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Friday, August 19, 2005 |  |
Bballplaya12's Montage 2
Z points out a new montage, from Bballplaya12, over on Halo2Forum.com. 64 mb, WMP9 format. Lots and lots of sticks and snipes. Good timing, and some of the sticks (especially the ones on Lockout) are pretty impressive. Go grab a copy! (Louis Wu 19:30:27 UTC) (permalink)
Baby Boom Boom.
One One Se7en, at a loss for its own content, sucked in Halo Babies today. Poor Baby MC... (Louis Wu 16:19:22 UTC) (permalink)
Homertage
DarqKnyght created a spoof montage - ever wonder what it would sound like if Homer Simpson played Xbox Live? Wonder no more! Timing is beautiful, and there were several laugh-out-loud clip choices (for me, at least). Warning ahead of time: anyone who chooses to denigrate the actual gameplay shown ("those weren't very impressive kills") on our forum will be mocked mercilessly by me - this montage is NOT about the masterful play, it's about the great matchup between gameplay and Simpson snippets. Go watch - it's funny. 34.4 mb, in either WMP9 or QuickTime formats. (Louis Wu 15:44:09 UTC) (permalink)
Friday's Fan Fic
Twelve new pieces in the Fan Fiction section today, including the Noob Diary entries that made the front page of B.net a couple of days ago, some intriguing poems, and more. Go read! (Louis Wu 15:20:26 UTC) (permalink)
Voice Acting Needed
Pvt. Jenkins posted a note on our forum - he's looking for a 'manly voice' for his Flash movie. The movie itself is done - all that's needed is the audio. (This makes a project like this much more promising than, say, "I'm really interested in making a Halo movie - who's with me?") Read the post, see if you meet the requirements (no, Jilly, you don't) - drop him some email! (Louis Wu 14:27:50 UTC) (permalink)
Barney Just Wants a Hug
drumyouaway submitted a trailer for Barney Just Wants a Hug to the MPRRS - and though a few people were unhappy with the aspect ratio of some of the footage, it passed the system, and so we're hosting it for you to see. Short, odd... sort of like my kids. WMP9 (7.6 mb) or QuickTime (7.1 mb) formats. (Louis Wu 14:04:54 UTC) (permalink)
Temp bans for modders' friends
There's another piece on Bungie.net that should be read by everyone who plays Halo 2 on Xbox Live; apparently, the've started to run queries on their game database, looking not for modders, but for players who've played 'a significant number of games with modders'. Yesterday, they temp-banned a few thousand of them - and the next time won't be temporary. This doesn't mean you should panic if you find yourself in a game with a modder; one is not a 'significant number of games'. It DOES mean that if you're doing a lot of custom gaming, and your friends are modders... you might find yourself banned, even though you don't mod. Worth thinking about! Update: Sketchfactor dropped by our forum to clarify that the current tempban was only for people who were playing with modders in Matchmaking - not custom games. (There was some apprehension that you could get banned from matchmaking by inadvertently playing in custom games with modders.) He certainly did not rule out the possibility that playing with modders in custom games might, at some point, get you banned from matchmaking - but right now, they're focusing on matchmaking primarily. (Louis Wu 12:42:13 UTC) (permalink)
Keeping his lady in a bottle
Yesterday afternoon, Sketchfactor posted an interview with Major Nelson, Xbox Live Director of Programming, over at Bungie.net; read it to get a sense for what this guy does. There was a snippet that hinted at how much new info Live would be giving you about opponents once the 360 is released - I'm looking forward to that! (Louis Wu 12:37:58 UTC) (permalink)
Pecking Order
New comic up at Halo Babies - I gotta say, that's one fast-thinking grunt! There's also a reminder about the Red vs Blue Comic Contest, which ends in a couple of days. Go check it out! (Louis Wu 12:21:48 UTC) (permalink)
Thursday's news in brief:
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The beginning of something grand Logo-fied. He is smitten. Fall of Reach looking for cast members |
Wednesday's news in brief:
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When the old act young Master Sheaf. Amaroq Speaks A beta podcast |
