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Thursday, June 23, 2005 |  |
The Needler Walk
Back in April, ArchieGates (a Gamespot user) released a pair of Needler songs; they're pretty funny stuff. Looks like a couple of weeks ago, he released song number 3 - you can grab a copy off our server (2.4 mb). Funny stuff! Thanks to bighairyape for the heads-up. (Louis Wu 19:12:42 UTC) (permalink)
Halo 2: Episode 1: Cairo Station Trailer
comradx has released a trailer for the first episode of his upcoming feature-length Halo 2 film. (We posted an overall trailer a couple of months ago.) There are 7 episodes planned, with a trailer for each; Episode 1 should hit the web on July 4. The trailer is 18.8 mb in QuickTime format, 20.7 mb in WMP9 format, and combines cutscene footage with in-game play and additional voice work. Thanks to the MPRRS, for processing this. Update: thanks to trigger119, who pointed out that our hosting is pretty much unnecessary - it looks like this video has been online, on a dozen mirrors, for a few days now, according to this High Impact Halo forum thread. You've got a ton of choices, including BitTorrent. (Louis Wu 17:03:51 UTC) (permalink)
Tied The Leader
XerxdeeJ posted his weekly mention of Tied The Leader, his gaming blog, on our forum - Halo-related entries include Team Tactics Scorn, a LAN party poll, the new Tom and Jerry, Quitters, and Cheaters (more flying warthogs). Go read! (Louis Wu 16:46:43 UTC) (permalink)
Chitty Bang Bang, Chitty Chitty Bang Bang...
Whee! Flying warthogs. The Geezer Gamers got into a matchmaking game on Containment last night - and the other team had clearly modded maps. Bad news for them - it's on film. (9.1 mb, WMP9 format. Unfortunately, it's on Putfile.) Thanks, Martin. (Louis Wu 16:35:47 UTC) (permalink)
First Drop accessible again
DarkChief wanted folks to know that his fanfic, First Drop, which was mentioned a couple of days ago but which went offline pretty quickly at that point, is back up, now that HaloTips is back online. (Louis Wu 15:40:00 UTC) (permalink)
Violence Isn't The Answer
Wow. I simply couldn't pass this up. Bonekin posted a video entitled "Violence Isn't The Answer" - it's a full Rumble Pit Training game of Foundation King, in which Bonekin wins by a healthy margin... without firing a single shot or meleeing a single opponent. Zero kills, zero assists, zero shots fired, playing on a level where the hill doesn't move, and is normally a grenade death trap... but he took the match by more than a full minute. Pacifism... the choice of a new generation. (Louis Wu 11:03:23 UTC) (permalink)
Mental Image
trigger119 writes to point out Mental Image, a new machinima created by his friend Vice Ruetoy. It's in the 'something the government is giving me is making me crazy' genre - it's 44.1 mb, WMP9 format. Voice stuff needs some work. You can post comments to this thread (this was put up yesterday, but the movie was replaced last night with a version with better sound). (Louis Wu 10:38:10 UTC) (permalink)
Map details - all in one place
Hedfones has written up a pretty complete collection of information about the new maps coming out, combining details from many, many different sources and providing download links in one convenient place - go read his thread over at HaloPlanet! (Louis Wu 10:33:05 UTC) (permalink)
Magnet giveaway regionalized?
Socrates points out that the magnet thingy we mentioned yesterday seems to be confined to the east coast of the US - there aren't any out west yet. Bizarre. Update: (And this will be the last I say about these things) - we got a few emails saying that Socrates was incorrect; that there ARE magnets to be had on the west coast. We have absolutely no idea what the distribution of these really is, and in fact it doesn't really matter; this is your heads-up that there MIGHT be magnets in your local game store, or there might not be. If so - cool, grab 'em and have fun. If not - sorry. We really don't need to hear from other locations. Thanks! (Louis Wu 10:30:38 UTC) (permalink)
Thursday's Writing
Due to a relatively boneheaded move on my part, the new Fan Fiction submission page was set up to eat submissions, rather than post them. With some help from Wado and Mark Lieberg, I was able to track down the cause of the problem - and the latest 4 entries are now up on the Fan Fiction page. Apologies to any authors who submitted stories that subsequently vanished. (Louis Wu 10:26:13 UTC) (permalink)
Dogs, and Mice. And Dogs.
Count Zero has taken time out of his busy schedule (of answering emails and sucking his thumb) to compile the next collection of questions and answers for the HBO Mailbag. Remember: the emails are all REAL. We really get this stuff. (Louis Wu 10:06:47 UTC) (permalink)
More Halo 2 Action Figures
A number of new action figure pics have been added to Joyride's Halo 2 section - mostly stuff coming out later this year. The four that coviehunter noticed specifically were the Prophet, Hunter, Pink Spartan, and Spectre... there are more, scroll through the list! (Louis Wu 09:52:04 UTC) (permalink)
Maptacular summary at CVG
Computer and Video Games has posted a summary of the five newest maps (along with screenshots); if you haven't gotten your fill of this sort of info, go read! (Louis Wu 09:48:57 UTC) (permalink)
Wednesday's news in brief:
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Riding the Bullet (blocking) Train Free magnets from EBG Ultimate Slayer VGL Announces Tour Dates Rockets. Not A Precision Weapon. Pro Players Talk Girls on Live - is it worse than boys get? |
Tuesday's news in brief:
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2old2type podcast ep 3 Master Hot Stepper Noobs, Experts, and In Between - redux Lost Time Sanctuary and Turf, in living color |
