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Friday, November 25, 2005 |  |
Holiday Refit, plus goodies
There's a new Halo Babies strip up at Halobabies.net - a look at one of the real hazards of Thanksgiving. While you're there, check out the Halo Babies store - HB gear and goodies. (That framed print ROCKS.) (Louis Wu 17:04:59 UTC) (permalink)
Don't Hold Your Breath...
Bungie recently agreed not to remove the Big Team Battle playlist, even though it's the least-played playlist up. Stuntmutt puts his own twist on the situation in today's One One Se7en. (Louis Wu 16:22:56 UTC) (permalink)
After-Turkey Reading
Eight new stories in the Fan Fiction section today - go read! (Louis Wu 16:08:50 UTC) (permalink)
JumpTactics Mix 1
The JumpTactics guys have affiliated with Halo2forum.com for hosting - you can grab their latest piece from there now (WMP9 format, 91 mb). JumpTactics Mix 1 contains the work of a large number of jumpers, familiar names, and not so familiar. Some of the jumps are simply astounding - all the way across Lockout, or all the way across Colossus, or from the lower sniper spawn to the top of the sniper tower on Ascension... you've got to see these. (Louis Wu 15:55:46 UTC) (permalink)
Rise of the Elites Episode 2
This seems to be a movie day - I guess you should settle in for some real watching. Next up is a movie that was announced at High Impact Halo a week
ago; some folks loved it, some didn't. 'Rise of the Elites Episode 2' was submitted to the MPRRS, and failed - by the slimmest of margins. Those reviewers have been failing EVERYTHING lately, though, so I'm inclined to cut the film a little slack... I grabbed a copy and watched. It's quite long (nearly 20 minutes), and an awful lot of work has been put into it. Cinematography is quite good. The plot is a little weak, and a few parts are slow... but overall, it's well done, and worth watching. (Although some reviewers didn't like the fact that all voices were done by the same person, I have to say that the voices are understandable and clear, which forgives a LOT of sins.) WMP9 version is 45.2 mb, QuickTime version is 44.1 mb. Get out the popcorn! (Louis Wu 15:43:09 UTC) (permalink)
They Won Again
AnubisUK sends word that The Squadron, Episode 11 has been posted on their website. Because of bandwidth issues, they're looking for a new home - and for that reason aren't interested in hosting QuickTime versions until after the move, it seems, so you can grab the QT from us (27.8 mb). (WMP9 is available from their site.) Humans are still on the run, though Durge is called on the carpet for how long it's taking to exterminate them. Go watch; this series continues to evolve, and filmmaking qualities are quite good. (Louis Wu 15:33:37 UTC) (permalink)
Old-Skool Jumping
Yesterday, while I was stuffing myself past all rationality, Ducain sent me a link to this newspost at High Impact Halo - SneakyPete has recreated a classic Halo trick... with s7yle. 3 Warthogs, a Banshee, and the Master Chief on top of the lightbridge tower... in single player. To keep you from having to deal with Putfile or Picapic (and to offer QuickTime users an alternative), we're hosting both the original hi-res WMP9 (20.2 mb) and a re-encoded QuickTime (19.9 mb). This one's pretty nice! (Louis Wu 15:25:07 UTC) (permalink)
They'll call you anything if you save them.
Yesterday's User Friendly webcomic was vaguely Halo-related - if you don't read the strip, go back a few for this to make more sense. Thanks, SteelGaribaldi. (Louis Wu 15:06:48 UTC) (permalink)
Thursday's news in brief:
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What an awesome Christmas present this would be! Administrivia, and a Halloween Costume Movie-theater-based tourney in Ohio Turkeys and Pro Halo |
Wednesday's news in brief:
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The Art Floodgates Open Xbox 180. BoB Zero: Genesis Your Favorite Zombie - Now on a Mac Mid-week reading Find that HaloCE Tutorial - Fast! IGN looks at Halo 2 on a 360 Don't follow Frankie's Japan links. |
