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Friday, August 27, 2004 |  |
Every Saga Has a Beginning...
343GS.com has started Season 2 of its EchoFourNineteen comic series... this one is in Flash. Voice acting is funky... but animation is great. No comments about the plot. Check it out! (Louis Wu 21:45:06 UTC) (permalink)
IGN goes to Germany
IGN recently put up a sizeable movie, labeled 'Halo 2 Stuff', on its Halo 2 media page. It's available as a 320x240 WMP9 stream, for everyone, or a downloadable QuickTime (up to 315 mb in 640x480) for Insiders. What it IS is a (decent) shakeycam video of the Halo 2 presentation at the recent Leipzig Games Conference; Pete Parsons and Cam Payne played out the E3 2004 demo for the crowd. As far as footage goes, all of this is already on the web, in better quality... but the start of this video contains some pretty funny stuff. There are a couple of Nightmare-Armor-clad guys (that's not the funny part)... and then the two show announcers try to get the crowd riled up for the demo, and finally (all in German, remember) start yelling 'and here's Pete Parsons!', while pointing at Cam. (Pete wasn't on stage yet.) Cam is quietly trying to let them know he's not Pete - but they're pretty much ignoring him. Eventually, they get the message, and there are a couple of minutes of fumbling while someone goes off and FINDS Pete. Dunno... I found the whole thing hilarious - and I don't even speak German. (Pete, when he started the presentation, was cool as a cucumber.) Thanks to Art Vandelay for the heads-up. (Louis Wu 18:04:32 UTC) (permalink)
Never Mind The Overshield, Where's The Fruit?
Speaking of comics, today's One One Se7en has been posted. It'll make more sense if you drink some Antifreeze. (That's not really fair - it IS understandable. It was just an easy cheap shot. And when it comes to One One Se7en, cheap shots are the norm.) (Louis Wu 16:18:58 UTC) (permalink)
Interactive Answering Machine
Elizar points out that the MC makes a cameo in today's The Whiteboard, a paintball-focused webcomic. It'll make a lot more sense if you read some backissues. (Louis Wu 16:10:09 UTC) (permalink)
Cool Threads
Finn, half of our stalwart Halo Story Page crew, writes to let us know that there are 3 super-cool Team 7hr33 sweatshirts left unclaimed by 7hr33 members... which means you can buy these puppies for yourself. I have one, and I gotta say... it's slick. (Check out pics from last spring's Knee for All lanfest to see me wearing it.) (Louis Wu 13:36:56 UTC) (permalink)
More reader questions answered at Gamespy
Gamespy has put up part two of its Reader Feedback Followup article - I think the big news for some players is (finally) an official announcement from Frankie about the pistol:
[The Pistol] will be back. It has been changed to suit dual-wielding and no longer has a scope.
(It's been mentioned, obliquely, a few times... but it's nice to have a clear, unambiguous statement from a Bungie employee.) There's also clear information about weapons quantities (with respect to dual wielding), melee attacks, and other stuff. Definitely worth a read. Thanks, LaMuerte. (Louis Wu 13:27:49 UTC) (permalink)
2 for 1 Gamestar Tics
Ross Mills points out that if you're planning on going to the Gamestars Live event in London next week, and you're booking your tickets by phone, you can get 2 for 1 tickets by quoting 'It's London' to the booking agent. Weird, but a good deal. (Louis Wu 13:06:59 UTC) (permalink)
Lethal Rage 4
Pico has put up a teaser for Lethal Rage 4, the next in his series of machinima battle vids. About 2 mb, in either WMP9 or QuickTime formats. (Mostly hype, but there's enough rapid-action video to make you want this out...) (Louis Wu 12:44:48 UTC) (permalink)
OMGWTF
Halo Babies has put up a new strip today... poor Misterchief. Also, they've announced the winners of their Avatar contest - you can download the winning entries now. (Louis Wu 12:35:17 UTC) (permalink)
Word, is right.
Dang. When he comes out of hibernation, he comes OUT OF HIBERNATION. Finn has proffered up a massive Halo Story Page update... Rowley to Stallone to Moorcock (not quite the same lyrical quality as 'Tinkers to Evers to Chance', but then this double play is actually a 7-bagger). Go read. (Louis Wu 02:28:46 UTC) (permalink)
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