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Thursday, September 14, 2006 |  |
Bungie vs VGR - Ouch.
Bungie extends its losing streak in the Halo Humpday Challenges to three - this week, it played the Video Gaming Refugees, another bunch of old guys. Once again, old and crafty proves better than young and fast. Or young and confused. Whatever. VGR swept, 3-0 (plus the warmup game). Nice writeup, overall, from Yaters. The Bungie-spun version will probably be up later today or tomorrow. (Louis Wu 15:38:51 UTC) (permalink)
Pop Goes The Sniper
Paul Maestri let us know that Halo Heads 6 has been posted... it looks at online modding. And I must say... that's a mod I'd actually LIKE to see! (Louis Wu 12:43:19 UTC) (permalink)
Jackson Talks Halo
Over at Ain't it Cool News, Quint has scored an interview with Peter Jackson - and today's installment focuses on Halo. Jackson is excited about Blomkamp, Jackson is excited about the script, Jackson is excited about the effects that are under construction. He's pretty garrulous about it all... it's a great read! Thanks to Mike Smith for the heads-up. (Louis Wu 12:14:14 UTC) (permalink)
Halo: Portable is back
Mintz writes to point out that Halo: Portable is back on the update kick - new stuff includes imSuck's HMV Hell, the (late) fourth podcast, xbryboyremix's "Corrupt" vid, and Walshy's Montage. What are you waiting for? Go fill your iPod/PSP/whatever. (Louis Wu 12:05:41 UTC) (permalink)
Halo No-Shot
A long time ago, Mike Miller released a movie showing a shot-free clearing of the top of the gravity lift in Truth & Reconciliation, on Legendary. I was suitably impressed... but remember, it's just one room. Took him 4 minutes. Self Induced has now completed a no-shot run... on the entire level of Halo. No shots fired. On Legendary. The whole level. Insanity. (I don't know that I could do this, even if I had the SKILL for it - just watching him, I was twitching my trigger finger instinctively.) Ducain was impressed enough with this to provide a mirror, just in case. Go watch this... it's really cool. (75 or 100 mb, WMP9 format.) (Louis Wu 02:46:40 UTC) (permalink)
That's just the way it is.
Over at Bungie.net, there's a new article discussing breaking into the industry at large, and Bungie Studios in specific. ('Breaking in' as in 'getting a job', not as in 'stealing all their cool HD monitors'.) There was a lot of stuff about education and experience and such, but what I got out of this was that if you wear a dress, you're in like Flynn. Er, Frankie. There are some good specific "how I got my job" tips from Rob McLees, Joe Staten, and Frankie (though I'm not sure Frankie was telling the truth). The Halo content is really, really sparse... but hey, if you go to work for Bungie right now, the chances are REALLY good you'll be involved, in some way, with Halo. So... yeah. Go read. darthbob was the forumgoer who pointed it out. (Louis Wu 01:25:55 UTC) (permalink)
Ark 'N' Sore.
GAH! I HATE it when I forget to post the day's One One Se7en. No, it has nothing to do with wanting to bury these puns... really. No, really. (Louis Wu 00:58:44 UTC) (permalink)
Wednesday's news in brief:
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Halo Writer at Austin Film Festival Halo Unyielding Terminal Announcements Final Boss Does a Postmortem HDR The Bungie Way |
Tuesday's news in brief:
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Bananas... and screaming. Colors Showdown Podtacular Ep 80 A Discussion of Halo Libertyville High Halo - Bigger, Badder, Uncompressed Monsters |
