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Monday, September 27, 2004 |  |
MC gets Brainfreeze
Nice pickup by op_ivy, who found the first notice on the Gaming-Age forums; on the back page of the October 2004 Xbox Live calendar in the November issue of the Official Xbox Magazine (between pages 24 and 25) is a note in the 'What's Happenin' With Xbox' section:
Halo 2 Collector Cups: Now available at 7-Eleven stores nationwide. Grab an improved, intense Mountain Dew® Slurpee® and collect all 3! Head to www.slurpee.com to find out more.
There's nothing there yet... but the marketing campaign continues to ramp up! (Louis Wu 23:52:46 UTC) (permalink)
So where you gonna put that?
Dave Candland, long-absent (presumably due to his work overload) from our forum, popped in today to explain his rationale for the location of the shield meter in the Halo 2 HUD. (You can see what it looks like in some of the pictures recently posted by the Japanese site Impress, like the one referenced in this news post.) It's an interesting view into the problems faced by interface designers... (Louis Wu 22:16:47 UTC) (permalink)
Windsor Medium - gone, but not forgotten
Mothergoat wrote to point out that Windsor Medium, the band he's been a part of for some time, has broken up - and the website (which has housed all his Halo-related creations for the past 8 months or so) is gone. We're unwilling to let this content simply disappear, so it's all been mirrored on b.org servers. If you search for any of his content (mp3's or maps) that we've mentioned in our news, you'll find local links for the actual files. Hope this helps some of you! (Our condolences go out to Mothergoat.) (Louis Wu 18:39:29 UTC) (permalink)
A Plasma Pistol in the Grass
7he One has finally taken pictures of his handmade plasma pistol. Looks like it would work nicely for real-life melee attacks... (Louis Wu 18:06:30 UTC) (permalink)
Then Three Come Along At Once.
Not too long ago, Frankie mentioned in a Bungie Weekly Update that it was pretty cool to watch the evolution of the city bus as the Halo 2 artwork progressed. Stuntmutt, in today's One One Se7en, takes this evolution to its logical conclusion. (Louis Wu 14:08:07 UTC) (permalink)
Countdown: 34 Days
Mad Cow points out that he's started work on his own Master Chief suit for Halloween this year. Geez... that reminds me that I've got a BOATLOAD of new pics to post on Chris Bryan's ongoing project page... soon, I hope. (Louis Wu 14:04:18 UTC) (permalink)
See? He was reading the articles.
Ain Soph Aur noticed a tiny mention of Halo 2 ('a must-have game') in the October issue of Playboy Magazine. We probably won't be bringing you scans of this. (Louis Wu 14:02:20 UTC) (permalink)
Halo Babies Monday Update
mrsmiley writes to point out a couple of fan strips and a whole lot of fan artwork over at Halo Babies; go see what you can find. (Louis Wu 14:00:49 UTC) (permalink)
Movie Bonanza
Looks like a LOT of movies were released yesterday; I'm gonna combine 'em all in one post for efficiency's sake.
- Boneho Chane and Lockpicker made a movie with action figures (not stop-action) called 'Chicken on Fire Episode 1' - 15 mb, QuickTime format.
- toyoungtodie posted a vid called 'Halo 2 Remix' on the High Impact Halo forums; it uses stock footage, but it's nicely put together. Large version (12.2 mb) requires registration at h2hq.cc, smaller version (7 mb) is hosted by Mythica. WMP9 formats. (Thanks, Ducain)
- vshields ash points out another refinement of the hunterapult-across-the-shaft technique; this one uses only a single grenade. 2.2 mb, WMP90 format. Nice work, Wild3.
- scabbronumber1 put up a note about his clan's newest vid; 8.5 mb, WMP9 format, some really great sniper action.
- And last but CERTAINLY not least, FTC 14 has been released over at Xboxottawa.ca; public version is 39.6 mb, members-only hi-res is 165 mb. 6:03 of pulse-pounding excitement, and a heck of a cliffhanger at the end. Both are DivX-encoded AVIs - I'll get them some QT versions as soon as I can.
Wow... that's a lot of video footage! (Louis Wu 13:52:35 UTC) (permalink)
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