|
Search the News Archive |
Spoilers are currently disabled. (All newsposts are visible.) |
 |
Wednesday, July 30, 2003 |  |
Action Figure Update
There was a concerned note posted on our forum today from someone who had preordered Halo action figures from the Bungie Store, but couldn't find any information about them any more. SketchFactor stepped in with some reassurances; seems there have been some supply shortages coming from Joyride, so they've chosen to stop taking preorders that they might not be able to fill. If you've already preordered, however, you're fine - your order will be filled as soon as Bungie gets their first shipment. (Louis Wu 20:28:06 UTC) (permalink)
Curse You, O'Donnell.
The dangers of music... expounded upon in today's One One Se7en. Read. (Louis Wu 18:57:18 UTC) (permalink)
A taste of the future?
Major League Gaming, a console gaming league for professional video game players, has signed Dustin 'HP Darkman' Langton to a management contract. First up - he's got an endorsement deal with LASR Accessories, a company that makes backpacks for consoles. HP Darkman seems to be the first Halo gamer to parlay his gaming skills into a fulltime moneymaking job... I doubt he'll be the last. Noticed by brandontyler on our forum. (Louis Wu 17:03:01 UTC) (permalink)
The dangers of popularity...
Recently, we've been posting a number of links to movie mirrors on Blade's Team Ice website. He's run into the problem that many potential hosts have hit; bandwidth overage. If you want to help out, visit his site for an update. (For those that can't connect the dots, all movies hosted by Team Ice are currently offline.) Please, folks - we're thrilled if you have bandwidth to offer in this time of need. But make sure you can afford what you're offering! Read this page for an idea of how much bandwidth Mythica was using before it went offline... and ask your ISP what your OWN limits are (and what happens if you exceed them). Thanks! (Louis Wu 16:55:39 UTC) (permalink)
Marines Trailer Available
Darksage created a trailer for an ambitious project: a new, full-length feature film, called Marines. You can find the trailer (in a variety of formats) over at the Drunk Monkeys Productions download page. (I'd suggest holding off on either of the QuickTime versions; there's a much-better-quality copy coming soon. It's 3.1 mb, so if that's what's listed when you read this, go ahead and download.) There are two other movies on that page - the first was originally mentioned here (with a link to a smaller .mov version), and the second is one we chose not to host. (Louis Wu 15:48:20 UTC) (permalink)
Ninjas on Ice
Another Halo board has started up - Ninjas on Ice is a spinoff of Ninjas on Fire, apparently. This came in Monday, but I lost it in the rush. (Louis Wu 15:26:31 UTC) (permalink)
Homelan looks at shooters
Homelan Fed recently started a series called the '10 Most Important First Person Shooters' - number 9, posted today, is Halo. (They're listed in Chronological order - there's one more coming.) Take a look at why they think it's important! (Louis Wu 14:28:10 UTC) (permalink)
More moviemakers turn to FilePlanet
Ross Mills has tossed his Halo Rhapsody movie up on FilePlanet. One of these days, I HAVE to get the Movies database brought up-to-date... If you missed this when it was still up at Mythica, here's another chance. (Louis Wu 14:09:29 UTC) (permalink)
Before you're old and grey...
Good news on the Halo movie front - Brian Towne mentions that he's already signed a contract with a new provider, and as soon as he can get his server back from the LAST provider, will have Mythica.org up and running again! (No ETA, though.) There's hope on the horizon! (Louis Wu 13:21:33 UTC) (permalink)
New dialogue snippets... and a poll
Large submissions to the Dialogue Databank recently from c0ld vengeance and Captain Spark - you'll find another 54 snippets today, bringing the total to a chunk over 500. (Before any of you get on my case about some of these being scripted - yes, a couple are, but they're not triggered 100% of the time, so I deemed them valid for inclusion.) I decided to resurrect the 7 day poll, because a couple of the crewmen lines I heard recently actually made me laugh out loud, they were so bad... so the question is: what is the lamest crewman snippet in Halo? You guys have a week to vote - the lines in the poll actually lead to dialogue snippets (which will open in a new window), so you can listen to the options before casting your vote. There were a few that were lamer than these... but they were too long to fit nicely into the form. (How's THAT for a scientific survey?) Lastly - I've got my fingers crossed, it's been about 3 years since I wrote any poll code... I'm HOPING this works. :-) (Louis Wu 03:25:52 UTC) (permalink)
That c0ld vengeance is on a roll...
Wow. Keyes exploration... it might not be what you think. (I'm still waiting to find out how he got through the loading zones...) (Louis Wu 01:05:20 UTC) (permalink)
Tuesday's news in brief:
Monday's news in brief:
