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Tuesday, August 22, 2006 |  |
Out of Mind Part Four
Out of Mind Part 4 is now available for sponsors at the Red vs Blue website. If you're not a sponsor, Episode 3 is available for you. All in all, it's an Out of Mind evening! (Louis Wu 23:14:08 UTC) (permalink)
Two SciFi Giants Talk to Bungie
Looks like Jerry Pournelle and Larry Niven were talking to Bungie recently, about making games from some of the best science fiction out there. How did we miss this? Thanks, Matt. (Interesting perspective on the whole 'gameplay vs reality' thing in there, too...) (Louis Wu 22:22:30 UTC) (permalink)
Endeavour Teaser
Broken Console created a teaser for Endeavour, a spinoff of their 'Conquest' series - the MPRRS liked it. You can download it from their website, in either WMP9 or QuickTime formats (and in high or low-res). The full movie should be out later this month or next month. (Louis Wu 22:07:49 UTC) (permalink)
ODST
Pinkuh created a new Halo art piece for Laird - this one started out as a simple sketch of an ODST... then it got inked... then it got colored. The final product is pretty slick! We've added it to her gallery here, too. (Louis Wu 21:26:02 UTC) (permalink)
Top Ten Physics Games - Halo places 3rd
Aeropause wrote up an article listing (in their opinion) the Top Ten Best Physics Games. Halo came in at number 3. (The article incorrectly claims that Halo used the Havok physics engine - Havok was incorporated into Halo 2.) Thanks, Mr Sprout, for the heads-up. (Louis Wu 20:25:59 UTC) (permalink)
Team Carnage - Love it or Hate it
Team Carnage, the newest XBL playlist, is now online. You can read a description of all games in the list on Bungie.net - but a short synopsis might be 'anti-hardcore'. These games are for fun; if you try and play them as though you were playing Team Hardcore, you're going to get frustrated. (The funniest part is that this playlist subbed in for Rumble Hardcore - so a lot of the first players were looking for Rumble Hardcore games, but hadn't turned their Xboxes off or signed out of XBL. The words they used to describe what they were playing are NOT front-page-acceptable.) HBO feedback is coming into this forum thread - lots of people seem to think it's just like Team ActionSack. It's not, really - it's what ActionSack SHOULD have been. Go blow someone up. (Louis Wu 18:15:55 UTC) (permalink)
LiL Poison Takes on All Comers
We got email from Victor De Leon, farther of LiL Poison, the world's youngest pro Halo player. They get thousands of requests from people wanting to play LiL Poison on Xbox Live, or just to add him to their friends list; obviously, this isn't feasible. They've figured out a way to get more people the opportunity to play, though - and help a good cause at the same time. You can swing by this page, and sign up to play LiL Poison; game cost is $20, and a portion of that will go to the Make a Wish Foundation. Can you beat an 8-year-old? (Louis Wu 17:43:34 UTC) (permalink)
The Bad News Bears
There's a Halo 2 tournament taking place on Saturday, during the Penny Arcade Expo in Seattle this weekend - and according to Frankie, Bungie will be participating. They might even be cheating to win. Be there to watch! (Louis Wu 17:40:40 UTC) (permalink)
Out of Mind 4 on Marketplace
Part 4 of Red vs Blue's Out of Mind series is now available on Xbox Live Marketplace. (It should be available soon for download from the website, as well - but isn't yet.) Thanks, Apollo Arrow. (Louis Wu 17:33:57 UTC) (permalink)
Podtacular 77
Podtacular 77 is out - it's a monster (apparently to make up for 73 being short), at over an hour and a half. It contains the usual stuff, plus an interview with the guys from Halo2.junk.ws. It's cohosted by Tinkerbell23, from the Cayote Cavegirls. Thanks, Foo Mo Jive. (Louis Wu 17:29:59 UTC) (permalink)
Heh - Shinie.
Mr Fiddle found a great Homestar Runner Halo parody - check it out on the Homestar Runner Wiki forum. (Louis Wu 16:50:33 UTC) (permalink)
Halo 2 Vista - Looking Good!
There's a really nice progress review of Halo 2 Vista over at Bungie.net - new producer Matt Priestley did the writeup, and really makes me want a machine that can play this game, when it comes out! If you live in Germany, you might get to see it for yourself later this week; it'll be premiering at the Leipzig Games Convention. Read the whole article for the goods; there's some nice info there. Frankie, if course, was first with the heads-up. (Louis Wu 04:11:55 UTC) (permalink)
Matchmaking changes coming
Ninja 0n Fire posted a Matchmaking update on the Bungie.net forum today; details about what's changing with existing playlists, plus a teaser of the new playlist, now called Team Carnage. Give it a read! And look for the actual update to the XBL playlists sometime later this week. Arachneya was first with a heads-up, via email. (Louis Wu 04:04:34 UTC) (permalink)
VOTING NEEDED NOW
Wonga - here's your chance to see Red vs Blue featured on the BBC website! I just noticed a poll on this page (it's about halfway down) pointing out that there are 4 sessions at the Edinburgh Games Festival that can be covered, but only one reviewer - so it's up to the readers to decide which session he attends! Vote for 'Machinima', and you'll get to read a feature of the RT crew. Hurry! (Louis Wu 03:51:18 UTC) (permalink)
Crimson Halo Gift
Gone all day, starting to catch up... first up, a new movie. MaritalBlaze54 created 'Crimson Halo Gift', a tribute to Clan 0kinawa's Crimson Halo series. It portrays a modder being ganged up on by a bunch of non-modders. The MPRRS reviewers liked the camera angles, the video quality, the editing... they weren't thrilled with the soundtrack. Such is life, sometimes. You can grab this in WMP9 format (31.5 mb) or QuickTime format (34.1 mb). (Louis Wu 03:44:20 UTC) (permalink)
Monday's news in brief:
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Transmission Episode 0 - The Prologue A Speedrunning Competition in Canada Sun Tzwho? I'm gonna be a star, ma Nylund talks to FiringSquad The Human Entry Vehicle, Analyzed Elongation - in Lego. |
Sunday's news in brief:
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jdogmoney's Nigh Impossible Contest Extravaganza! StandBy Me Splinter Cell: Crisis - Trailer |
