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Retaliation
sh33p posted a trailer for an upcoming machinima project he and some others are working on, called 'Retaliation'. It's available in both WMP9 format (37 mb) or QuickTime format (30 mb). Nice piece - makes you want the full version to be out. Give it a look! (Louis Wu 23:13:55 UTC) (permalink)
Targeting Tidbits
Interesting. Sniper 058 posted a small movie showing the shotgun reticle changing color (and thickness) as it passed over a nearby enemy. A bunch of forumites suggested it was just the layering effect of the HUD on the screen... until Dave Candland (the designer of that HUD) stepped in and confirmed that yes, indeed, the reticle will get fatter when passing over a zone of 'weakness' (like, say, the orange spots of a hunter). He also explained why there's no dot in the center of a reticle always, just when you're in head-shot range. Nice! (Louis Wu 22:11:49 UTC) (permalink)
The Samurai Spirit
Hehe - took almost a week - but Bungie finally posted the post-mortem of last week's Halo Humpday Challenge, during which they were murdalized by the GunShin clan, a group of Japan's finest Halo warriors. Man... the idea of a two man team, one with plasma pistol, the other with a battle rifle, working together faster than a single person can switch from one to the other... wow. Go read. Thanks to JHG, who noticed it before I did. (Louis Wu 22:06:01 UTC) (permalink)
Funny Situations
zerofender pointed out a fun flash animation at Newgrounds - Funny situations. They're not all funny - but they're not very long, and there are 10 of 'em. Artwork is great. (Louis Wu 18:50:42 UTC) (permalink)
BLAM.bungie.org
Hmm. Stuntmutt decided to use ME as a target in today's One One Se7en... I guess he feels that now that he's got 300 strips under his belt, anything goes. I'm posting it because there's no precedent NOT to... but I think it's in somewhat poor taste. (Louis Wu 14:18:13 UTC) (permalink)
Shot replication
Hehe - sort of fun... STB has tried his hand at replicating a few Halo 2 screenshots, using Halo CE. Might have gone better with Elites in the pictures... but they're still nice! (Louis Wu 13:02:08 UTC) (permalink)
Closing in on Two Hours
Wow. Cody Miller posted a note on our forum about the project over at Highspeedhalo.org to put together a sub-2-hour Halo Speedrun; recently, he and goatrope shaved 6 minutes off 3 levels, bringing the 10 level total to 2:09. They're getting close - go visit and see if you can help! (Louis Wu 12:53:38 UTC) (permalink)
HUDless Art - How To
It looks like Saint[lpn] picked yesterday to write a piece on HUDless Halo art creation for his blog - it's a nice summary of the various styles shown to date. Give it a read! (Louis Wu 12:35:59 UTC) (permalink)
Goin' HUDless
prometheus points out that the Halouvre has been updated - there are 225 new images in 7 new galleries in the Halo 1 HUDless section, and three new pics (posted on our forum by Mast3r recently) in the Halo 2 HUDless section. Go bask in the HUDless goodness! (Louis Wu 12:26:13 UTC) (permalink)
Fensler Films, Remade
TLove and DemonStrate are remaking the Fensler Films - a series of G.I. Joe public service announcements with new soundtracks - in the Halo engine. The first couple are available as their own movies, or in split-screen, with the original video running simultaneously (so you can see what they're reproducing). I missed the Fensler Films the first time around, but people love 'em, it seems - and the Halo reproductions are pretty accurate! (Louis Wu 12:14:39 UTC) (permalink)
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