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Sunday, May 15, 2005 |  |
VideoTuts Mass Media Release
A new site, VideoTuts.net, has opened its doors; in the words of one of its admins, "Our goal is to push the gaming and CG industry further, and make it easy and accessible to everyone." (Well, mostly everyone - not Mac users, but everyone else.) They've released 20 new video tutorials on the use of 3ds Max and Photoshop; these range from large to ginormous, and most of the new ones (all of them?) are encoded with the TechSmith codec. (TechSmith is a Windows-only screen recorder; if you're on a Mac, you're completely out of luck. On the other hand, 3ds Max doesn't run on a Mac, either, so...) This codec, for Windows, can be downloaded from a link in their video FAQ. If you're looking for step-by-step tutorials showing you how to perform specific tasks related to game development using 3ds Max or Photoshop... check this stuff out! (Louis Wu 19:28:51 UTC) (permalink)
Zelda mod coming along
Hehe - the Zelda Ocarina of Time mod being created for Halo CE is progressing nicely, as can be seen in the screenshots in this thread on the Gearbox forums. Still a ways from being done, but what's there is quite impressive! Thanks, MasterGrief. (Louis Wu 18:57:59 UTC) (permalink)
Bits and Bobs.
Stuntmutt has updated his weblog with some submitted Guest strips for One One Se7en - for those who didn't remember (or never realized), the main One One Se7en section no longer accepts guest or archive submissions, and hasn't for a year or so. If you have a strip you want made public, mail it to Stuntmutt - he'll add it to this blog. (Louis Wu 18:32:55 UTC) (permalink)
GNF Highlights - now for direct download
In the last two days, more than 1300 copies of the Going Nowhere Fast Highlight reel (first posted here) have been downloaded via BitTorrent - close to 200 gigabytes worth of downloads. That should be enough that the direct download demand is back within reachable limits. A few sites have put up the high-res copies we released via BT - 640x480, 130+ mb; if you want one of these, and
BitTorrent isn't an option, you can grab them here (some have already been posted, but I'm re-summarizing):
- WMP9 Hi-Res: Furious Gamers | Furious Angels | Spartans.bungie.org
- QuickTime Hi-Res: Furious Gamers | Furious Angels | Spartans.bungie.org
For those who don't want the high-res version, and would rather save 50 mb on the download, there are also 480x360 versions available (84-87 mb, depending on flavor):
- WMP9 version: mythica.org | bungie.org | spartans.bungie.org
- QuickTime version: bungie.org | mythica.org | spartans.bungie.org
There are more mirrors coming (both high and medium res). (Louis Wu 17:10:27 UTC) (permalink)
Ripping in the Halo Community
There's a long article over at HaloDev, discussing the ethics of 'ripping' - removing content directly from one game (in its original form, without degradation) for insertion into another game (or the same game, in a different context). It's well-written, and has some decent arguments for why intellectual property should be respected. Go read. (Thanks to several folks for pointing this out - looks like SRG was first.) (Louis Wu 16:55:55 UTC) (permalink)
Saturday's news in brief:
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Miranda has been found Regret A Tour of Two Maps On the internet, nobody knows... Halo 2 Watch Auction A Revisionist Look at Halo 2 Direct Download links for GNF Highlights Short? He said that was short? |
Friday's news in brief:
