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Tuesday, May 10, 2005 |  |
Halo Custom for Forza
Hehe - nice! 3Suns found a fun Forza custom car that's pretty Halo-related at Tabwin.com. At the moment, it's no the front page, 7th row (!!), first column... but if it moves, here's a direct link. That baby's probably pretty fast... (Louis Wu 22:50:14 UTC) (permalink)
Homework-eating Art
mrsmiley updated the art section of the Halo Babies website... and man, there's some amazing stuff in there! Go check it out - but be sure you have a little while, there's a LOT! (Louis Wu 21:24:03 UTC) (permalink)
HaloCE -content explosion
Dennis Powers points out a post he made at the haloce.gearboxgamezone.com website. There's been quite a bit of interesting material released recently in the HaloCE community - swing by to read about it, and download it! (Louis Wu 21:19:33 UTC) (permalink)
NSCS Status Update
Overswarm has added a couple of notes to his Not So Common Sense Guide - the first is a status report on the front page, to let people know that he's not as available as he's been in the past (so please be patient), and the other is a new Frequently Asked Question, explaining the best way to keep on top of site changes. Here's hoping this helps. (Louis Wu 21:16:51 UTC) (permalink)
The End of Something I Did Not Want to End...
In late January, Mike Miller began a Legendary Walkthrough of Halo 2, and for the next four months, he'd release a new level, once per week (or so), with hints, multiple plans of attack, and plenty of video examples, to help you get through what (at first) seemed nearly impossible. Today, that guide is finished; Mike's writeup of The Great Journey, Halo 2's final level, has been posted. It contains more than a dozen movies, as usual in both QuickTime and WMP9 formats for your viewing convenience, and quite a bit of discussion about tactics and approaches. There are also some very practical—though non-trivial to implement, especially for folks like me, somewhat less coordinated than Mike—ideas for the final battle with Tartarus; give it a read! I'd like to take this opportunity to thank Mike for his work on this project; even when the skills needed were out of my league, the consistent quality of the writing, the thoughtfulness and comprehensiveness of the analyses, the practicality of the video aids - all the pieces he put together were polished, professional, and clean. I'm proud to have been able to help get this guide out to the Halo community, and I know that Mike's gotten quite a few people through the game on a difficulty level they might not have reached on their own! Update: DOH! I forgot - he also updated a few bits on the intro page (mostly near the bottom). In fact, it's been updated 4 or 5 times since it was first posted; if you haven't read it through in a while, it might be worth another look! (Louis Wu 16:33:28 UTC) (permalink)
Off the screen, into your hand
Drew Santorello and Mark Werner like to bring their virtual playthings to life; they sent in a few pics of weapons they've recreated in real life. Check 'em out! (Louis Wu 16:16:01 UTC) (permalink)
Necrosis Episode 2
The third movie to make it through the MPRRS today is the second episode of the Necrosis Clan's eponymous series. You can grab it from their site (WMP9 format, 3.4 mb) or from ours (WMP9 format or a 4.8 mb QuickTime). Again, dialogue comes from the Dialogue Databank; it will be interesting to see how long they can make that work. Screensize is quite small, so some of the action is a bit difficult to see. (Louis Wu 15:10:30 UTC) (permalink)
Final Pass
Another vid that made it through our rating system - Foilman's 'Final Pass', a Halo PC montage. The man loves his rockets... This is available in WMP9 format (42.9 mb) or QuickTime format (34.4 mb). There are some rumblings on our forum this morning that the quality level of passed films is dropping a bit; I'd like to remind everyone that the system is still evolving. We just added a number of new reviewers, who may or may not have their 'reviewing' legs yet; and regardless of experience, with only 20% of our reviewers weighing in on any
particular movie, the consistency of scores is going to drop a bit. We'll probably compensate by raising the passing bar. Be patient - we'll get there! (Louis Wu 15:03:28 UTC) (permalink)
Something Different
The Movie Peer Review Rating System continues to evolve; we've begun to add tips for movie makers, and you can find them on the Submitter FAQ page. A recently-passed vid came from MereCatFish, a member of the HBO Helljumpers clan. It's basically a collection of stuff that amused him in-game; some of it is great, some is a bit... well, you'd laugh harder if you'd been there, I guess. My favorite part was a single in-game score screen that comes up around 5:11. 14 players, 13 are dead. And one has quit. It's available in both WMP9 format (26.8 mb) and QuickTime format (21.9 mb) - thanks to Mythica for the hosting. (We'll be releasing a couple of other vids today, so I thought I'd spread the love.) (Louis Wu 13:53:43 UTC) (permalink)
Halo-inspired DeviantART
B0ggyB sent us a note about his DeviantART site, which has a number of Halo-related items in its gallery:
Go check it out! (Louis Wu 13:32:00 UTC) (permalink)
Area 54 released
Area 54, a Halo CE map we mentioned a little bit ago, has been released. You can read about it over at HaloMods, grab a copy from Halo Universe. Thanks, MasterGrief. (Louis Wu 11:06:16 UTC) (permalink)
Site focus
To the 42 million people sending us links about the Xbox360 and its leaked specs... thanks, but we're not an Xbox site, we're a Halo site. And while it's likely that one (or more) versions of Halo will eventually RUN on this hardware, we're not the place to bring you information about its wireless capabilities, or how big the hard drive is. If you really wanna know this stuff, and don't know where to turn, try googling 'Xbox360 specs' or something. Thanks! (Louis Wu 11:04:21 UTC) (permalink)
VGL Updates
Video Gamers League has changed the rules for their tournaments; you can find the updated listing on the Rules page. (Check the Schedule page to see if one of the tourneys is near you.) Thanks, Jeff. (Louis Wu 11:01:48 UTC) (permalink)
Monday's news in brief:
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Quick Draw Macaw. The Arbiter's Army Halo 2 Gametype Organizer V2.0.1b Stuffo's 2 bits on a Halo movie Praetoria Guard Vids - now with MPRRS approval |
Sunday's news in brief:
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Covenant Dropship, Analyzed Spraylo: Combat Devolved Last Stand IA 02 Sunday Reading More released videos MPRRS - A Status Report |
