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Tuesday, November 1, 2005 |  |
Carved Styrofoam and Tasty Fishes
Joe Staten has written the third installment of his Great Hollywood Journey (the first piece was mentioned here, and the second here) - he's just returned from touring WETA's studios in New Zealand, and he sounds positively giddy. Go read. Then yell at Frankie for always hogging the credit. (Louis Wu 23:02:32 UTC) (permalink)
PoA Uniforms, Updated
Stephen Loftus used Guerilla (part of the Halo Editing Kit released for use with HaloCE) to overhaul some of the information in his Uniforms on the Pillar of Autumn article. Go check out what's there now! (Louis Wu 23:01:58 UTC) (permalink)
For you REALLY late starters...
Whoa. Now THERE'S a deal. Australian Halo'ers can buy a Halo 2 Xbox Live Kit - for $99.99 (about $75 US) you get the Halo 2 Limited Edition (pretty hard to find these days!), plus 12 months of Xbox Live and a communicator. Sounds like a great deal! Thanks, AussieXbox. (Louis Wu 22:53:48 UTC) (permalink)
Pumpkin Voting is OPEN
Well... I was planning on gussying up the interface a bit (my php skills are just SLIGHTLY better than they were last year at this time...), but time is an omnibus. (Don't even ask.) The deadline for entries to our 343 Guilt O' Lantern pumpkin carving competition came and went last night... and when the dust settled, there were 53 entries. Some are funny, some are simple, some will take your breath away. The rules for judging are the same as they were last year: you have five votes, they all count evenly. You have a week to cast them (though you have to cast them all at once; you can't vote for 3, then come back and vote for 2 more). Voting opens right now, and will close sometime next Tuesday, late. (Or maybe Wednesday morning, if I'm not around Tuesday night.) Please, please, PLEASE read the directions - if you vote for the wrong pumpkins, those pumpkins are getting your votes, because we're not messing with stuff. Look over ALL the pumpkins; if you pick 5 from the first page, you'll be skipping some killer entries. In fact, the 'next page' button at the bottom of the page simply cycles around; once you're done, you start over. So look through everything, maybe ruminate for a day or two, THEN vote. (Or vote right away - but look at everything first.) If you've forgotten what the winners go home with, check back on our contest page for the prize lists. Tell your friends to vote - but don't tell them HOW to vote; make this a fair contest, no ballot stuffing! This is all about fun, and I gotta say, there are some amazing pumpkins again this year. Go see! (Louis Wu 18:30:24 UTC) (permalink)
I bet they could ebay those for a lot.
Marty Wells sent along a couple of pictures (this one and this one) showing 2 months of work for the Halloween costumes they wore last night, a "fun night of costume contests and bar hopping." The original filename of the first one was "My name is Michael J Caboose and I hate BABIES.JPG" - do you think they're RvB fans? Pretty nice work! (Louis Wu 11:56:50 UTC) (permalink)
XBList 2.0 Released
Ben Hollis writes to let us know that XBList has been updated to version 2.0; it's now compatible with the new Xbox.com, has the ability to load XBL Gamer Tiles as well as Halo 2 emblems, and can popup notifications when your friends sign on and off. It's a Windows program. Check it out! (Louis Wu 11:51:43 UTC) (permalink)
A new face for MLG
MLGPro has completely overhauled their site and forums; the focus is much more on user interaction. I could live without some of the Flash... but it's certainly more powerful from a community-building standpoint. Reaction on their forums is split between folks who love it and folks who hate it. Video on Demand, while still not Mac-accessible, is now FAR more searchable and sortable. And there are a few new articles to read over, some about the changes, others of more general interest (there's a player spotlight on Ogre 2, for example). Check it out! Thanks to several people for pointing this out - Ryan Etsell was first. (Louis Wu 11:48:47 UTC) (permalink)
More Cowbell
There's a writeup of Saturday night's Video Games Live concert in Seattle over on Bungie.net; sounds like the Bungie guys had a pretty good time! Marty says I shouldn't give up on the concert series... Marty's a pretty nice guy. I can definitely get behind Frankie's call for more cowbell! (His 'First' post on our forum actually made me laugh.) (Louis Wu 11:23:56 UTC) (permalink)
Monday's news in brief:
Sunday's news in brief:
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8th Time's The Charm Ringworld Rude, Crude, and Altruistic Of course, Cortana gets bashed. Podtacular Ep 20 Odd Choice of Security ILB DVD gets Enhanced Carve, as though your life depended on it! |
