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Tuesday, December 21, 2004 |  |
Cutscene Library Underway
Sometimes I wonder how it's all gonna get done. The next Big Thing that was supposed to come online here was the Joint HBO/HIH Tricks database - that's still in the works (I keep adding stuff, so it keeps not being finished), but an ambitious fan coupled with some new software made it feasible to jump the line with a section that we've talked about for YEARS - a Cutscene Library. Huge thanks go out to Sniper 058, who went to the effort of recording them; we now have the first cutscene (a combination of 'The Heretic', and the Armory opener) online for you. Grab the flavor that works best for you, from one of our mirror links. Depending on demand, we'll release these every couple of days. (If you want to see them faster, don't abuse the links we have - download only what you need.) Hopefully, this will help the Story page folks out, as well. And yes, c0ld, one day the Halo cutscenes will be archived here as well. (Louis Wu 17:00:57 UTC) (permalink)
Behind The Rock
That Weasel writes to say that Episode 14 of "Grunts Are People Too!!!" has been posted - 'Behind the Rock' is available in QuickTime, WMP9, and DivX formats. It's not very big - go grab a copy! Oh, the sadness of dead grunts... (Louis Wu 16:49:48 UTC) (permalink)
Lawrence.com GVA awards announced
Last week, Lawrence.com posted its Gamer's Voice Award nominees - Halo was nominated for 8 awards. Today, they've posted the results - Halo took home Best First-Person Shooter, Best Multiplayer, and Best Soundtrack, as well as the Gamer's Voice Award (reader's choice). It took runner-up to Burnout 3 for Best Replay. Go read all the results - thanks, Mothergoat. (Louis Wu 15:41:55 UTC) (permalink)
Who's running this show, anyway?
As I sit here in my warm office, looking out over the white-covered trees behind my house, today's Calvin and Halo is very appropriate... though I'm less unhappy than the SKBs. (Louis Wu 14:28:44 UTC) (permalink)
N00bs Gone Wild
The Flaming Arabs clan has put together a trailer for an upcoming movie called 'N00bs Gone Wild' - a look at teamkillers. You can grab it off their website; 1:51 long, 9.3 mb, WMP9 format. (Louis Wu 14:03:23 UTC) (permalink)
IGN wants to know what you think
In other award news, IGN is now accepting Reader's Choice votes, though a bunch of the page links are broken from the Xbox Portal. (A little hunting dug up the correct link for the First Person Shooter voting page - I don't know how many others will bother with this.) Thanks, Spike. (Louis Wu 13:46:56 UTC) (permalink)
Gamespy gives UT the nod
Gamespy posted the Multiplayer section of their Game of the Year Awards yesterday - and Halo 2 took Runner-up position to Unreal Tournament 2004. Ouch! Thanks to many - AltoDarkNight was first. (Louis Wu 13:41:40 UTC) (permalink)
Dawn of the Dead
A custom gametype is sweeping XBL these days - it's big enough that Dolbex felt the urge to write up a description of it yesterday over on MLGPro.com (and call it 'the most fun I have had on Halo 2 yet'). It's known variously as 'Dawn of the Dead', or 'Zombie', or occasionally something close to that. Dolbex gives a quick summary of the rules. The first mention of this game I can remember seeing was almost a month ago, by Salandarin on our forum - this isn't new, it's just becoming popular. Give it a try! (Louis Wu 13:38:24 UTC) (permalink)
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