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Thursday, June 16, 2005 |  |
Bunker 27 Episode 1
Not long ago, Goose submitted Bunker 27 Episode 1, "In the Beginning", to our Movie Peer Review Rating System. The vid didn't pass, but he got a decent amount of useful feedback; he went back, re-edited the film to fix some of the problems reviewers noted, and resubmitted. Second time's the charm; this one made it through. Nice visual effects, silly humor, good filming. If there's anyone stupider than Donut out there... it's Goose. (The character, not the real-life filmmaker.) Grab this in WMP9 format (31.2 mb, mythica.org | bungie.org) or QuickTime format (27.8 mb, bungie.org | mythica.org) and enjoy! If you like it, they'll make more. (They'll probably make more anyway, actually. They said they would, anyway.) (Louis Wu 16:21:31 UTC) (permalink)
Leyk Update
I've been meaning to write this up for some time - apologies to everyone involved. About 6 weeks ago, we posted a note explaining the hardships facing a prominent community member, Tina Leyk, and put a link on our front page, giving folks access to a PayPal link to help out, if they chose to. Not long ago, I heard from Tina about her situation - there's good news and bad news. The good news is that the Halo community saved them; they were able to remain where they were, without being evicted. (Thanks, to everyone who pitched in - you guys rock!) The bad news is that a couple of weeks ago, they were hit with a major vet bill; they learned that their cat looks to be in the early stages of kidney failure, and the initial bill of $400 (CDN) is kicking their butts. I'm passing this news on because I believe that anyone who's pitched in something to help them deserves to know whether they've done any good (you have, believe me), and to update folks wondering how they're doing in general. Here's hoping it all works out in the end! (Louis Wu 16:13:12 UTC) (permalink)
Wouldn't it be nice?
A few days ago, Agonizing_Gas wrote up a satirical post on the 2old2play forums about a 13-year-old who realized his attitude on XBL was influencing his life - yesterday, stosh posted a sanitized version on Bungie.net. We were gonna pass on this... but it was noticed both in our forum (though, scarily, the poster believed it might be a true story), and via email by a bunch of people - so if you haven't seen it, go read. It's pretty funny. (Louis Wu 16:05:08 UTC) (permalink)
Show me the money!
Yet another R.net heads-up... this one is a blog entry from Wil Wheaton, discussing the recent agreement between the Screen Actors Guild and video games publishers (we mentioned it last week). Wil's point of view is that actors deserve more. There's a well-written counterpoint over at Game Girl Advance, suggesting that while everyone might WANT more, actors aren't any more entitled to residuals than, say, animators - but that if publishers had to pay EVERYONE residuals, nobody would publish games. The whole issue is becoming more important, as gaming continues to make inroads into mainstream entertainment, and budgets (and profits) continue to climb. Stay tuned - we may have something more in-depth about this in the near future. (Louis Wu 15:52:21 UTC) (permalink)
Halo Main Theme Transcription
Another transcription of the Halo main theme has been posted at Rampancy.net; Devin Eastman has submitted an archive including a MIDI file, a PrintMusic document, and a PDF containing the score. You can find comments by Devin in the R.net news post. (Registration - free - is required to download the archive.) (Louis Wu 15:34:27 UTC) (permalink)
Articles that shouldn't be written (yet?)
IGN posted a short piece about what they want to see in the Halo movie once it hits the big screen. I found this at Rampancy.net, where Narcogen said their list 'makes Baby Jesus cry' - he ain't kiddin'. (Louis Wu 15:28:33 UTC) (permalink)
Area 55 out
Area 55, from Halo Hoger, has been released for HaloCE. Animated scenery, new enemies and character models, custom dialogue. 10 mb or so. Give it a try! Thanks, MasterGrief. (Louis Wu 15:21:12 UTC) (permalink)
The Overviews Continue
More versions of the Microsoft-commissioned map overviews are appearing - 1Up.com was first out of the gate yesterday with Containment, though the aspect ratio is all wrong. (Their QuickTime link works now, though - thanks, Blackstar.) GameTrailers.com is now serving QT and WMP9 versions of this - 480x360, about 8 and a half megs each. (Thanks, Christian Andersen.) They're also hosting similarly-sized versions of a Warlock trailer from that series. The first version of Warlock to show up, though, was at TeamXbox, in WMP9 format, at 640x480 (16.1 mb) - thanks, Oddworld. Look for the other 7 maps to be spotlighted soon around the net. (Louis Wu 13:22:50 UTC) (permalink)
Wednesday's news in brief:
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