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Wednesday, August 10, 2005 |  |
Taste-making power
CNN has an article about video game music - it uses Video Games Live (the live concert tour) as a jumping-off place, but touches on the advances video game music has made over the years. Halo gets a mention, of course, since the Halo 2 soundtrack has sold 100,000 copies. Thanks, ICDedPpl. (Louis Wu 20:51:45 UTC) (permalink)
Spartan Team Zulu Episode 1
Midnight Carnage submitted a video called Spartan Team Zulu, the opening episode of a machinima series based on Relic. The MPRRS liked it, overall. The intro's pretty good, but really - hopefully, like the RvB intro, it'll be in the first episode and no others. It's available in WMP9 format (26.8 mb) or QuickTime format (26.4 mb). Enjoy! (Louis Wu 20:24:02 UTC) (permalink)
Start, Y, Left, (etc)
On a happier note, we finally have today's One One Se7en online for you to read. I didn't get the joke, at first, because I didn't recognize the guy. Stuntmutt, I guess, thought I was kidding when I told him that, because he didn't clarify. This requires me to admit to you that I own no Eminem albums, and have never seen 8 Mile. Sorry. (Louis Wu 20:18:46 UTC) (permalink)
Don't drink the Koolaid.
I'm not going to comment much, past pointing you to the info: Jordan R put a note on our forum pointing to an 80-minute interview that ChatterBox ("Video Game Radio") held with Jack Thompson - it's an amazing listen. Have you ever shouted "OMGWTF!?" at the radio? I have, now. (Louis Wu 20:15:07 UTC) (permalink)
Tied the Leader Weekly Update
XerxdeeJ posted his weekly Tied the Leader update on our forum - there's a reader poll asking for the cleverest in-game taunt, a look at a potential wedding ring (congrats, btw, XerxdeeJ!), a reader poll looking for reasons why Halo is as popular as it is, and semantic study of onomatopoeic utterances, among other things. Go check it out! (Louis Wu 19:51:02 UTC) (permalink)
GamersHell looks at the MMP
GamersHell has written a review of the Multiplayer Map Pack - "the perfect addo-on for multiplayer Halo 2 fans." Give it a read! (Louis Wu 19:40:30 UTC) (permalink)
Microsoft Games Survey
Microsoft Game Studios is looking for your feedback about the Multiplayer map pack - visit this survey and fill it out by August 17. Thanks, Cybrfrk. (Louis Wu 19:24:14 UTC) (permalink)
Hi Ben - Found
Last week, Frankie said that if nobody found the Hi Ben egg in Halo by this Friday, he'd reveal the details. krakho pointed out that over on the Bungie.net forums, M0N3y 5H07 laid out how to find the egg, on the level Regret. (There are screenshots in that thread, if you want to hunt for them.) AlucardX posted a note on the HIH forum pointing to the description, and Reidon made a video showing where, exactly, to find it. I hate Putfile with a passion, so I've posted the 3.5 mb WMP9 vid (and a 3.8 mb Quicktime version) on our servers. Again: M0N3y 5H07 found the egg, Reidon made this vid showing how to find it. Congrats to everyone! (Louis Wu 16:01:15 UTC) (permalink)
There are a LOT of us.
Whee - looks like The Art of Halo is selling nicely - Eric Trautmann mentioned on his blog that he received his first royalty check from Del Ray, and he thanks the Halo fans who bought this game. Nice! (Thanks to Rampancy.net for noticing so quickly.) (Louis Wu 15:51:12 UTC) (permalink)
I don't know where to begin.
Black Six wrote to let us know that today's Mac Hall (guest-drawn by Jamie Noguchi, whose Angry Zen Master comic we mentioned a couple of months ago) has some pretty cool Halo content in it. (The beginning of that story arc started a few comics ago - you might want to look there first.) w00t! (The topic itself is so chock-full of geek-goodness, I'm having trouble cataloguing it all.) (Louis Wu 15:02:48 UTC) (permalink)
Halomachinima.com adds lots of content
Funkmon points out that he's now helping out at halomachinima.com - and that he's mirrored all season 1 episodes of the Halo CE Chronicles there. (Some people have trouble with the HCEC downloading mechanism; this is a bit more straightforward.) He's also added tons of older movies - poke around and see what you find! (Louis Wu 14:56:44 UTC) (permalink)
MLG Philly, Part 2
MLGPro.com has posted Part 2 of their MLG Philly writeup - Dyslexia takes a look at the Halo 1 play. Great fun! Thanks, 3Suns. (There are also over 300 pics from the event, in their gallery.) (Louis Wu 14:54:07 UTC) (permalink)
How come his eyes are orange in every pic?
SketchFactor and Frankie wrote up a fascinating piece on Bungie's experiences at G-Phoria, the awards ceremony that showed on G4TV last night. (It was recorded a couple of weeks ago, and we announced the results then - it was just that it didn't make it onto television until yesterday.) There's also a page full of pictures, some of which should make you go 'hmmmm'. Thanks to Frankie for being Frist. (Louis Wu 14:39:55 UTC) (permalink)
halo2forum vids
Z sends word of a couple of new vids available at halo2forum.com - Ripoff's Montage can be found here (warning, this one might bug some people - 3 minutes of the 7 minute film are intro and final credits, and the rest is super-fast cuts, heavy on the editing, hard to tell what's going on); WMP9 format, 69.3 mb... and Croyt's Anger is basically the back of Croyt's head as he plays Halo 2 - and curses up a storm at the TV. This one is 4:23 long (it gets old after a minute or so), WMP9 format, 55.3 mb. Update: Z's also posted a 14-minute 2v2 gameplay vid - Arpus and wyteChocolate vs Fonzi (from Str8 Rippin) and IGN Shockwave. 111 mb, WMP9 format. Top-notch slayer action on Lockout. (Louis Wu 13:47:59 UTC) (permalink)
Tuesday's news in brief:
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Interview with a Star: AnubisUK Make ME a sandwich! Spawn Man Postgame Persiflage Legomania Montages - and high-end gameplay He should sing 'Blow me away' or something. Podtacular Ep 3 Spartan Comics |
Monday's news in brief:
