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HEK Tutorial - available for all
We received word today from Marc Tardif of Gearbox Software about the ability to distribute the HEK Tutorial. Some European sites were asking whether they were translatable, and others wanted to know whether the color scheme of the pages could be altered. (White on black can be hard on some eyes.) The answer to all of these questions is yes:
The more people who get it the better. I think getting it translated is an excellent idea. My hope is that this document will become a base for more user-created tutorials.
I haven't removed the frames yet - but I DID whip up an HBO-themed version (minor image changes and a new style sheet) - you can see it here. For any sites interested in using the cleaned-up html as a base for translation - you can grab it here, in zipped format; drop in the two image folders, and you're good to go. (The tutorial is included with the HEK download, so if you grabbed that, you already have these folders. If you need them as a separate download, drop us a note; we'll see if we can find the bandwidth for it.) And if you DO write a new tutorial that folks might find useful, send it along; we'll probably host it for you! (Louis Wu 22:53:05 UTC) (permalink)
Jen Taylor needs YOU
Interesting - Kris Kristensen, the director/producer of a film called 'Inheritance', is appealing to the Halo fanbase for a show of support. It seems some distributors are reluctant to take this film, because there are no 'stars' - so Kristensen is asking that folks who know about Jen Taylor, the voice of Cortana and a star of the film, to sign this petition, affirming that there's an audience for this. The forum post has links to film trailers, so go take a look! (Louis Wu 18:48:46 UTC) (permalink)
50k3 - you know the drill
Halo50k3 is ON, baby. Dolbex has posted an info page with hotel and registration info - go read it, and reserve your pillow-top mattresses with down pillows today! (Louis Wu 18:25:37 UTC) (permalink)
Hey... I thought they were coming from the SHIP!
Whoa. Dark Helmet got to the top of Halo - in time to see something you're not supposed to see. Very short film - 11 seconds, 722 kb in WMP9 format, 547 kb in QuickTime format. The man's on fire! (Louis Wu 17:33:32 UTC) (permalink)
Whack-A-Chief
One One Se7en takes advantage of some cool Halo 2 stuff today. (Louis Wu 15:19:15 UTC) (permalink)
May Not Hurt, But...
... It's Still The Worst Job On The Halo 2 Dev Team. Halo: Resolution takes a literal view of ad slogans. (Louis Wu 15:12:38 UTC) (permalink)
Wednesday Words
24 pieces for you today in the Fan Fiction section - some standalone, a poem, some continuing series, some comedy... a little something for everyone. Go read! (Louis Wu 15:10:25 UTC) (permalink)
B.net downtime today
Yesterday, Achronos posted a note on Bungie.net explaining that the site would be down for maintenance for a short time today (10-12 Pacific, or 5-7 pm UTC). He clarified the need for the downtime on our own forum last night. he's hoping it will be less than an hour - the two hour window is an outside estimate. (Louis Wu 14:13:32 UTC) (permalink)
Halo Custom Edition - Available
At 9:50 pm Central last night, Cysco announced that Halo Custom Edition and the Halo Editing Kit were being released sooner than expected. There is a thread containing a list of mirrors for both items (they're BIG), also on the Gearbox forums. First word here, both on our forum and via email, seems to be Munkeegutz - thanks! Go grab 'em! (Louis Wu 14:10:03 UTC) (permalink)
The Man won't stop talking
Sorry for the late entry, but way back early Sunday Daedalus alerted us to a new interview with Alex Seropian over at gamesindustry.biz.
Good info and you get to see Alex wearing one of his funny hats. :) (Ding 13:54:45 UTC) (permalink)
Legend
So I'm lookin' through the uploads folder, and there's this huge movie, and the name rings a bell. Someone named Mike just sent an email about it. Half the guys I know are named Mike... could be anyone. So I grab it and I start watching it, right? And it's a little slow... another black-and-white legendary thing... I'm thinkin' I've seen too many of these... oh, good, there's some color. Okay, so he's playing through pieces of the game, big deal, why am I was—hey, he's pretty good with that plasma pistol! So my son wanders into the room, and we watch him take down a few elites with nice snipershots. And then there's this balls-to-the-wall jump-out-of-the-banshee attack on a Wraith. Cool. Something's tingling, though - I've seen this style before. About the time we watch The Best Gold Elite Kill Ever, I'm scrabbling back through my email, trying to place this guy. Hmm... random AOL address, nothing's jumping to mind. The Steel Trap is definitely rusted. A quick search... Mike Miller sent in two of the best vids we've seen (In Too Deep and Winning Isn't Everything), and now he's taken the hat trick with Legend. 30 mb, QuickTime format, 8:32 long. There's a copy at Mythica, too, just because I haven't stressed Brian enough recently. You gotta watch this, just for the outtakes at the end. And that elite kill. (And the pair following it.) And Mike - I'm really sorry I didn't recognize the address. Though I must say, having the movie unfold like that was worth not knowing. Update: We've got 4 mirrors to tell you about for this film - Coerce.net has mirrored it, as has clarksbrother, in three places (here, here, and here). If our main sites begin to lag, grab a mirror! (Thanks, guys!) (Louis Wu 00:19:50 UTC) (permalink)
Going Nowhere Clarification
A quick note - in answer to the deluge of mail we've been getting about the Going Nowhere Fast contest; the reason there are no times listed is because nobody's submitted any movies yet. However, that obviously wasn't as clear to the world as it was to us... so I've added a Leaderboard to the contest page. It's empty right now, and will stay that way until we receive entries... but it's there, so that you KNOW it's empty. (Louis Wu 00:17:13 UTC) (permalink)
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