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Apocalypse: Halo, part 1
Dark Helmet has started a new Halo movie series. It's called Apocalypse: Halo, and the first installment can be downloaded from FilePlanet. It's in WMP9 format (which means we don't know anything more about it than what DH has said in this forum post - we can't watch it here), and weighs in at 18.8 mb. Take a look! (Louis Wu 21:55:06 UTC) (permalink)
Shootin', Tex.
Yesterday, we nearly forgot to post the second Sunday strip of One One Se7en. We're not going to make that mistake today. Monday's strip looks at some potential problems with the new dual SMGs the Master Chief will have access to in Halo 2. (Louis Wu 20:32:38 UTC) (permalink)
Bungie.net - better because of you
SketchFactor has posted a request for feedback over on Bungie.net - they're trying to find out what you like best (and least) about the Bungie.net services, and what new content you'd like to see. Feeback is required before July 14 - you've got a week! Read the whole article, then send them your well-thought-out responses. (Louis Wu 20:29:21 UTC) (permalink)
Halo PC Interview at HomeLan Fed
HomeLan Federation spoke with Michel Bastien, producer (on the Bungie side) for Halo PC, and Randy Pitchford, president of Gearbox, about progress in the development process. There's even a tiny tidbit about the Mac version. Overall, a good read - it'll lay out clearly what hurdles the teams faced, and how they overcame them. Thanks to DeAdLy_cOoKiE for the heads-up. (Louis Wu 15:34:20 UTC) (permalink)
Pictures, part 1
Five submissions today for the Miscellaneous Art section. I like the charcoal MC quite a lot. Update: oops, forgot a drawing of the MC by Shishka, posted this morning in honor of Bungie day. Update 2: Man, forgetfulness must be in the air. c0ld vengeance submitted an image a while back that we never added... (Louis Wu 14:43:47 UTC) (permalink)
Oddball Juggling
Anyone who's played Oddball knows that if you release the ball when another player is standing in front of you, they will involuntarily pick it up. So what happens when there are a LOT of balls... and they're all between a pair of players? Devin Olsen asked the question on our forum - and BOLL made a short film showing Oddball Juggling. (If his link goes down, you can find another copy right here. The local version is only 2.7 mb.) (Louis Wu 14:05:19 UTC) (permalink)
Blam Hotel
Merecatfish has put up a Flash 'Hotel' - apparently, you can send him a photo of your room (your bedroom, I guess) with Bungie stuff visible in it, and he'll add it to a 'room' of the hotel. It's in celebration of Bungie Day. The goal seems to be a collection of photographs of Bungie schwag-filled rooms. Warning: really, really slow site; the 121k Flash file took over 2 minutes to load, and the spinning 'you must wait' interim animation made me nauseous. (Louis Wu 11:54:33 UTC) (permalink)
PoA writeup... still coming
Dang. Well, I'd expected to get a full writeup of the Pillar of Art gallery showing and the subsequent lanfest up and posted today... but it WAS the end of a holiday weekend. Stuff will be coming... but for those who missed it, Miguel Chavez posted pictures almost in real time yesterday, over at Bungie Sightings: here's the first batch, here's the second. There are also a number of forum threads discussing the activities... more soon, though mostly I'm gonna steal Mig's pics, since he was using the camera far more than I was. Update: Elan Sleazbagano wrote up a short summary for the Team Overkill site. (Louis Wu 02:17:45 UTC) (permalink)
Feel the Halo Love
Hehe - check out the Xbox Boys, a bunch of guys that get together to play Halo. They've even got stats. (Louis Wu 02:13:50 UTC) (permalink)
Words, words, words
Long weekend, no posting - so you've got 14 Fan Fiction pieces to get through:
- Operation Sunlight Part 3: Black, by Gruntkiller
- Divinity (Halo 2: Chapter 5), by Shadowrunner
- A World Apart Prologue, by Dark Spartan
- Favor the Bold (chapter 1), by Loki_25
- Last Hope For Outpost Bravo: Part 1, by Spartan5000
- Halo: The Scythe of Death Part Five, by LordofDestruction
- Halo Zero 2 /p4/ An Old Friend, by nicholas
- Halo Zero /p5/ Interrogating Private Sanders, by nicholas
- Creation: part 2, by Zack Hodges
- Chapter 2, by BlackValkyire
- All Roads Lead To Sol...Despite What The Map Says: Chapter 7, by S7N
- A John Before Halo: Prelude and Chapter 1, by J-117
- Halo- A Comedy, by Lanerd
- On A Pale Horse: Enough Dead Heroes, by Silent Hunter
Go to it! (Louis Wu 02:10:47 UTC) (permalink)
Gamelords - Halo fun in San Diego
Ben Torrence writes to tell us about GameLords, a new console gaming center in San Diego - they're hosting a Halo tournament on August 2, 2003. Entry fee is $5, game is solo Slayer to 25 kills. Top 16 players get t-shirts, top 8 get free time on their equipment, and the winner will get a Steel Battalion set. Gameplay is all on 65" Mitsubishi HDTVs. Check 'em out for more info - and stop by on the 2nd! (Louis Wu 02:03:50 UTC) (permalink)
Screenshots DB updated
Thanks to Ross Mills and oddworld18, for reminding us that the Underground Online exclusive Halo PC screenshots we mentioned a couple of weeks ago had not been added to the Screenshots database yet. Oversight rectified. (Louis Wu 01:31:47 UTC) (permalink)
Sunday's news in brief:
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Dinner With Lara. Halo: First Strike cover art Seems at little bit... drastic, don't you think? |
Saturday's news in brief:
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A day of fine artwork In Memoriam Wisconsin Carnage (Mortal) Combat Evolved. The hardest-working man in the Story page business |
