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Tuesday, May 17, 2005 |  |
New map screenies
Whoa, cool. Looks like Xboxyde was first out of the gate with new screenshots of the upcoming map pack maps (I'm sure all the big boys will have copies before the night is over). Check 'em out! Thanks, Recoil. (Louis Wu 22:54:38 UTC) (permalink)
Now that's just nuts.
The Art sections here at HBO have been languishing for FAR too long - I've FINALLY cleared out the Miscellaneous Art queue. Beware - there are 64 entries in today's batch (over 70 if you count variants) - page loading might be rough. I simply didn't see any options; I'm leaving for E3 in two days, and it was now or never. There are tons of sketches, lots of paintings, modeled stuff, photos of real stuff... it's an astoundingly large and varied collection. Look at everything - but don't miss the stuff by Pinkuh, or Paul Davies, or Roger Wilco, or Chris Bryan. (I'm not in any way saying that the only good stuff in this batch came from one of these people. I'm simply saying that with such a huge update, it will be easy to miss things - so these are some to watch out for.) It's really possible I missed something... so if you submitted miscellaneous art in the last month or two, and it's not in this update, go ahead and let us know - we'll look for it. If all goes well, I'll be doing similar update with Wallpaper tomorrow. (Louis Wu 18:59:41 UTC) (permalink)
Montage Heaven
Wonga. If you like montages, swing by Halo2Forum - they started a contest a few weeks ago, and received 135 movie entries, which they've narrowed down to 8 finalists. Two of those have already been released on HBO, but the other 6 are new to me - all told, you're looking at 500 MB of montage goodness. Here's hoping the bandwidth holds out... thanks, Z. (Louis Wu 17:01:53 UTC) (permalink)
B.net Game Viewer getting overhauled
A note up on Bungie.net warns you that the Halo 2 Game Viewer is undergoing some work, and will be somewhat limited compared to its usual functionality. By next week, a better, more powerful version should be online... please be patient! (Louis Wu 17:00:03 UTC) (permalink)
Tru7h Seeker
Ciarán Walsh has kicked off a blog, and it's mostly Halo-related - an entry yesterday explores what it might mean to fans if Bungie isn't the group creating Halo 3. The relative explosion of Halo-related blogs has prompted me to add a new section to our links page - you can now find all Halo-related blogs in one place (and add your own, via our automated interface). (Louis Wu 12:28:00 UTC) (permalink)
HaloGT 17
Another video almost made it through the Movie Peer Review Rating System yesterday; we're releasing versions of it anyway because as I said then, our reviewers seem to have reached a point where NO montage is good enough to make it through... but I believe there's still a bit of a market for these. This one comes from GT Juggler, and goes by the name 'How To Succeed at Halo Without Really Trying'. It's a bit under 4 minutes, 46 mb large in either QT or WMP9 formats, and combines great video, fun editing, and nicely-done syncing (with not a small amount of attitude) to create an entertaining vid. If you like it, there's a first part (this is 'part 2') available at HaloGT.com, as well.
QuickTime: bungie.org | mythica.org | halogt.com
WMP9: mythica.org | bungie.org
Enjoy! (Louis Wu 11:04:33 UTC) (permalink)
What is, and what might have been
Narcogen looks at the Halo franchise from a slightly different standpoint today - it's a system staple for the Xbox, yes... but would it have been what it's become without the help of Steve Jobs? Go read. (Louis Wu 10:55:24 UTC) (permalink)
Win a gold master chief
The Bungie store is running a new sweepstakes - you can enter to win one of 20 limited edition gold warthog action figures, or the grand prize of a gold master chief statue. No purchase necessary - just sign up. (You must be 18 or older, and live in the US.) First note I saw was from Capt Scope077 on our forum. (Louis Wu 10:48:19 UTC) (permalink)
Halo for Homeworld 2
Interesting. A mod is starting up for Homeworld 2, attempting to bring Halo 2 ships into the game. (Many of them aren't even in Halo 2; some of the models are built off descriptions in the novels.) It's early days yet. There's a thread here, and the start of a new board here. Thanks, Chris Buhr. (Louis Wu 10:44:54 UTC) (permalink)
The Halo CE work continues
Couple of new Halo CE maps worth looking at - 'No Remorse' was inspired by Halo 2's Outskirts, and has a nice writeup at Halo2CE (thanks, Nuero Ko Neza), and 'Tributary of Lost Souls' is a new map from SuperSunny that contains some nice glow effects (thanks, MasterGrief). Check 'em out! (Louis Wu 10:40:15 UTC) (permalink)
Broncho and Friends 2
Broncho has released a second Broncho and Friends video - nearly 20 minutes of jumping on the newest levels. If you're a fan of jumping in Halo 2, you have to grab this. (Use the BitTorrent link if you can.) 44 mb, WMP9 format. (Louis Wu 10:35:05 UTC) (permalink)
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