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Tuesday, September 12, 2006 |  |
Bananas... and screaming.
Over on Bungie.net, there's a new Community Spotlight - KP sat down with Recon #54, known to most Bungie.net forumgoers (because he's a moderator there) and to some HBO forumgoers (because he delurks here sometimes). Go read the story of someone who's been part of the Bungie community since there's BEEN a Bungie community (and no, that doesn't mean 6 months before the release of Halo) - and you'll come to understand WHY he's stayed. (Louis Wu 21:19:38 UTC) (permalink)
Colors
Crossfade, from QsKGlobal.Com, put together 'Colors', a vid that tells the story of a lone soldier who must leave his family and friends to go to war. The MPRRS liked the cinematic effects, and the editing in general. Check it out! 32 mb for the WMP9 version, 31.3 mb for the QuickTime version. (Louis Wu 19:29:11 UTC) (permalink)
Showdown
xbryboyremix submitted 'Showdown' to the MPRRS - it's a samurai movie. A lone samurai that confronts the enemy in a showdown for honor. Nice atmosphere, great camera angles, short, stays on point. Fun film! Grab it in WMP9 format (15.2 mb) or QuickTime format (15.4 mb). (Louis Wu 15:53:14 UTC) (permalink)
Podtacular Ep 80
Foo Mo Jive points out that Podtacular Episode 80 is out (yeah, we were late on 79, but hey, it's nice to catch up) - it's a tip show, focusing on Lockout, and there's an interview with the creators of the Codex machinima series. A bit over an hour, 57 mb. Get to downloading! (Louis Wu 13:59:32 UTC) (permalink)
A Discussion of Halo
A fan calling himself Gravemind has written a massive (45,000 words) look at Halo and Halo 2, with an eye towards making Halo 3 a better game. Anyone interested in looking at the strengths and weaknesses of the first two Halo games, and how they might be optimized going into the third, could probably find SOMETHING they could learn from in this epic. Give it a read. (Narcogen has said he's hoping to mirror it on Rampancy.net, and we'd be happy to, as well, so if this page goes down - it's a GeoCities site, after all - there'll be other options soon.) Comments can go in his forum thread. Update: Heh - went down faster than I thought it would. I've put up a mirror here (it's 40% smaller, though it looks the same - I pulled out some extraneous html code). (Louis Wu 12:26:03 UTC) (permalink)
Libertyville High Halo - Bigger, Badder, Uncompressed
A couple of days ago, we mentioned a performance piece that had been YouTubed - a bunch of folks in high school, playing self-arranged Halo music to their peers. It was a pretty impressive piece; even Marty O'Donnell weighed in with praise. Well, over the next day or so, a bunch of the people involved stopped by the thread (Corey Richardson, on quads, Dave Verlee, on guitar (and the one behind the transcription and arrangement), Hanah Stuart, on violin) - and we have more content for you. Dave pointed out another YouTubed film of the performance - different lighting, different angle, more closeups - and then Corey provided us with a much higher-res version for download. It's 768x576 pixels, and available in either WMP9 format (109 mb) or QuickTime format (107 mb). If you haven't seen it, grab a copy now. If you have - this version's way better. (Louis Wu 09:58:53 UTC) (permalink)
Monsters
imSuck submitted another vid to the MPRRS - this one is set to Matchbook Romance's 'Monsters'. It does a pretty good job at getting into the idea of subjective evil - good and bad being more an issue of the side you're on than absolute positions - and it has some great battle scenes. As should be expected at this point from imSuck, it's a really well-crafted piece of work... and you can grab copies, in WMP9 and QuickTime formats, from HaloGrid's download page. And remember - we are the monsters underneath your bed. (Louis Wu 02:12:50 UTC) (permalink)
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