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Saturday, November 8, 2003 |  |
Mac geeks take heed!
Lots of good tech info from the Westlake programmers on the IMG forum - if that goes offline, Madscientist transcribed a bunch of it in this forum post. Not long now! (Louis Wu 20:15:40 UTC) (permalink)
Hazardous Conditions
mrsmiley stopped by last night to point out a new Halo Babies cartoon - I'm just reaching that section of the forum now. Looks like we're getting away from water balloons to me... Explore the Halo Babies site, there's also a bunch of other new stuff; new banner ads, AIM Buddy icons, and some new site streamlining. Check it all out! (Louis Wu 15:53:25 UTC) (permalink)
Flash game... trailer?
343GS has put up yet another teaser for their upcoming Flash Halo game; it's a downloadable standalone Flash executable (runnable only on Windows platforms) with a bit of text about the game. It weighs in at 1.5 mb. Personally, I wish they'd put their efforts into actually CODING THE GAME, and hold back on the PR until it's done... but that's just me. Go grab it from the Junkyard if you're interested. (Louis Wu 15:42:13 UTC) (permalink)
New Team Sexy footage
Team Sexy has posted deleted scenes from their 'Hall of the Sidewinder King' movie; dunno, but to me it looks like one guy running out of a base and through the tunnels. (I guess I thought it was gonna be bloopers, or something.) If you're interested, stop by their forums and look for the 'NEW VIDEOS' thread on the TS.Films forum. (Louis Wu 13:56:50 UTC) (permalink)
Just Big Gorillas
IXIGhandiIXI pointed out a new comic over at 343gs.com. It's called EchoFourNineteen, and it's in their Downloads section. (The site is framed, so you'll have to navigate there yourself.) Episode 1 looks at Brutes... (Louis Wu 12:32:39 UTC) (permalink)
New Halo 2 material - on store shelves?
Whoa. So back on August 31, Rampant Cowboy pointed out a thread over at TeamXbox which was discussing a product someone found in their store's database called 'XBX-Halo 2 BUNDLE' - price was $19.99, release date was November 15. RC's thread went nowhere - there were a couple of posts, but I think MY feeling at the time was that this was a packaged version of the E3 demo, or something. On November 2, RC brought it up again, because there was new info over at TeamXbox. Again, the thread went nowhere - this time, because Mat Noguchi (a Bungie programmer) shot it down. Yesterday, however, Opie301 mentioned SEEING something like this on the shelf at his local Best Buy... and SketchFactor actually confirmed that there IS something to it. He was under the impression that it wasn't supposed to be released before Thanksgiving... but it really is new Halo 2 material, and it's not just the E3 demo vid. A cookie to the first reader who tells us what's actually THERE. (And thanks, belatedly, to Rampant Cowboy, for not getting discouraged. :) ) Update: Gah, I should read the whole thread before posting. Opie went back to Best Buy, and picked up the package (a DVD/Controller bundle) - and it's all material he's seen before. (The 'Behind the Scenes Halo 2 Documentary' sounds like it might be the Discovery Channel piece that we weren't able to put online for legal reasons... so maybe there IS a valid reason for buying this if you don't need the controller.) A full list of what's on the DVD is in that last post. (Louis Wu 12:04:15 UTC) (permalink)
Paint Job.
Today's guest One One Se7en is by Michael M, and if you don't get it, I'd suggest you revisit our Miscellaneous section. (The dangers of long lead times on strips...) (Louis Wu 11:50:32 UTC) (permalink)
B.net interviews AGP
Yesterday, Bungie.net posted an interview with Jay Ubroh, the president of the Associates of Gaming Professionals, an organization devoted to professional Halo Xbox gaming. How AGP started, why Halo, and what's next were all on the table. Check it out! (Louis Wu 10:29:21 UTC) (permalink)
Team Ice back online
Blade writes to say that the Team Ice site has been updated; there are a few movies mirrored there (including the entire Fire Team Charlie series), and their new forums are now online. Take a look! (Louis Wu 10:07:01 UTC) (permalink)
Team X: The Beginning of the End
Longtime bandwidth donator That Weasel wrote to tell us about a new project: That Weasel Television has teamed up with Team X and Ctrl + Alt + Delete Productions to create the Team X: The Beginning of the End collection of Halo videos. It's being hosted by TWTv. Check it out! (Louis Wu 10:03:08 UTC) (permalink)
WMP9 - now for MacOSX!
Whoa. Out tonight, there'll be updates in the morning... but I stopped in to the office to turn the lights off, and noticed a bit of news which should make LOTS of moviemakers happy; Microsoft has released a WMP9 version of Windows Media Player for MacOSX. (As far as I can tell, there is not yet a version for MacOS9 and below... but you gotta have a cutoff somewhere.) What this means for you, the moviemaker, is that we are no longer limiting submissions to block movies that come in only in WMP9. (We haven't changed our standards, and you'll still need to meet our posting guidelines if you want us to host the film... but you won't have to find a way to convert it to a format Macs can read, because most macs can now read WMP9.) Woohoo! (Louis Wu 03:37:51 UTC) (permalink)
Friday's news in brief:
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Do you use Yahoo mail? Halo Story Stuff Zee Storees... Swapping Halos. Claustrophobia Without Further Ado... |
Thursday's news in brief:
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HBO-GameDaemons: Back Up! Not long now... Apple posts system reqs for Mac Halo Halo Ice Fields MTV Ultimate Video Game Countdown Falling Rockethog Zone Meet the Team |
