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Monday, October 30, 2006 |  |
New Halo Movie Review Blog Opens
Demag0gue stopped by to say he's started a new Halo movie review blog, entitled Penitent Tangential. Very cool idea - check it out! (Louis Wu 22:52:01 UTC) (permalink)
I Wooden Kid You.
Some of us have a harder time resisting temptation than others. Stuntmutt feels your pain - check today's One One Se7en. (Louis Wu 17:26:21 UTC) (permalink)
It ain't gonna fly.
Dry Ice found an interesting building in Dubai. See what you think! (Louis Wu 17:19:33 UTC) (permalink)
New Mombasa - A Different View
Double News Postage - RVideo also submitted a new piece of work to the MPRRS recently. The first time through, it seems that most of the reviewers didn't get what he was doing. He overhauled the entire piece, incorporating some of the advice they'd given - and though some STILL didn't get it the second time through, enough liked it that it passed. This vid is in the genre - sort of - of Jamie98s's 'Oh So Beautiful' vids; it's a look at Halo from a perspective you don't normally get. (He uses a modded Xbox for the most spectacular stuff.) There are sweeping vistas above the city of New Mombasa, seat-level views from speeding warthogs, stop-motion action sequences. I love it. In a relatively unprecedented move, I'm going to host the first version he submitted, too, because there were a couple of sequences he cut for the passing version which I found exceedingly cool. (The view from the Scorpion's gunner seat at the end of the bridge is one that stands out.) This might not be for everybody - some reviewers totally missed the concept, and marked it down for being boring, or having no real action, or no plot. (Both versions have a similar goal - to give you a view of the city of New Mombasa that you don't get in-game - but the second version did a much better job of tightening in on the concept. However, if you really don't WANT to see another view of the city, you won't find much for you in either version.)
Final Version (Niven Edit): WMP9 (21.8 mb) | QT (24.8 mb)
Original Version (Lonely Scarab Edit): WMP9 (41.7 mb) | QT (46.8 mb)
In any case - I was pretty impressed with it, both as a final product and as an evolution; give it a look, with an open mind... you might be too! (Louis Wu 16:20:19 UTC) (permalink)
QsK Icy's First Montage
QsK King submitted his clanmate's montage to the MPRRS - they liked it. It seems to end rather abruptly... but other than that, it's a pretty nice piece of work. Almost 6 minutes long, available in WMP9 format (74.1 mb) or QuickTime format (73.1 mb). (Louis Wu 15:08:30 UTC) (permalink)
New Halo Trilogy Theme Available
Dolbex pointed out a post on Major Nelson's blog announcing a new Halo Trilogy theme for the Xbox360 - "Each blade presents a re-imagined view from the Halo universe, including all three iterations of the Master Chief's iconic Spartan armor, from past, present and future." 150 points, or free with the purchase of a Halo 3 faceplate. It's not yet available for preview on the Xbox.com Themes page, but it probably will be soon. (Louis Wu 14:25:26 UTC) (permalink)
UNSCDF Contest Winners Announced
Thanks to Saint, who noticed (heh) that the UNSCDF Fan Fiction Contest winners have been posted; congrats to the 5 winners (including Saint), each of whom will receive a signed copy of Ghosts of Onyx. (Louis Wu 14:17:16 UTC) (permalink)
New Reversed Jackal Snippets (and a final home for all)
A couple of months ago, RVideo reversed some Jackal dialogue snippets, and did a nice job of remodulating them to be audible. We said, at the time, that we would add them to the Dialogue Databank at some point. Things, as usual, got in the way, and it never happened. Today, he stopped by with a few more; they were done around the same time, but he forgot to post them here. All 11 are now included in the Dialogue Databank. The Jackals seem to be the least consistent of all voice types - some clips are reversed, some aren't... some clips are heavily modulated, others just lightly so. I guess whatever worked! (Louis Wu 14:03:00 UTC) (permalink)
Sunday's news in brief:
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Angels and Airwaves WikiRiot Episode 22 Halo: Portable Bookmarks New Montage Offerings at H3F |
Saturday's news in brief:
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Jarhead Halo Elite vs Elite 4 Soon Parted. Ghosts of Onyx on Store Shelves Now, for some My mom's like super-talented. Shoot where you look. Stupid + Lazy = Busy; hey, I'm gonna start using that |
