her past as a figure skater, and her future as... well, wherever her present actions lead. Or something. (Louis Wu 18:04:21 UTC) (permalink)
Rebuilding lost data
Once upon a time, there was a hunt for an easter egg dubbed the Megg. It generated a HUGE amount of traffic, and forum regular Shishka created a FAQ, of sorts, for it, housed over at Subnova. Unfortunately, in the great database crash of last month at SN, it was lost... but Shishka is trying to rebuild it. If anyone has a cached copy they'd saved, anywhere along the line, he'd love it if you mailed him a copy. Thanks! (Louis Wu 17:22:29 UTC) (permalink)
Halo 2 Screensaver updated
Ciarán posted a note on our forum to say that his Halo 2 Screen Saver has been updated in anticipation of tomorrow's trailer release. (He also has some info about the website it's served from - some nice use of RSS there...) (Louis Wu 17:01:02 UTC) (permalink)
Picture queue, part 2
A couple of very nice entries in todays desktop offerings - check the Wallpaper section. (There seem to be a new rash of people not bothering to read the image posting guidelines - if you submitted something, and it didn't show up, this is probably why.) (Louis Wu 13:47:57 UTC) (permalink)
Picture queue, part 1
Quite a mix for you today, in the Miscellaneous Art section... (Louis Wu 13:33:47 UTC) (permalink)
A call for decency
Yesterday, we posted a note about a story published in the Seattle Times which contained a couple of entertaining mistakes. (Entertaining, that is, for those who know Bungie well. To the rest of the world, it's doubtful they were even noticed.) I saw several disturbing posts on our forum today, expressing outrage that anyone would make these mistakes... but what really got to me was a note someone sent, containing the rant they had mailed directly to the author. In it, they insulted her personally, maligned her physical appearance, cast aspersions on her sexual orientation, and (almost incidentally) attempted to correct her mistakes... unsuccessfully. I'd like to take this opportunity to suggest that the absolute worst face you can put on a Bungie fan is one contorted with this sort of puerile rage - when you act this stupidly in public, you reflect badly on ALL Bungie fans. As Gawyn put succinctly in our forum, "please act like adults when you contact the press because you, in some fashion, represent the community at large, and we want to have a good reputation." (Louis Wu 02:26:29 UTC) (permalink)
And Other Stories
In case speculation on Halo's storyline isn't your thing, we've got 7 pieces from Fan Fiction authors that branch out a bit from the canon:
- .halo 8: Forgotten Realms (Series Finale), by Neo//hack
- The Mars Annihilations , by Janglurevil7
- Wrong or Right part 4, by harley
- The Fall of Fate: Exploration , by 'Nosolee
- Ishkabibbl'sStory/Humanity'sLastHope/BloodyWar(Part One), by Ishkabibbl
- Flood Survival, by Forever Forerunner
- Halo: The Scythe of Death Part Two, by LordofDestruction
Get to reading... (Louis Wu 02:08:48 UTC) (permalink)
Halo Story Page updated
Grumpy because the last Story page update happened before E3? Feeling deprived of the wild speculation of your fellow HSP junkies? Cry no longer - mnemesis has posted a hefty collection of cogitation and cerebration for you to mull over. Get to reading! (Louis Wu 02:04:20 UTC) (permalink)
Now THESE are big.
Thanks to Strato, who pointed out some astonishingly high-resolution versions of the first 6 Halo 2 screenshots over at the Xbox.com press section. The zip file is almost 40 megabytes, and for that you get some Bungie logos (EPS format, so you pick the size), and 6 TIFF files that weigh in at 2560x1920 pixels each. (Check the alpha channel of any of 'em for a funky bonus.) If you're looking for hi-res shots to create artwork from... these are your friends. (Remember that yellow text in the brute shot that looked like S'pht writing? You can read it now.) (Louis Wu 01:53:14 UTC) (permalink)
Chief's New Toy
In case you thought there weren't enough updates on Bungie.net today, mehve turned out a really wicked-cool (and I don't use that term lightly) desktop for the Halo PC Wallpaper page over at the Tru7h and Reconciliation website. To put it simply... it rocks. Check it out. (Louis Wu 01:45:45 UTC) (permalink)
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