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Tuesday, July 29, 2003 |  |
The sequel to Halo Babies: Halo Gradeschoolers?
Pallor sends in another Halo sighting:
The latest movie to hit theaters for kids has the cards stacked in favor of Bungie's Halo. The stars in the movie Ryan Pinkston and Robert Vito have come out publically to state its their favorite game. That carries over to the movie itself: Inside the game they are playin in the movie, Juni meets a quartet of beta testers (Ryan James Pinkston, Robert Vito, Bobby Edner and Courtney Jines). They join his quest to find Carmen, who is stuck on level four. When Juni discovers a river of molten lava, he asks, "How come every video game has lava in it?" "Technically that isn't true," another player says. " 'Halo' doesn't have lava." So Halo is now a pop culture icon garnering references in childrens films. I suppose its decent to say they have started to invade Hollywood.Halo fans... They're everywhere. (Count Zero 20:46:15 UTC) (permalink)
Strategy Guide Guy needs solo tips!
Doug Radcliffe has returned - and is asking for submissions, once again. (For those with short memories, Doug is writing the official PC Strategy Guide... he stopped by in late June, to ask for suggestions about bonus material, and again a couple of weeks ago, to solicit multiplayer tips.) If you've got some good campaign tricks (that you haven't already sent to him) email them to him! (Alternatively, you can post them to this forum thread... but he'd rather get email.) (Louis Wu 19:00:39 UTC) (permalink)
Going to CPL Summer Event? Play Halo PC!
Nice. Gearbox has announced that they'll be running a team competition during their workshop at the CPL Summer Event - if you're a registered attendee, you can play 5-on-5 Halo PC from 2-5 pm on August 2 against Gearbox and Bungie employees, with the chance to win prizes from Gearbox, Bungie, and NVIDIA. Props to kappa, who noticed a writeup at cached.net. (Louis Wu 17:55:22 UTC) (permalink)
Who said sailors can't dance?
Funky Keyes... Oh, yeah, baby. (Also with a new, improved soundtrack.) (Louis Wu 17:05:40 UTC) (permalink)
On the BOLL
Three Miscellaneous entries by BOLL, over the past week - all have been posted to our forum, but they all have a permanent home here now at HBO, and some organization has been applied. In no particular order:
- Halo Clock 2 - BOLL reinvents an older Flash animation in an eminently watchable toy.
- Sentinels - Looking almost as though they'd come from a dev kit, here are several animated views of Sentinels, opening and closing for you. (Javascript required.)
- Mapping Halo - A very high-quality look at the map tiles Bungie used to create the Halo itself; lays to rest several questions about the accuracy of the ring, as you can see it in various places.
If you missed these when they first came through, check 'em out now. If you were impressed once, pass the URLs on to your friends, and watch THEIR jaws drop. BOLL proves, several times over, that his Halo-induced creativity is awesome. (Louis Wu 14:39:04 UTC) (permalink)
Predator finds another home
That Weasel becomes the latest mirror for c0ld vengeance's Predator spoof - he's posted the 21 mb QuickTime version. Thanks, TW! (Louis Wu 13:09:11 UTC) (permalink)
Dialogue Snippets - back on track
Last week, Jamirus99 submitted another dozen snippets for the Dialogue Databank. We're finally getting around to putting them up now. I also added one I grabbed recently, during a runthrough of the Pillar of Autumn - it made me laugh, and in fact, after some recent comments posted on our forum, has prompted me to think about something we haven't done for years... a poll. Gimme a little bit to put it together, and then we'll have a dialogue-related question for you to toss your two cents into. (Louis Wu 09:12:41 UTC) (permalink)
HJP puts up GenCon floor footage
Dinky has posted a two minute WMV of shakeycam footage from Gencon, showing Halo PC play - you can find a link over on the forum of Battleground: Halo. Format is WMP7, size is 5.2 mb. Gives you an idea of what the booth looked like. (Louis Wu 08:15:19 UTC) (permalink)
C.O.E.R.C.E. opens its doors
guy who doesn't post....too often has set into motion a rather ambitious project - C.O.E.R.C.E. The Conglomerate Of Established Resources Cooperating Efficiently will attempt to combine the movie-hosting abilities of several small sites into one seamless mirror - you follow the link, the page decides who serves you the movie. The more mirrors that join up (check this forum thread for details), the better it'll work. The hope is to be able to serve a small (sub-10-mb movie) movie to as many people who need it, as often as is necessary. First up is the intro for Black And White, a Red vs Blue -inspired film. 9.8 mb, QuickTime format. Give it a shot! (And to all the hosts participating, our heartfelt thanks for the effort! The Halo fans love you.) (Louis Wu 00:26:10 UTC) (permalink)
It's about the Red guy.
Lion has released two trailers for a new series, Oddballs. You can find download links (both WMP9 and MPEG) on his Truth and Reconciliation forum. The actual series is coming soon! (Louis Wu 00:21:02 UTC) (permalink)
Tales, tales, and more tales
Almost made it to 14 Fan Fiction pieces today... looks like we owe a lot of that to the Foutch brothers.
- A John Before Halo: Part 5, by J-117
- Buried Treasure(7), by Frensa Geran
- Earth, A Place for Death. Part 1: NYC, by FuManChu
- Halo 2, an Elites version, by FOrunnER
- Return to Earth (Chptr 7: Final Finish), by CoLd BlooDed
- The Empire (Episode IV), Truths & Dreams, by Jon Michael Marlowe
- Halo: The MCconto Cronicles 1, by JCDenton
- (Part 4) M31: First Blood, by Greg and Wes Foutch
- (Part 5) M31: First Blood, by Greg and Wes Foutch
- (Part 6) M31: First Blood, by Greg and Wes Foutch
- Project: Shadow Spartan, Chapter 9, by Agent Shade
- (Part 7) M31: First Blood, by Greg and Wes Foutch
- (Part 8) M31: First Blood, by Greg and Wes Foutch
Go get 'em! (Louis Wu 00:19:02 UTC) (permalink)
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