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Thursday, November 10, 2005 |  |
Fight Club
Broken Console Productions have released Episode 10 of The Squadron - once again, the humans escape from the jaws of certain death. Poor Durge... this one is WMP9-only, for the time being. Go grab a copy. (Louis Wu 21:46:40 UTC) (permalink)
Reading is Fundamental.
XerxdeeJ has sent along another weekly update for Tied the Leader - and there's some great reading in there. There's a piece looking at some of the characters in movie history where the voice actor, the person who arguably made the role memorable, was not the person who physically acted the part. (Yes, this is an argument - and a solid one - in favor of keeping Halo's voice actors for the movie roles.) There's a collection of real-life items that are mirrored in Halo... and there's yet another rant against cheaters on Xbox Live. (Louis Wu 21:44:12 UTC) (permalink)
Rockin'.
Gavin Free, better known as Gavino over at Red vs Blue, was the proud winner of Lorraine McLees' Fight the Flood sketch in the recent Blow Me Away charity auction. The first round of shipments went out a couple of days ago (Bungie, specifically Jeff Todd, Alta's assistant, was ASTOUNDINGLY fast in the packing/shipping of these; the unshipped items are due to lack of info we've asked for from the buyers, or (in a couple of cases) lack of payment so far) - and Gavin sent along photos of his prize:
Once again - to everyone who participated in this event... our heartfelt thanks for your help in the hurricane relief effort! And Gav... enjoy. ;) (Louis Wu 19:47:29 UTC) (permalink)
Online Double Team Competition
Matchbox 360 is running a double-team competition next Friday, November 18, at 7 pm GMT. The winners will get copies of Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell: Chaos theory and Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon: Summit Strike (one copy each, total). Swing by if you'd like to participate! Update: though it doesn't actually mention it in the rules, this tourney is UK-only. (Louis Wu 19:19:13 UTC) (permalink)
Revisiting the Chief
1UP.com has posted a Halo 2 retrospective, looking back at the history of the game, in honor of its one-year anniversary. Thanks, Tomas. (Louis Wu 16:05:40 UTC) (permalink)
Mercy Rests
Dustin Kaufman pointed out that last month, Hamilton Camp, the voice of the Prophet of Mercy in Halo 2, passed away from a heart attack. It's unclear at this point whether the voice talent from the games will be reused where appropriate in the Halo movie (though I'd suggest that it would be a good thing if it were) - but this is one voice that has been silenced. (Louis Wu 15:58:28 UTC) (permalink)
The Codex on MTV
The Codex Series has gotten a lot of attention this year - and rightly so; it's a pretty impressive machinima series from a lot of different perspectives. Recently, the entire crew headed out to LA to film a piece for mtvU's Gamer's Ball - they've written up the entire experience (with pictures) on their website. The show will air sometime next week - keep an eye out for it! (Louis Wu 15:16:57 UTC) (permalink)
Gotta watch women like that...
SteelGaribaldi points out that Halo is mentioned in the political comic Day By Day. I(If you're reading this later than November 10, you can see the cartoon itself here; the site doesn't allow for full-page linking based on URL.) (Louis Wu 15:09:54 UTC) (permalink)
Prometheus Update Number 5
Over at HaloDev, there's another massive update about Prometheus, the all-in-one Halo editor being developed. There's far too much to describe in this news post - go read, and see where they are! Thanks, Nick. (Louis Wu 14:42:34 UTC) (permalink)
Waiting in Line
Chairleg Productions has posted a new movie - it's called 'Waiting in Line', and it's available in WMP9 and MP4 formats (the latter for PSP). If you grab the PSP version, be sure to save it under "/MP_ROOT/100ANV01". This vid highlights the quintessentially British queueing system, as Spartans wait for their Xbox360s - funny! Go watch. (Louis Wu 14:37:50 UTC) (permalink)
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