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Saturday, January 17, 2004 |  |
The Cup! The Cup!
Woohoo! Bungie's Annual Winter Pentathlon is coming around this Friday... they're looking for predictions. Games on the agenda this year are Halo 2, Mario Kart Double Dash, Top Spin, Eye Toy, and Pictionary. The teams, as they have been for a few years, are The Grizzled Ancients, Old School, Middle School, and Newbies. Swing on by Bungie.net, and vote! (Right now, folks are pulling for the new guys... but I'm guessing that might change as more votes come in. Remember, The Grizzled Ancients rolled over all competition last year, badly enough that there are still tire marks on the side of Dave Dunn's face. Go vote! (Louis Wu 19:40:34 UTC) (permalink)
T-Shirt Contest
MeatSaw is holding an interesting contest; design a T-Shirt, and if you win, he'll print it on a high-quality shirt, and mail it to you. Details are in this thread on the Gearbox forum. You must be registered there by tomorrow to enter, and entries must be in by February 17, 2004. There's no word on what happens to the design after the contest ends... Thanks to Chumley for pointing this out. (Louis Wu 17:37:24 UTC) (permalink)
Going, going...
Speaking of One One Se7en - just a reminder that The Plinth Of Art closes today; any submissions not in our mailbox by 11:59 pm (UTC) will not be considered. That means you have... um... ::carry the 1...:: about 11 hours and 45 minutes to get that strip in! (Louis Wu 12:14:10 UTC) (permalink)
What He's NOT Good At...
Today's Guest One One Se7en, from Lt. Devon, looks at what is NOT a primary strength of one of the Halo characters... (Louis Wu 12:10:31 UTC) (permalink)
Words again
Seventeen pieces for you today in Fan Fiction:
- The Final Meeting - Part 1, by Bluestone
- Something of a poem, by Inept Zombie
- A Series of Wierd Events - Sequel, Part Five, by Hunter_Killer
- A Series of Wierd Events - Sequel, Part Six, by Hunter_Killer
- A Marine Named Peters: The Finale, Part One, by GLADIATRRR3000
- Earth's Destruction Chapter 6: Flying Solo Part 2: One Vs Many, by Sentinel
- Manufactured Destiny :: Chapter 1.5, by MoZ
- the jackal brothers:episode 1, by new1nab113
- Stalingrad [part I], by thindog
- The Corporal: Part 1, by The Scribe
- Desecrating Providence (Prologue Part 2), by Marty
- Survival of the Fittest: The price for being nosy, by MasterCD
- Johnson's War (vignette/drabble), by witelancer
- Halo Installation 01, by FOrunnER
- The Corporal: Part 2, by The Scribe
- The Earth Tears, by Frensa Geran
- Air Force Wing: Part 1, First Contact, by teemus
And you're waiting for... what? (Louis Wu 12:05:06 UTC) (permalink)
Freedom Isn't Free
Episode 0 of Freedom Isn't Free is released over at Clan [WSD], to celebrate their one year anniversary. Unfortunately, it's in a format that isn't viewable on a Mac. (It's also not readable by TMPGEnc, so I can't CONVERT it to something viewable on a Mac.) If you've got a PC, though, WMP can view it. (It's a 10.2 mb download; the movie is compressed with the WMV3 codec.) It's the story of a bunch of criminals... some of which are smarter than others. Cinematography is quite good; I'm looking forward to the rest of the episodes. Thanks to [WSD]-Porsj, who gave us the heads-up in our forum. (Happy Birthday, guys!) (Louis Wu 02:49:13 UTC) (permalink)
Remember these in Oni?
BIG HEADS! I love 'em. See 'em in this forum thread at halomods.com, and download 'em from there, as well. Xbox only, I guess... Thanks to Mr-T for pointing this out (and making it, for that matter). (Louis Wu 02:32:05 UTC) (permalink)
The Second Coming
Hehe - Bachus pointed out that the latest d+pad (a web comic) has a Halo 2 theme to it. Got a chuckle out of me... (Louis Wu 02:19:14 UTC) (permalink)
Halo: Ice Fields Trailer Released
MarkHawk dropped by to let folks know that The new Halo: Ice Fields trailer has been released (visit the Movies section). It's 43 seconds, 11.2 mb in DivX-encoded AVI. It's a tad different from your average Halo movie... there's a lot of non-Halo footage. Like... the whole thing. There's no release date on the movie itself... but this trailer looks pretty intriguing! (Louis Wu 02:13:28 UTC) (permalink)
Halo Tourney in NY, in one week
X Tournaments is running a 3 vs 3 Halo Tournament in New York, on January 24 (that's next Saturday) - with $1500 in prizes. Tournament fee is $90/team, but you can lock in your slot for $10/player. Check out the site for more details. (Louis Wu 02:06:18 UTC) (permalink)
Of lightsabers, and snakes
And so it starts. Frankie has posted the very first Halo 2 Weekly Update on our forum - it's a little light on content, but it's HEAVY on attitude, and the artwork has to be seen to be believed. That man is a future Van Gogh. (Well, maybe just the ear part. Or the insanity thing.) Go read it... and look forward to this being a weekly event (though not always here; as he makes clear in his Bungie.net writeup, these (as was true with the Halo 1 Updates, back in the day) will be spread around to a collection of websites, to better acquaint the average Halo fan with the full Halo community. (Louis Wu 00:01:14 UTC) (permalink)
Friday's news in brief:
Thursday's news in brief:
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Bunches o' Pictures Homefront Preview at BGH Halo Babies - taking a nap RvB Subscriptions in place The Library - ONLINE Thursday Reading Me and Shishka? We'd whup his butt. halo.exe Offensive TetraBoxing |
