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Halo Custom Edition
In tandem with the HEK announcement, Cysco, over at the Gearbox forums, has changed the HaloPC forums to Halo Custom Edition forums. What is Halo Custom Edition? Glad you asked - Cysco answers some basic questions in this thread. It's a completely unsupported version of Halo, available free to all HaloPC owners, that introduces lots of new features - including the ability to play user-created (think HEK) content. THIS is what we've been waiting for; THIS is why it wasn't as simple as 'dump that HEK out there'. There will be lots more info in the next few days about this stuff... but for now, you can discuss on our forum, on Gearbox's forum, or at Bungie.net - it's the topic of the moment. (Thanks to Reppyboyo and L337Mondo for the first notices.) (Louis Wu 21:13:57 UTC) (permalink)
Silent Cartographer... in a mini.
Stephen Cakebread, a programmer on the Project Gotham 2 team at Bizarre Creations, dropped a note in our forum about 'a mostly complete copy of the silent cartographer exported as a circuit which can be loaded in the gotham 2 engine'... a tribute to the level as a driving challenge! (Before anyone gets their hopes up, it's unlikely that he meant this construct would ever get released... though I think it would be really, really cool.) (Louis Wu 20:52:20 UTC) (permalink)
Holy Rescues from Oblivion, Batman!
SketchFactor has posted a very cheering (though vague, with respect to dates) note to Bungie.net about the Halo Editing Kit... it's coming, folks! And it's coming soon. W00T! (Thanks, KP, you're not fired... yet.) (Louis Wu 20:07:42 UTC) (permalink)
Halo + PGR2 = Fun
WhiteRaBbit pointed out a fun Halo/PGR 2 composite he found. Adam Daniel pointed to a different thread on Bungie.net - started by the image's creator himself. Nice work! (Special mention goes to blinkmetoys, in the Bungie thread, who noticed it might be photoshopped.) (Louis Wu 18:50:05 UTC) (permalink)
Bill Murray's coming by later to sing.
What's a birthday without presents? Some HBO regulars put together a small collection of presents for Stuntmutt to celebrate the One Year Anniversary of One One Se7en.
- The Story of an Artist, Fanfic by Jillybean
- Dual Weapons, Wallpaper by BOLL
- Mmmm..., cake by c0ld vengeance
Of course, there are plenty of others that feel like this might be the perfect time to hang up the pencil... but hey, never listen to the naysayers. They'll just say nay. (Louis Wu 18:12:10 UTC) (permalink)
Invite Only.
One One Se7en turns One Year Old today... and it looks like the cast is making a statement. Happy Birthday, Stuntmutt! (There were wellwishers on the forum, also.) (Louis Wu 11:59:07 UTC) (permalink)
Suspicion Builds
Halo: Resolution gets... odd. (Louis Wu 11:55:18 UTC) (permalink)
I'm never getting in the Warthog again.
Red vs Blue Episode 32, 'me, myself, and you', was posted a couple of hours ago - pretty early! (It's currently in the Season 2 Sponsors forum.) Very nice work - and props to Yomary for the funniest bit in the film. Thanks to pilotelite for the heads-up. (Louis Wu 11:18:47 UTC) (permalink)
Lossy, indeed.
Oops - another one. (Louis Wu 10:49:38 UTC) (permalink)
VCTF Timberland
Caskey discovered a Timberland conversion for Unreal Tournament 2k4 - and rapture points out that it's being hosted by cooked Gamers (along with other Halo conversions). Nice! (Louis Wu 10:37:10 UTC) (permalink)
Covenant Creature Catalog
Bungie.net has been updated with a new Top Story - A Covenant Primer: The Best of the Bestiary. There's some excellent background information about the Covenant itself (and how the Forerunners fit into the equation), along with individual descriptions of each client species. Absolutely worth a read for anyone interested in the backstory of Halo! I heard about this on the #hbo IRC channel this morning, but the earliest note I can find about it is from MC vince on our forum. Update: Gah, is right. Seems mnemesis actually posted this story when it first went live... I never checked the page. :( My bad! (Thanks, Dean.) (Louis Wu 10:21:15 UTC) (permalink)
Faulty Code
Halo Babies has a new strip up today - it takes a shot at Bungie's scripting. (mrsmiley also points out that today's the last day to donate to HaloBabies.net and get entered in their Spoiled Sponsor contest - he's choosing a winner tomorrow.) (Louis Wu 09:48:15 UTC) (permalink)
The Best Of The Bestiary
Hokey Smokes! Apparently, Frankie has gone insane and is actually providing official story information on the Covenant over on Bungie.Net. Godlike Forerunner! Engineers in trances! Jackal snipers! With needlers! Gah! Thanks to MC Vince, for noticing the story in the first place. (mnemesis 04:38:03 UTC) (permalink)
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