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Friday, May 6, 2005 |  |
Invalid Mob Recruits
A couple of days ago, Mukelo posted a trailer on our forum. I let him know that if we pointed people to a 58 mb video with a positive review, he could expect a couple of thousand downloads, as a minimum, but that if he were willing to submit it to our Movie Peer Review Rating System, we'd be happy to help host. He did. The vid received the highest overall ranking to date. Accordingly, we've put up the high-res version he originally posted, plus a QuickTime version of it... as well as a couple of smaller (but not tiny) versions, for the bandwidth-challenged. (The voice acting is in Finnish, with English subtitles - so I didn't want it to be so small that reading was a hassle.) This is an entertaining, mildly sexist (though in a funny way) look at a clan recruitment effort, with some innovative anime-style overlays. (Given the Halo moviemaking community's penchant for jumping on what works, and beating it into a cold, gooey pulp, I'm afraid that after this release, we might be in for dozens of overdone video effects... but such is the price of success, I suppose.) Great cinematography, nice humor, overall great piece of work. Grab the version that best fits your needs (please don't overdo):
- WMP9 Large (720x576, 57.9 mb): mythica.org | bungie.org | original site
- QuickTime Large (720x576, 56.7 mb): bungie.org | mythica.org
- WMP9 Medium (480x384, 31.2 mb): bungie.org | mythica.org
- QuickTime Medium (480x384, 27.6 mb): mythica.org | bungie.org
Looks like there will be more vids released later today... (Louis Wu 14:21:11 UTC) (permalink)
http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1071768/
Today's One One Se7en looks at the hazards of multitasking. I think some credit for the concept goes to Patroclus, but I'm not positive. (Louis Wu 13:21:53 UTC) (permalink)
Green Death
Today's w00tness focuses on Halo's Hunter - nice pic! (Thanks, Endbringer) (Louis Wu 11:08:00 UTC) (permalink)
Don't hold your breath.
VGman17 posted a countdown to the new maps coming out in June - if you simply MUST know how long it'll be before you can play Backwash, go visit! Update: you might experience a freeze due to faulty Flash programming if you visit this page. Works fine in Firefox on OSX and XP, and on Safari (OSX), but seems to have a problem on IE6/XP. All that's there is a countdown (currently at 52 days) to the June maps; take this into account when deciding whether to follow the link. (Louis Wu 11:07:09 UTC) (permalink)
LibraryMP - for HaloCE
A few days ago, LightingXCE dropped by our forum to mention that he'd been working on recreating LibraryMP for Halo Custom Edition. (LibraryMP was an early modding effort by Monoxide which allowed multiplayer gameplay in Halo's Library. We mentioned it in January 2004, though the vid in the linked forum post no longer exists.) Well, according to this post on the Gearbox Forums (thanks, MasterGrief), the map has actually been released! Go grab a copy (link is in the first post), and give it a shot! (Louis Wu 10:42:03 UTC) (permalink)
Violence and Halo 2
Garry Webber points out a Halo mention in today's Exerminatus Now. (Louis Wu 10:26:02 UTC) (permalink)
Killimanjaro
Evil_Kefka points out a Flash movie he's got at Newgrounds; it's a look at how powerful the plasma grenade has become since the AutoUpdate. Nice graphics. (Louis Wu 10:23:05 UTC) (permalink)
Manicures Come Free
Leave it to Halo Babies to come up with new, less-violent uses for some of the weapons in Halo 2. (Louis Wu 10:13:59 UTC) (permalink)
MPRRS news, and 2 new releases
Until recently, the scoring algorithm at the Movie Peer Review Rating System gave extra weight to smaller movies, on the principle that if it wasn't a hassle to download (or serve), it didn't have to be QUITE as good. We've rethought that rule... but tonight, there are two short films that made the cut with the weighting advantage. (They're the last two that will get through this way.) The first was actually released last week - announced, and hosted, on its own site. Necrosis Episode 1 holds the honor of being the first machinima to make use of the Dialogue Databank exclusively for its voice acting. You can grab the original WMP9 version (7.6 mb) or a QuickTime version (8.1 mb) from our server. Also, casuela submitted a trailer for an upcoming series known as 'Le Marche', a World War II-type movie. It's quite short, and quite small - 3.1 mb in WMP9 format, or 4 mb in QuickTime format. Give it a shot! Additional news about the MPRRS - it looks like we'll be increasing the pool of reviewers very soon; if you're interested in helping out, send us mail! (Louis Wu 02:34:12 UTC) (permalink)
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