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Monday, June 16, 2003 |  |
Smaller QT5 version of demo trailer available
Took forever to get it uploaded - but there is now a smaller (52.1mb, 356x240) QuickTime5-compatible version of the trailer online. Again, this one isn't as processor-dependent as the .mp4 version Bungie released, though it should be nearly as good, quality-wise. (Louis Wu 20:56:43 UTC) (permalink)
Are those UNSC Regulation Issue?
Monday's One One Se7en is now online; it's the third piece of the recent subseries. I gotta ask... did the Jjaro make those? (Louis Wu 20:53:43 UTC) (permalink)
The X Factor details
We received a press release for this Friday's 'The X Factor' feature on the Discovery Channel. To remind you, it's debuting at 8 pm ET/PT, and will contain (among other things) an interview with Jason Jones. Read the full press release for more details. (Louis Wu 20:47:51 UTC) (permalink)
Halo 2 Paradise forums move
Rob Csigi of the Halo 2 Paradise Forums wrote to let us know of their new URL. They're on a big push for new members, so swing on by and check 'em out! (Louis Wu 20:22:54 UTC) (permalink)
OMG - give it back!
So when you win the "America's Biggest Halo Fan" contest, and you finally receive your prize in the mail... what do you do to commemorate the occasion? I suppose this is one option... (Shamelessly stolen from Red vs Blue's news page.) (Louis Wu 18:36:27 UTC) (permalink)
Flash is Fun
BOLL has been a busy little beaver recently; there are two new Flash toys for you to play with. The first is a game he created over a year ago (but forgot to polish until recently) - Fly the Pelican through the cave system, trying your best to miss the walls. The Flash file itself is only about 150K. The second item is a pretty cool clock; time is kept by items (vehicles, and the MC himself) on Blood Gulch. Check it out; it'll become clearer when you see it. The Flash file is 650K, so give it a second to load. If you'd rather run it locally, BOLL has provided standalone executables for both Macs and Windows boxes; they run about a meg each to download. Enjoy! (Louis Wu 18:30:31 UTC) (permalink)
New Storyboards at T and R
Nice eyes - Iceman1330 noticed three new storyboards over at Bungie's Tru7h and Reconciliation site. (They're not currently mentioned on any of b.net's news pages.) You get a good look at the ODST's weapons, and the Pelican cannon. Check 'em out! Update: These got posted on Friday, and I managed to miss 'em in the chaos surrounding the trailer. My bad... (Louis Wu 16:50:38 UTC) (permalink)
Yes, frequently asked.
GameFAQs has posted a new poll: Which FPS sequel are you looking forward to? I think we all know the answer to that. (Count Zero 16:19:08 UTC) (permalink)
A monster, indeed.
Forgot to mention this yesterday... but Target4Hire nailed the audio challenge we mentioned in Saturday's news. Thanks to Marty and Jay for the followup explanations. (Louis Wu 13:33:42 UTC) (permalink)
Clan Battles
Clan [WSD] has posted a 30 mb movie showing a clan match between themselves and {SDA} last week. It's all CTF footage (almost 7 minutes worth), filmed from the perspective of one of the {SDA} members. (The final clip shows why, if you're playing [WSD], you might want to think twice about giving them raw footage to edit for you... :) ) Stop by their website, navigate to 'Movies', and grab the clan match from June 12. Thanks to [WSD]-Deus for the heads-up in our forum. (Louis Wu 02:47:26 UTC) (permalink)
Demo Trailer update
The full Demo Trailer Mirrors list has been updated with a number of new mirrors; even the newer QuickTime5 hi-res movie has a mirror (thanks, Halo Orbit!). Check out the list for the full details. (There are now links at the top of the page for each flavor.) (Louis Wu 02:06:25 UTC) (permalink)
Target price drop is ON.
Benjamin Coles points out that the price drop Ding mentioned a few days ago (and then speculated might not actually happen) has actually happened - Target is selling Halo for $27.88 this week, according to XboxAddict. If you need another copy, you can't beat this price! (Louis Wu 01:38:03 UTC) (permalink)
How thick IS the ring?
Its accuracy depends on Evil Otto having created his artwork to scale... but Shnfara has estimated the thickness of the Halo at almost 120 km by using a side-on picture of the ring and some pixel math. You'll find the result in our Miscellaneous Art section. Update: My bad - that value (the thickness of the ring) is actually mentioned in 'Halo: The Fall of Reach'. (It's 22.3 km thick.) I'm not sure how I confused this number with the WIDTH of the ring - but that's what I must have done. (I've pointed out the thickness many times on our forum.) What we've learned: Evil Otto didn't draw this ring to scale. :) (Thanks to Bobby Lucas for pointing this out.) (Louis Wu 01:12:00 UTC) (permalink)
Desktops out of hiding
Six new desktops (8, if you count variations) have built up since we dropped everything for the demo trailer... you can now find them in our Wallpaper section. Update: one of the pieces has been yanked because it used artwork without getting permission from the creator of that artwork. This seems to be happening more and more; I'm going to add a rule that says that if you submit artwork to our site, and you use external artwork without permission, and we get a cease-and-desist request from the original artist (as we did in this case), we're not only going to yank the piece, we're going to ask that you no longer submit any artwork to us. This rule goes into effect right now; I'll have a note about it on our Image Posting Guidelines page before the day's out. It's not cool to steal. (Using Bungie artwork in your wallpapers/misc art submissions is fine; that's one of the reasons they post it. Snagging a nice shot of a planet off someone else's site is NOT fine. Modifying someone else's wallpaper or misc art without their permission is NOT fine. And so on.) (Louis Wu 01:03:55 UTC) (permalink)
MPEG alternate for the demo
A new version of the trailer, encoded in MPEG1 format, is now available. It's 87 mb, and has a screen resolution of 436x320. It's a bit darker than it should be, maybe (I can't tell for sure; it looks good on 3 of the four machines I checked it on), but if you can't watch the existing versions, this puppy might be for you. Mirror offers gladly accepted. (Louis Wu 00:38:27 UTC) (permalink)
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