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Saturday, May 14, 2005 |  |
Miranda has been found
And the medium evolves. Motherstooth wrote to say that the search for Miranda is over - he's chosen Jenel Glover, of Fremont CA. He posted a short vid (WMP9 or QT) that includes the test line he had her read. (There were 17 applicants for the part... I'm thinking that if someone's looking for a 'niche' Halo 2 site, building a system that could put potential voice talent in touch with machinima projects that need it is a tool that's just screaming to be created.) (Louis Wu 11:19:01 UTC) (permalink)
Regret
A few days ago, James Meyers, of DS Unforgotten, submitted a film to the MPRRS - it had some technical problems. (That is - one reviewer was able to see it - and liked it, except for its size (31 mb) - while nobody else could even view it.) Getting a new copy took a while, and eventually, Cybr simply deleted the MPRRS entry. When James got back to me, though, the vid he uploaded was so small (1.6 mb WMP9) that I decided I'd just release it. 30 seconds... but pretty nicely done. You can also grab a QuickTime version (1.9 mb). (Louis Wu 10:48:52 UTC) (permalink)
A Tour of Two Maps
Dennis Powers pointed out a somewhat different vid he's spotlighted over at GearboxGameZone.com - it's a visual tour of a pair of HaloCE maps, W4Torn Cove and H2_New_Mombasa. I'm not sure I see it the same way he does - but it's a great overview of these two maps. Available in both QT and WMP9 formats. (Louis Wu 10:29:58 UTC) (permalink)
On the internet, nobody knows...
Severian sent along a link to his blog, which he describes as "part blog, and in fact a not-so-serious adolescent fantasy fulfilled". It's not really standard blog fare, and in fact I'm hesitant to post it (I'm not interested in a flood of similar pages being sent to us), but... (Louis Wu 10:22:26 UTC) (permalink)
Halo 2 Watch Auction
Peter Snel sent along an eBay link for a Halo 2 watch; if you'd always wanted one of these, but never got around to buying one, now's your chance. Auction ends in less than 2 days. Update: posted a bit after 8 am ET, before I run out the door... these were found by 7he One:
- Master Chief Bust (day and a half left)
- Lot of 50 Halo 2 games (12 hours left)
- Master Chief statue (8 days left)
- Another Halo 2 Watch (day and a half left)
- Mouse pad (5 days left)
- Halo 2 banner (12 hours left)
- Dog Tags (set of 6) (day and a half left)
- Halo 2 glow mod (2 days left)
Whew! (Louis Wu 09:37:25 UTC) (permalink)
A Revisionist Look at Halo 2
Lothar Hex dropped us a line to let us know that his news post for Friday's Exterminatus Now comic is a rather lengthy look at the differences between Halo and Halo 2. Most of it has been said before - but I really liked the comment that it's hard to be in the 'middle' in the fan community; I've seen a lot of the polarization he talks about, and I agree with him that it's easy to see the merits (and weaknesses) of both sides. Give it a read! (Louis Wu 02:19:57 UTC) (permalink)
Direct Download links for GNF Highlights
hinch put up a few direct download mirrors (here and here) for the Going Nowhere Fast highlight reel we posted - if you can't use BitTorrent, give one of these a try. (If they die before new mirrors go up, don't panic - we'll be putting up more links soon.) If you CAN use BitTorrent, you'll get MUCH better speeds from the links in this post. (Louis Wu 02:14:07 UTC) (permalink)
Short? He said that was short?
Bungie's Weekly What's Update has been posted; the big news is that the Map pack (originally slated for a June 28th release) is now coming out on July 5. They're not happy about it - but that's how it goes sometimes. On the bright side, if you're at E3, you'll be able to play them. There's more stuff, too, of course - I was amused by the suicide penalty story. And oh, yeah... the second volume of the Halo 2 soundtrack looks to be on schedule for an early July release. Awesome Mister Chief art, too. Go read! (Louis Wu 02:05:47 UTC) (permalink)
Friday's news in brief:
Thursday's news in brief:
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