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Next up - WoW in Social Studies
Heh - gijake found a fun Halo reference in the latest issue of Wired. I'm not sure it'll be funny if it actually comes true... (Louis Wu 19:37:43 UTC) (permalink)
Ghost Ship
Paul Davies has submitted another gorgeous piece of Halo artwork - this one is called 'Ghost Ship', and shows what might have happened to the Pillar of Autumn in a parallel universe, maybe. If you like Paul's work, he's just finished an overhaul of his website; there's a whole collection of sci-fi artwork there, not just Halo stuff. Check it out! (Louis Wu 18:22:30 UTC) (permalink)
Walshy's Montage - in QuickTime
For lots of people, WMP9 is a difficult-to-use movie type; for those people, we do our best to provide most movies we host (or that we think are worth hosting) in QuickTime format. This is now true with Walshy's montage, released last night (check this MLGPro.com forum thread for lots of download links to the WMP9 version) - we're now offering a QuickTime version of the archive. It's identical to the WMP9 version (it contains the main montage, the Xtra video, and the screenshots of the 3D process), but everything's in QuickTime format. It's also a lot smaller - 126 mb instead of 216 mb. (Movie quality is nearly identical.) Grab this one if you're on a Mac, or would rather use QuickTime for any other reason! (Louis Wu 18:05:55 UTC) (permalink)
Halo 2 tourney in MA - short notice
An article in the Fitchburg (MA) Sentinel and Enterprise discusses a local Halo 2 tourney happening today, with a $1000 first prize; not sure if it's too late, but if you live near Fitchburg, swing on by the local iGameSpot! (Louis Wu 17:47:11 UTC) (permalink)
WikiRiot Ep 12
Sigafoos points out that WikiRiot Episode 12 is up - a pair of interviews, plus plenty of Halo news. 47 minutes, 19 mb. Go listen. (Louis Wu 13:42:43 UTC) (permalink)
More Halo Art for Auction
A couple of days ago, we mentioned a hand-painted faceplate on eBay - that's gone (it went for just over $100), but the artist reminds us that he's got other Halo goodies available for sale there. Check 'em out! (Louis Wu 13:40:27 UTC) (permalink)
Walshy's Montage
So the big news last night was the release of a montage by Final Boss member Walshy - the editing is a bit heavy in places, but it's really nicely produced, and you can get a real sense for how fast and accurately this guy can kill his opponents. At the moment, the best place to grab this is FileFront; we've been asked to help with hosting, but I'm thinking that a 200 mb file that's this popular is suicide for a site like us. I'm currently encoding a QuickTime version (it'll be substantially smaller; the bitrate on the WMP9 is really, really high), but it won't be ready before I have to leave this morning; check back later for a link. There are threads in lots of forums (including ours - thanks, Veegie) - the biggest is probably MLG's (which also has a series of maybe temporary alternative links for download). It's a 200 mb download, with just under 10 total minutes of video - go grab a copy! Thanks to dirtyJ for being the first with the heads-up. (Louis Wu 13:36:22 UTC) (permalink)
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