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Friday, September 2, 2005 |  |
Mobilizing the Bungie Army
There's a major story up on Bungie.net - ways you can help with the Hurricane Katrina relief effort. First up - the T-shirt we mentioned earlier today. Go read WHY you should buy one (or several - they'll make great presents!). After that, there's a little bit of information for an upcoming charity auction - we'll be working closely with Bungie to sell off some truly amazing fan items, and in the process build up some cash to send south. (Every penny made in the auction will be going to disaster relief - this one isn't even '100% of the profits', this one is '100% - period'.) Finally, there are some comments pulled from a recent thread on Bungie.net about people either directly affected by the disaster, or people doing what they can to help - check it out, get inspired! (Louis Wu 19:51:47 UTC) (permalink)
This Spartan Life Ep 2 kicks off
This Spartan Life has kicked off Episode 2 - module 1 (Opening and extended monologue) is up now. 28 mb in QuickTime format, 22 mb in WMP9 format. (The WMP9 link is actually not active on their site yet - but you can grab it from the GearboxGameZone website for now.) Hey - who couldn't love a talking shotgun? Guests in Episode 2 will be The Ill Clan (a machinima crew that has been making cool vids for years with the Quake engine(s)) and Marty O'Donnell from Bungie. Lance returns! (These folks aren't in this module - as with Episode 1, this episode will be broken up in to several modules, for ease of downloading.) Go watch. (Louis Wu 17:28:16 UTC) (permalink)
Whipple Scrumptious Fudgemelee Delight.
Speaking of Stuntmutt - it seems the man has figured out a way to keep his betrayals down to a reasonable number. Check today's One One Se7en for details. (Louis Wu 17:25:26 UTC) (permalink)
It's ALL gone!
Okay, this one takes some explanation. A couple of weeks ago, vshields ash started exploring what happens when you overload the Halo engine during the fight with the Prophet of Regret. The first thing he discovered was he'd spawn new prophet chairs after the overload kicked in - he got up over 100 chairs before things broke down. (This thread documents his progress.) Then he went outside - and things were a little... empty. He described it - and then Duelies made a vid of the final cutscene. However, Duelies hadn't gone quite as far in the object overload field as Vern did - the Covenant cruiser, for example, was still around. Vern wanted everyone to see a TOTALLY empty scene - so he sent me a tape to digitize. You can grab it in QuickTime or WMP9 formats - roughly 10 mb each. Stuntmutt must get the credit (or the blame) for the music. (Louis Wu 16:57:36 UTC) (permalink)
Green Metal Underoos
Captain Spark posted another 25 dialogue snippets on our forum today - all are from Marines, and some are PG-rated. Some hilarious stuff in there! You can grab the batch in one chunk on his website (if it's up), or you can browse the entries in our Dialogue Databank. (Louis Wu 16:44:12 UTC) (permalink)
More Halo articles for PSP
Mintz posted another few articles for your PSP over on his website - swing by and see what's new! (Louis Wu 16:43:56 UTC) (permalink)
Pen Island.
SiegWarheit pointed out a rather odd-shaped HaloCE map created by NiTrOuSoXiDe of the H2CE team. Um... yeah. (Louis Wu 16:43:32 UTC) (permalink)
Fight the Flood
Bungie has posted a new T-Shirt on the Bungie Store; it costs $20, and $15 of that will go directly to the Red Cross for distaster relief. (There'll be more on this subject from them later this afternoon, but tag-goody71 noticed the shirt in the store this morning, so we figured we'd let you get a head start on it.) (Louis Wu 16:22:45 UTC) (permalink)
Taking one for the team
Another vid passed the MPRRS yesterday - it's called 'Taking one for the team', and it's Obie Brown's take on a sad, underappreciated job in Halo 2 multiplayer. It's pretty funny, with great musical integration. Obie is part of 'Lost Youth', a clan of 22 and up "geezers" that have seen one too many montages and wanted to do something different. You can grab a copy in WMP9 format (31 mb) or QuickTime format (31.9 mb). (Louis Wu 15:27:08 UTC) (permalink)
Warthog's Last Jump
Over at Halo Babies, the humor gets sort of dark... I want my teddy bear! (They've also finished up their RvB cartoon contest, but the winning strips aren't online yet. I was going to hold off announcing this until they were - but it's unclear when that will happen.) (Louis Wu 15:01:59 UTC) (permalink)
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