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Friday, July 30, 2004 |  |
Banshee Handling IV
vector40 has written a series of articles on Banshee control - he's now added a fourth segment, but this one is narrated video instead of text. It's rather long (ten and a half minutes), but it covers several key strategy points in a way that simply cannot be duplicated with written words. If you're looking for an edge in your online Banshee battles, this is worth watching. It's 55 mb large, in MPEG-4 format; looks like the encoding is unfriendly to WMP9 on a PC, but QuickTime handles it on both Macs and Windows boxes. Turns out my analysis of our bandwidth situation took into account only files.bungie.org and files2.bungie.org - mythica.org still has a goodly chunk for the rest of the month, so that's where it's being hosted. Grab it today! (Louis Wu 21:04:58 UTC) (permalink)
Movies, movies, movies
It's Friday - I guess it must be Movie day again. Merecatfish has made another PSA for Halo CE - you can snag it off his Halocity site. (WMP9 format, 320x240,
3:51, 5.6 mb) 45 Sion has made a pretty foul-mouthed vid called 'SouthPark MC Class' - WMP9 format, 640x480, 57 seconds, 5.6 mb... thanks, c0ld vengeance. Legend has made a teaser for an upcoming 'Halo Revolutions' film; you can find it on Halo Orbit (thanks, Oliver Sopienski). I'm not sure what it has to do with Revolutions at this point... but the sniping's pretty good. (MPEG1 format, 320x240, 1:10, 18.8 mb) Team EP has put together a teaser for a new map they're building (still in Alpha) - Ndugu has snowboards (with all the grinding and tricks that suggests), plus snowball launchers, pickaxes, and more. WMP9 format, 640x480, 2:29, 9.8 mb. A thread about the release can be found on the Gearbox forums. And [CHP] member Vinx has put together a long (9:25) video of gameplay on the Halo CE map New Mombasa. (It's in WMP9 format, 640x480, and weighs in at 56 mb downloadable.) Thanks to HaloPlanet for these last two. And to people who've submitted movies to US for hosting - please be patient. The Going Nowhere Fast contest releases have hit us pretty hard, bandwidth-wise. We'll be in better shape come August 1. Update: oops, one more from our own forum - scabbronumber1 posted Game Over, a 9.6 mb WMP9 that's 4:01 worth of mostly Blood Gulch tricks and gameplay. (Louis Wu 19:10:08 UTC) (permalink)
Rivalries Rage On
MarkHawk points out a new Subzero Rivalries comic - takes a shot at Halo's AI, I think. (Louis Wu 17:04:01 UTC) (permalink)
The Joy Of Socks.
Stuntmutt proves that even Cortana is not immune to the corrupting influence of One One Se7en. (Louis Wu 16:32:56 UTC) (permalink)
Contact
Halo Babies has posted their 50th strip today - and it's a cliffhanger. There's also some information on meeting these guys at the Halo50k Seattle event, coming up at the end of August. Go visit! (Louis Wu 13:14:53 UTC) (permalink)
Halo Maps up and running
A couple of months ago, we mentioned the UXB web-based Halo server database. This has now moved to a new home at UXB's recently launched Halo Maps website, a home for map downloads and HaloPC/Halo CE information. The site has no ads - just good, solid Halo info. Check it out! (Louis Wu 13:08:13 UTC) (permalink)
Unreal Chief
Strato has found a Master Chief skin for UT2004; you can see pictures and grab a copy (4.8 mb) from FileFront. Nice colors! (Louis Wu 12:59:48 UTC) (permalink)
Fan Fiction Comments are Back
Thanks to Wado, who was the driving force behind the new Comments solution to the Fan Fiction section. Stories will continue to be posted in the usual manner - but comments are now handled on the Fan Fiction Forum. (Each story gets its own thread, and you can either follow the 'Read/Post Comments' link from the story itself, or backtrack from the comments page for a given story - the first post will always have a link to the story it's attached to.) If you want to post comments, you'll need to register on the forum; it's a standard phpBB install, so comments section moderators will now have far more control over abuse than the old system had. You cannot post new topics, and you cannot reply to existing ones unless you're registered. The system went live yesterday, with no fanfare, with just the dozen or so stories posted since the Comments section was taken offline - but it now contains today's Fan Fiction update (another 18 stories). Please read the FAQ and the Guidelines that Wado's been so kind as to write up - and enjoy the new functionality! (Louis Wu 12:45:55 UTC) (permalink)
Another Dew Writeup
Bill Daiber and his crew were another winning team in the Mountain Dew/Halo 2 contest - he's sent us his writeup of the experience, and the pictures that won them their seats, for the fans to read. You'll find the info in our Miscellaneous section. (Louis Wu 12:24:22 UTC) (permalink)
Thursday's news in brief:
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No more Halo for Trautmann - really. Short People Got No... The Case for Switching Keyes - Directly |
Wednesday's news in brief:
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Halo 2 is in the House Hi-Res Screenies, collected Halo CE No Leading Patch in Testing Putting the 'Oo' In Zoom. Mac Halo Timer 1.5 released GNF Phase 10 The Bee Thing - Again |
